Lawfare

The word lawfare came into use during the Trump campaign. It has its origins in the election of Alvin Bragg who was elected NY district attorney in 2021 with the promise he would go after Trump.There was a charge in 2006 that Trump paid off a women named Stormy Daniels but the case had been in limbo for years. The federal authorities in NY passed on the case, then Federal Election Committee passed on the case and finally Braggs own office passed. Then in 2022 just after the midterms Biden was asked what he was going to do about Trump running for president and he said he would use what ever means allowed under the constitution to prevent that. His people said that was not related to the Bragg case. Two weeks later Jack Smith is appointed special counsel. The same day Nathen Wade Atlanta attorney meets for 8 hours in the White House. Then a federal attorney quits and goes to work for Bragg. This is a job with lesser pay and responsibility. Two months later the case is brought before the grand jury. Bragg then makes some adjustments in the law changing the charge from a misdemeanor to a felony and the jury charges Trump.