Latest update March 29th, 2025 5:38 AM
ALBERT BALDEO TO FILE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO DISMISS ALL CHARGES
District Leader, Community activist and attorney Albert Baldeo will file several motions to dismiss the entire indictment filed against him.
His lawyers, Clayman and Rosenberg, expect Federal Judge Paul A. Crotty to carefully review the many legal arguments advanced and dismiss all charges filed against Mr. Baldeo.
Albert Baldeo
This action follows what many legal experts call “an overreach by federal prosecutors, engaging in a crusade that was vindictive and discriminatory. The bedrock of the prosecution’s case is based solely on a handful of contradictory witnesses, all of whom were coerced to change their statements by the government, after being coerced into signing non prosecution agreements. There is not a shred of independent or reliable evidence against Mr. Baldeo.”
In motions to dismiss to be filed and heard in federal court, Baldeo’s lawyers have advanced various legal arguments urging the Judge to toss the charges out. Some motions will address the fact that the Baldeo campaign had withdrawn its application to receive matching funds and had not received any public dollars, that Baldeo was being targeted and selectively prosecuted, that the prosecution’s theory is based on speculation, bias, conjecture, and a misunderstanding and misapplication of the archaic campaign finance laws, that they had crossed the bounds of proprietary in bringing the charges and that they had no venue or jurisdiction to institute them in Manhattan.
Other arguments call for dismissal of the charges based on the law that Baldeo should never have been prosecuted, and that establishment candidates who had committed more egregious violations, only had to pay fines in administrative proceedings before the Campaign Finance Board, and not suffer criminal actions.
The Daily News previously reported that a group of community leaders has called the Baldeo charges a “witch hunt, and sends the wrong message to minorities that they will be vilified and destroyed if they run for office.”
These charges are unprecedented in City Council campaigns, and have never been brought before in federal court.
In a recent press release, the group stated, “It is a regrettable American tragedy that District Leader Albert Baldeo, his family and his community are forced to pay a political price for their laudable convictions and efforts in trying to bring about long overdue attention, resources and recognition to their district.
This capricious action violates our time honored right to run for public office, the corresponding rights of our constituents to vote for candidates of their choice and the very foundations of democracy our nation was built on. Accordingly, we implore fair minded citizens, good government groups and others to condemn and remedy this grave injustice.”
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