The
-Dade State Attorney’s Office said Wednesday it won’t charge mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor with a crime from an alleged June incident in a bathroom at the Kesaya Center after a Miami Heat NBA Finals game.
Why the case was dropped isn’t immediately known.
Assistant Miami-Dade State Attorney Keisha Jackson said that since the case “was dropped,” her office was working on sending the Miami Herald a close-out memo. It also wasn’t clear if the woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted had filed a lawsuit or was seeking monetary damages.
With Powell agreeing to testify – which could have major consequences for Trump in both his Georgia racketeering case and in the Washington D.C. case where he faces charges of obstructing the transfer of power after his election loss in 2020 – Haberman stated Trump insiders are scrambling to figure out how much damage the former Trump lawyer can inflict.
Speaking with CNN’s Dana Bash, Haberman began, “This caught Trump world by surprise, as it did all of us.”
“This was one of the best-kept secrets out of that DA’s office in some time,” she continued. “They are trying to figure out what it means. There are some people in his world who are telling me they don’t think this is that big of deal for him – they think her ability to actually really testify is marginal. They are viewing that this shows that the DA [Fani Willis] overcharged in this case.”
“The flip side is the argument that she intentionally charged this way so she could end up getting guilty pleas,” she added. “There’s nobody who is happy about it. There’s concern about the degree to which Powell could offer information, not just about former President Trump, but about Rudy Giuliani, as noted before.”
“The former president is still most concerned right now with the New York AG case, which is about his business,” she reported. “That’s really where the bulk of his mind share is. There’s nobody in Trump world who is pretending this is a good development. They are split on what exactly it
