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2023-04-06 00:58:10 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AE4C9F52755BB58EE0E2E1DC4B6D4D69CBB66F9352A27C111B58E4B8A8B9ED86
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Misleading content. The 34 counts are based on a single $130,000 payment which is a Class A Misdemeanor under NY Law. Bragg charged Trump with a felony, without precedent. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/175.05 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/03/30/turley_on_chilling_trump_indictment_if_this_is_the_standard_trump_will_not_be_the_last_president_indicted.html The case was also dropped by federal prosecutors and only subsequently taken up by Bragg. https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/jordan-comer-steil-demand-communications-documents-and-testimony-manhattan-da
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