The Banana Republic of Manhattan

by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 

(Mar. 31, 2023) — With the 100% politically-motivated “ham sandwich” and concocted indictment of President Trump announced yesterday, the District Attorney for the Borough of Manhattan – one Alvin (“No Neck”) Bragg, whose campaign for the office received a cool $1,000,000 from a PAC funded by radical leftist billionaire George Soros – can now “brag” that he has moved the borough one step closer to becoming the Banana Republic of Manhattan. 

Quite apart from the rancid ham sandwich Bragg has extracted from his grand jury, Manhattan’s crime rate now rivals even some of the more legitimately dangerous banana “republics” of the world.  After his latest brain burp, he must be very proud.., he is, after all, Hah-vahd trained, the term “educated” being, in his case, something of a misnomer.

At bottom – as in “of the barrel” – Bragg seems to have drawn on the dark and malevolent protocols, if not the practices, of the Third Reich Nazi Volksgerichtshof tribunal, discussed here.  However, instead of being based in Berlin, Bragg’s operation is based in the Big Apple.  At the end of the day, knowing their “indictment” will evaporate before a judge, all the Democrat vipers want is a mug shot for “Goebbels Corollary” political purposes of the guy who just wanted to “Make America Great Again.” Pathetic…, but oh-so-typically Democrat.

But I digress.

There are a couple of interesting legal principles involved here.  First, as reported by The Washington (“Democracy-dies-in-darkness-and-we-hold-the-power-cord”) Post here, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a statement announcing that as Florida Governor, he “would not assist in … [any] extradition request given the questionable circumstances at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda.” 

Since President Trump is not in Manhattan now but is in Florida, unless he voluntarily “waives extradition” – and every current indication is that this is exactly what he will do sometime next week – New York would have to pursue formal extradition proceedings.  The indictment, of course, will dominate the DNC apparatchik media for weeks, diverting attention away from the Biden Crime Family, its “capo” Hunter and its “don,” the “Big Guy,” aka Brandon.

Second, Article 4, § 2, Cl. 2 of the Constitution provides that “[any] Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, to be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the Crime.”  In addition, the federal criminal code, based on Art. 4, § 2, Cl. 2 of the Constitution, provides in 18 U.S.C. § 3182, essentially the same thing, provided the person has “fled” from the jurisdiction where the “crime” has been committed.  Many “legal beagle” wags and media talking heads contend that, under the Constitution and the federal statute, although DeSantis might delay or complicate the process, he cannot stop the extradition.  Really?

What if it cannot be legally proven that President Trump “fled” New York in order to “escape justice?”  What if it is shown that he simply “returned” to Mar-a-Lago – his Florida home – when whatever business he may have had in New York or following his spectacular Waco, Texas rally was finished?   

The Supreme Court has long held that criminal provisions, whether statutory or in the Constitution, are to be strictly construed [Tiffany v. National Bank of Missouri, 85 U.S. 409, 410 (1873)].  Accordingly, if he did not “flee” New York, the indictment and request for extradition are fatally flawed.  The word “flee” is defined as “to run away, often from danger or evil.”  While there is little question that Bragg and most Democrat politicians are “evil,” that is not what is in play here.  

If President Trump did not “flee” from New York, would not New York’s request for extradition be fatally defective and without statutory or constitutional authority?  If so, would not Governor DeSantis be well within his prerogatives – even if his duties were to be deemed administrative or ministerial – to refuse not only to cooperate, but refuse to sign any documents directing Florida law enforcement personnel to arrest President Trump at Mar-a-Lago?

Even more interesting, if this scenario played out, would it not take weeks…, perhaps even many months to sort out the deep constitutional questions attending the issue of what does “flee” mean, first through the trial court level, then through one or more appellate levels? Perhaps Bragg could get an affidavit from Slick Willie Clinton attesting to what the meaning of “flee”…, is.

Moreover, would that not put a well-deserved screwdriver into “No Neck” Bragg’s transparently political vendetta?  As noted, although all indications are that President Trump will voluntarily return to New York, thereby mooting the foregoing hypotheticals, it makes for interesting cocktail party talk…, no?  And there is apparently no truth to the rumor that the Banana Republic of Manhattan and District Attorney Bragg will be seeking diplomatic ties to Kailasa.