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   From: jmurpht7@infinity.net   
      
   On 5/7/2024 4:48 PM, Harris Slut wrote:   
   > Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger donated to Biden's 2020 presidential campaign,   
   > FEC records reveal   
   >   
   > FIRST ON FOX: The prosecutor from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin   
   > Bragg’s office leading questioning of adult film actress Stormy Daniels in   
   > former President Trump's unprecedented criminal trial donated to President   
   > Biden’s campaign in 2020 and a number of other Democratic politicians and   
   > organizations over the years, Fox News Digital has learned.   
   >   
   > Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger questioned Daniels Tuesday as she testified as   
   > part of former President Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial.   
   >   
   > Trump defense attorneys told Judge Juan Merchan Tuesday afternoon they   
   > would motion for a mistrial amid Daniels' "prejudicial" testimony.   
   > Hoffinger said the claim was without basis, and Merchan ultimately denied   
   > the defense's request.   
   >   
   > EX-TOP BIDEN DOJ OFFICIAL NOW PROSECUTING TRUMP WAS ONCE PAID BY DNC FOR   
   > 'POLITICAL CONSULTING'   
   >   
   > Hoffinger's donations to Biden came during the 2020 Democratic   
   > presidential primaries, Federal Election Commission records show.   
   >   
   > Hoffinger donated $500 to Biden’s presidential campaign in 2020 — a   
   > donation of $250 in February 2020 and another donation of $250 in March   
   > 2020.   
   >   
   > Hoffinger also donated more than $900 to ActBlue during the 2020 cycle.   
   > ActBlue is an online fundraising platform for Democratic candidates,   
   > progressive organizations, and nonprofits.   
   >   
   > Hoffinger also donated to a number of other Democratic congressional   
   > campaigns in 2020 and 2018. Hoffinger was hired by Bragg's office in 2022,   
   > after the political contributions were made.   
   >   
   > The revelations come as Republicans investigate alleged politicization of   
   > the case against Trump.   
   >   
   > "Joe Biden’s witch hunt against President Donald Trump happening in New   
   > York City is blatant election interference," House Republican Conference   
   > Chair Elise Stefanik told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "The lead Democrat   
   > prosecutor is a donor to Joe Biden just like the judge."   
   >   
   > BRAGG 'ALLOWED POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS' TO 'INFECT' PROSECUTION OF TRUMP,   
   > HOUSE JUDICIARY GOP SAYS   
   >   
   > Merchan donated $15 to Biden's campaign in July 2020. Merchan also made   
   > small donations to other Democratic groups in 2020.   
   >   
   > Stefanik told Fox News Digital that "Democrats know they cannot defeat   
   > President Trump at the ballot box and have resorted to a desperate lawfare   
   > campaign in hopes of saving Joe Biden."   
   >   
   > "The American people can see through this, and that is why President Trump   
   > will win come November," Stefanik said.   
   >   
   > Fox News Digital first reported that another top prosecutor on Manhattan   
   > District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s team was paid by the Democratic National   
   > Committee for his "political consulting" work.   
   >   
   > Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo joined Bragg’s office after the resignations   
   > of Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne — prosecutors who were investigating   
   > Trump and resigned in protest of Bragg’s initial unwillingness to indict   
   > the former president. Colangelo left a senior role at the Biden Justice   
   > Department to join Bragg's team. Bragg afterward brought charges against   
   > the former president in April 2023, raising questions among some in the   
   > GOP about alleged politicization of the case.   
   >   
   > House Republicans are investigating Colangelo and his past work as he   
   > prosecutes Trump.   
   >   
   > According to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News   
   > Digital, DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee paid Colangelo   
   > twice on Jan. 31, 2018. Colangelo was given two payments of $6,000, for a   
   > total of $12,000.   
   >   
   > The "description" for the purpose of payment is labeled "Political   
   > Consulting."   
   >   
   > Neither the Manhattan District Attorney's Office nor the DNC responded to   
   > Fox News Digital's request for comment about Colangelo's work.   
   >   
   > At the time, Colangelo was serving in then-New York Attorney General Eric   
   > Scheiderman’s office as the deputy attorney general for social justice,   
   > assuming the role from Bragg. Bragg, at the time, was appointed as chief   
   > deputy attorney general.   
   >   
   > Schneiderman resigned in May 2018 amid allegations of sexual assault.   
   > Barbara Underwood replaced him as New York attorney general.   
   >   
   > Just months after Colangelo received the payments from the DNC, in June   
   > 2018, Underwood, with Colangelo as executive deputy attorney general,   
   > filed a lawsuit against the Trump Foundation. The lawsuit claimed that   
   > Trump used the foundation’s charitable assets to pay off his legal   
   > obligations. The Trump Foundation ultimately agreed to dissolve in   
   > December 2018.   
   >   
   > NY V. TRUMP: HOUSE JUDICIARY INVESTIGATES BRAGG PROSECUTOR WHO HELD SENIOR   
   > ROLE IN BIDEN DOJ   
   >   
   > Colangelo joined Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office in   
   > December 2022.   
   >   
   > Prior to his work in New York and in the Biden Justice Department,   
   > Colangelo worked in the Obama administration, serving in a number of   
   > different roles. Colangelo worked in the DOJ's civil rights division and   
   > served as the chief of staff to then-Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who later   
   > served as chair of the DNC in 2017. Perez was DNC chairman at the time   
   > Colangelo was paid for "political consulting."   
   >   
   > TRUMP PROSECUTOR QUIT TOP DOJ POST FOR LOWLY NY JOB IN LIKELY BID TO   
   ‘GET’   
   > FORMER PRESIDENT, EXPERT SAYS   
   >   
   > Colangelo also worked as a deputy assistant to then-President Obama and as   
   > the deputy director of the White House Economic Council.   
   >   
   > Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the   
   > first degree.   
   >   
   > Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts.   
   >   
   > A charge of falsifying business records typically is a misdemeanor, but   
   > Bragg, Colangelo and New York prosecutors must convince the jury that   
   > Trump allegedly falsified those records in the furtherance of "another   
   > crime."   
   >   
   > Prosecutors suggest that the other crime was in violation of a New York   
   > State law — conspiracy to prevent or promote election. On its face, as a   
   > stand-alone offense, that charge is also typically a misdemeanor.   
   >   
   > Coupling the alleged falsification of business records with alleged   
   > prevention or promotion of election becomes a felony crime, according to   
   > Bragg.   
   >   
   > https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bragg-prosecutor-leading-stormy-daniels-   
   > questioning-trump-trial-donated-joe-biden-democrats   
      
   New York changed the law just to retroactively prosecute Trump in the   
   first place.   
      
   It's time for this political farce to end.  Throw that dumb bitch   
      
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