Fascinating commentary/activism from CNN:

Van Jones on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg: "I think that the heat is on this DA. I think he's going to make a very sober decision and I would not be surprised if he doesn't step back from the brink." https://t.co/qaRRA5b4cq pic.twitter.com/XQUpg3lZWf

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 21, 2023

VAN JONES, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, if anybody is a Republican, and they have been afraid that there is some conspiracy, some well-organized conspiracy among progressives, they can relax now because you would not start with this charge. You would start with the charge in Georgia, where he was interfering with elections. You would start with the charge that he was helping the insurrectionists in a coup. You wouldn’t start with an eight-year-old porn star payoff.

So just again, this is proof if nothing else, that the progressives are not very well-organized. This is not the one you would start with. That said, I hear my conservative friends saying he is being overcharged, it is so aggressive. It’s so terrible.

Welcome to my world, folks.

Prosecutors overcharging, being over aggressive, being ridiculous with minor stuff and turning it into major stuff happens every single day in America, every Courthouse in America. I think you want to be consistent now. If you’re concerned that this particular person named Donald Trump is being overcharged and mistreated by a prosecutor, join the rest of us who are trying to stop that from happening to ordinary people.

But my view about this is, I think that the heat is on this DA. I think he’s going to make a very sober decision and wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t step back from the brink.

[Again, it would not surprise me if Bragg took this to a grand jury to get them to decline to indict. Bragg took a lot of political heat for shutting down the Cy Vance probe when he took over, and he may only want political cover for it now. This case is a loser, no matter what may transpire in the grand jury room tomorrow and Friday. — Ed]