P. Coonan
2024-04-21 19:47:33 UTC
The presumption of innocence is the legal principle that every person
accused of any crime is considered innocent until proven guilty.
Former President Donald Trump, who has been accused of covering up hush-
money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016
presidential election, has been given a trial (scheduled to begin April
15) which will either prove his innocence or prove he is guilty of
falsifying business records in order to conceal damaging information and
unlawful activity from American voters before and after the election.
Instead of a trial, MAGA supporters, including U.S. Representative Claudia
Tenney (R-NY), who believe Trump is innocent, want New York Governor Kathy
Hochul (D) to fire the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who
brought the charges against Trump.
Speaking on Fox News prior to the trial, Tenney said of Hochul: Why
hasnt she fired this guy? She could easily do that. Tenney has accused
Bragg of attacking, going after innocent citizens or law abiding citizens
in New York.
Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo chimed in and, conflating the Trump
charges with crime at large, addressed the Governor on camera: Why,
Governor Kathy Hochul, are you allowing recidivism, why are you not firing
Alvin Bragg for allowing criminals to keep doing it over and over again.
Bartiromo promised to call Hochuls office for an answer.
The New York Constitution Article VIII does appear to provide Hochul with
a path to remove a District Attorney, stating: The governor may remove
any elective sheriff, county clerk, district attorney or register within
the term for which he or she shall have been elected; but before so doing
the governor shall give to such officer a copy of the charges against him
or her and an opportunity of being heard in his or her defense..
Yet Article VIII also warns that Bragg might have been removed for not
prosecuting Trump, as any district attorney who shall fail faithfully to
prosecute a person charged with the violation in his or her county of any
provision of this article which may come to his or her knowledge, shall be
removed from office by the governor, after due notice and an opportunity
of being heard in his or her defense.
Note: Thats former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), who lost the 2022
gubernatorial race to incumbent Hochul, on the split screen with Tenney.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/u-s-congresswoman-pushes-governor-
to-fire-district-attorney-she-could-easily/ar-
BB1loTnw?cvid=a9b658e5b42f4a37b07cbc47fdc8eb07&ei=2
accused of any crime is considered innocent until proven guilty.
Former President Donald Trump, who has been accused of covering up hush-
money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016
presidential election, has been given a trial (scheduled to begin April
15) which will either prove his innocence or prove he is guilty of
falsifying business records in order to conceal damaging information and
unlawful activity from American voters before and after the election.
Instead of a trial, MAGA supporters, including U.S. Representative Claudia
Tenney (R-NY), who believe Trump is innocent, want New York Governor Kathy
Hochul (D) to fire the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who
brought the charges against Trump.
Speaking on Fox News prior to the trial, Tenney said of Hochul: Why
hasnt she fired this guy? She could easily do that. Tenney has accused
Bragg of attacking, going after innocent citizens or law abiding citizens
in New York.
Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo chimed in and, conflating the Trump
charges with crime at large, addressed the Governor on camera: Why,
Governor Kathy Hochul, are you allowing recidivism, why are you not firing
Alvin Bragg for allowing criminals to keep doing it over and over again.
Bartiromo promised to call Hochuls office for an answer.
The New York Constitution Article VIII does appear to provide Hochul with
a path to remove a District Attorney, stating: The governor may remove
any elective sheriff, county clerk, district attorney or register within
the term for which he or she shall have been elected; but before so doing
the governor shall give to such officer a copy of the charges against him
or her and an opportunity of being heard in his or her defense..
Yet Article VIII also warns that Bragg might have been removed for not
prosecuting Trump, as any district attorney who shall fail faithfully to
prosecute a person charged with the violation in his or her county of any
provision of this article which may come to his or her knowledge, shall be
removed from office by the governor, after due notice and an opportunity
of being heard in his or her defense.
Note: Thats former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), who lost the 2022
gubernatorial race to incumbent Hochul, on the split screen with Tenney.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/u-s-congresswoman-pushes-governor-
to-fire-district-attorney-she-could-easily/ar-
BB1loTnw?cvid=a9b658e5b42f4a37b07cbc47fdc8eb07&ei=2