Publication date: April 10, 2024
Counsel in the first impeachment of Donald Trump and CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen has been hailed as “at the very pinnacle” of commentators addressing the former president’s court troubles. In this new guide to Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial, he explains the landmark prosecution—the first ever of a current or former President of the United States—and what to expect at every stage of the trial. Eisen makes the case that these proceedings concern Trump’s first election interference in 2016, opening the way for similar voter deception to hang onto power in 2020. The volume is an indispensable guide to what may prove to be one of the most important trials in our history.
From the Foreword by Barbara McQuade, former US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC:
This essential volume offers a comprehensive overview of the first criminal prosecution of a former president in American history. It is Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s campaign corruption and cover up case against Donald Trump. Far from only a “hush money” case, the DA has charged 34 felonies related to serious alleged 2016 election misconduct. As this book details, that alleged 2016 misconduct—and the fact that Trump previously faced no accountability for it—was a precursor to Trump’s 2020 election wrongdoing. Conviction carries serious penalties. That includes, as this book explains, the possibility and even the likelihood of a sentence of incarceration.
However the trial turns out, the prosecution illustrates the resilience of the rule of law in the American legal and political systems. A fair trial, in which Trump will be judged guilty or not under the facts and the law by a jury of his peers, is a concrete demonstration of perhaps the foundational American principle. No one—not even a former president—is above the law. This magnificent book is above all a testament to that idea and provides an exceptional resource to the public.