ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

"If you slice and dice one payoff into 34 misdemeanors with the intent to claim each action intended to cover up a serious crime … shouldn’t you name that crime? Alvin Bragg still hasn’t done so, despite going through with an arraignment on what appears to be a secret charge of some sort.

Presumably, Bragg will argue that Donald Trump violated federal campaign-finance laws and falsified business records to cover it up. That isn’t the only possibility, as we’ll see in a moment, but that has been the leading theory. That theory of the crime has two big problems, however. First off, the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice have jurisdiction over federal campaign-finance regulation, not a county DA. And second, as one FEC commissioner explained yesterday afternoon to Paul Bedard, the FEC already investigated it — and concluded no crime had been committed by Trump, as did the DoJ (via Off the Press):

BBZ Loc: Long Island, NY

Trainor is hardly unbiased. On September 14, 2017, Trump nominated him to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2023. Trainor's nomination languished in the Republican-controlled Senate for years, with Trump re-nominating him twice (in 2019 and 2020). During his FEC confirmation hearings, he refused to recuse himself from matters related to the Trump campaign. On May 19, 2020, the Senate voted to invoke cloture on his nomination by a 50–43 vote[10] and later that day confirmed his nomination by a 49–43 vote.

American Vet

So let me get this straight: If Trump selected someone, they are biased. But if FJB nominates someone, they are honest and impartial?

Did I get that right?