Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg must be prohibited from using the “fanciful and elaborate narrative” that his case is an election interference case.
The district attorney has charged President Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records, but the rhetoric surrounding the case has extended beyond the actual charges.
“The People must attempt to try the case they charged, not the case the District Attorney fantasized about when he was on the campaign trail,” reads a Feb. 29 filing that was made public after redactions on March 6.
The charges are related to record entries that show payments President Trump made to Michael Cohen in 2017….
