Trump Appeals His Convictions in Manhattan Criminal Case

‘This is the most politically charged prosecution in our Nation’s history.” So begins the forceful brief President Trump has filed in a New York appeals court, challenging his convictions in the business-records fraud prosecution brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

It was the only one of the four criminal cases in the failed Democratic lawfare campaign against the then-former president to make it to trial. Because of that, Bragg’s case, facilitated by the erratic, partisan Democratic judge, Juan Merchan, became lawfare’s poster child — rivaled only by the preposterous civil fraud prosecution brought by Bragg’s fellow elected progressive Democrat, New York Attorney General Letitia James, which similarly targeted the Democrats’ archrival on an unprecedented legal theory, helped along by a pliant Democratic judge, Arthur Engoron. The unabashed political bias attendant to the New York cases had to be alarming even to voters who have little regard for Trump. It clearly contributed to his narrow victory in the 2024 election.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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‘This is the most politically charged prosecution in our Nation’s history.” So begins the forceful brief President Trump has filed in a New York appeals court, challenging his convictions in the business-records fraud prosecution brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

It was the only one of the four criminal cases in the failed Democratic lawfare campaign against the then-former president to make it to trial. Because of that, Bragg’s case, facilitated by the erratic, partisan Democratic judge, Juan Merchan, became lawfare’s poster child — rivaled only by the preposterous civil fraud prosecution brought by Bragg’s fellow elected progressive Democrat, New York Attorney General Letitia James, which similarly targeted the Democrats’ archrival on an unprecedented legal theory, helped along by a pliant Democratic judge, Arthur Engoron. The unabashed political bias attendant to the New York cases had to be alarming even to voters who have little regard for Trump. It clearly contributed to his narrow victory in the 2024 election.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.