Based on the facts of the case, it would be difficult for a judge or jury to deem former President Donald Trump guilty of the charges Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg has leveled against him, FEC Commissioner James Trainor says.

A Trump conviction would be especially dubious, given that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have already considered - and dismissed - the potential federal campaign finance law violations alleged by Bragg, Trainor told The Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard for Bedard's "Washington Secrets' column:

“‘It's not a campaign finance violation. It's not a reporting violation of any kind,’ said FEC Commissioner James E. ‘Trey’ Trainor.

“In trying to stretch the law to make it look like a violation,” he added, DA Bragg ‘is really trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole.’”

Additionally, Trainor listed three more reasons he believes Bragg’s 34 counts against Trump, mostly redundant paperwork violations, have no merit: