The issue of the moment in the world of Trump litigation; why did the federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York wait until now to deliver over 100,000 pages of documents to Trump’s lawyers, thereby causing the hush money trial to be delayed? My reading of the matter follows.
As a former Assistant District Attorney in New York County, I know from personal experience that historically there has been a state of mistrust, competition and tension between the offices of the SDNY and Manhattan D.A. When, over a year ago, D.A. Alvin Bragg requested documents relevant to this case, the SDNY felt neither the inclination nor obligation to comply. When, two months ago, Trump’s lawyers subpoenaed the same documents, the federal prosecutors realized that a failure to turn over potentially exculpatory evidence to a criminal defendant, especially one of such high profile, would expose their office to widespread condemnation and would threaten the validity of any conviction won by the D.A. they, belatedly and deliberately, began to turn over the documents.
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