Trump hush money trial is a 'Frankenstein case' that's been 'zapped' into life: Turley

Fox News contributor and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley explained why former President Trump's New York hush money case is a "Frankenstein case" on "America Reports." As jury selection began Monday, Turley said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg took a "dead misdemeanor" and attached it to a "dead alleged felony" and "zapped it back into life."

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JONATHAN TURLEY: This is a Frankenstein case. They took a dead misdemeanor. They attached it to a dead alleged federal felony and zapped it back into life. So many of us are just amazed to watch this actually walk into court, because it's not a recognizable crime that any of us have seen. This does not appear to be a federal crime, but that's the theory that Bragg is using. So they need to go into the Wayback Machine.

This state misdemeanor died because of the statute of limitations. Then what Bragg said was, well, I'm going to allege that you did false filings on business records to hide a crime, but he was very ambiguous [on] what that crime might be. He still is ambiguous, but it is assumed to be a federal election crime. The problem is the federal government doesn't view it as a crime. They decided not to prosecute. And most election experts say that this is the type of thing that's failed in the past. So this bizarre indictment is now going to be an equally bizarre trial. And to this day, there's some confusion as to Bragg's actual theory as to what was the exact crime that Trump was hiding from all of this.

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