When Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg began pursuing a hush money case against Donald Trump, even the staff prosecutor most ardent to seek criminal charges admitted it was a "very peculiar" and weak link to play, or as he called it a "zombie" case.
If Bragg decides to ask a grand jury to indict the 45th president, he'll be facing some heavy burdens in a court of law. The statute of limitations for the two key alleged offenses have expired, and one of them was supposed to be a misdemeanor.
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