IN DANIEL PENNY TRIAL DEFEAT, D.A. BRAGG OVERPLAYED HIS HAND

Daniel Penny's trial threw New Yorkers back into the era of Ed Koch's unsafe subways, epitomized by Bernard Getz's trial and his acquittal, except for the illegal possession of a weapon charge. It was a time of subways not only covered with graffiti but ridden with crime. Daniel Penny trial was started before the last presidential elections, precisely on October 21, 2024, when Donald J. Trump and the republicans were busy in exposing the crimes and violent attacks in the New York City subway system, whereas the democrats were responding with claims of violent treatment of African-Americans by the police officers. When the trial ended on December 9, 2024, with jury acquittal of Daniel Penny of the remaining charge of negligent homicide, Donald J. Trump was already elected to his second term of the U.S. presidency. I have watched pretty much the whole trial in Judge Maxwell's courtroom on 15th Floor at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan, starting from the selection of the jury until the closing statements. It is obvious that the trial never should have been brought and that it was initiated by Manhattan D.A. Bragg for political reasons. When the jury got hanged on the reckless homicide charge, the more serious one of the two charges, Dafna Yoran, the lead prosecutor, apparently with approval of her boss, D.A. Bragg, overplayed her hand by withdrawing it, to let the jury proceed with deliberations on the remaining charge of negligent homicide. Surprisingly to her, and to almost all the pundits, the jury acquitted Daniel Penny of the remaining lesser charge. Now, Bragg was precluded from retrying the reckless homicide charge. Although the family and BLM holdouts were shocked, the majority of the courtroom as well as the public greeted the acquittal with relief, for they were afraid that guilty verdict would pour cold water on any people trying to act as Good Samaritan to straphangers attacked in the subways. Whereas Daniel Penny legal team was professional throughout the trial, the D.A. team attempted to play racist card with the jury, however, to no avail. Ultimately D.A. Bragg was punished by the jury for proceeding against Good Samaritan protecting the fellow straphangers. It was obviously a tragedy, the death of Jordan Neely, but the guilty is the City and the State of New York in not being able to protect mentally ill people.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993, You can reach him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

I SAY YES TO SECURED BORDER AND DEPORTATIONS OF CRIMINALS AND UNVETTED IMMIGRANTS

 No nation can afford to allow masses of unvetted immigrants to cross their borders unchecked. Trump has succeeded in securing the borders already, without necessity of any new legislation from the U.S. Congress, and he has shown that the democrats' claims, during the last election campaign - that the border cannot be secured, without passing the Lankford Bill - were false, made just for political reasons. However, let us hope, that after the initial period of Trump's presidency, reason would guide the immigration policy and that the U.S. Congress would consider the fate of those who entered the United States legally more than 5 or10 years ago, work here and pay their taxes, while staying away from vice and crime. I predict that the U.S. economy under Trump would surge and that eventually many new jobs would be created, and in order to sustain the economic growth, immigrants, who perform jobs unwanted by the Americans would be needed in order to sustain the economic growth.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

MERIT IS BACK, D.E.I. TAKES A SABBATICAL

 When the Solidarity movement in Poland won the first free elections behind the Iron Curtain, and then the Berlin Wall collapsed, it felt so unreal. The same feeling I have now when Trump's crew started to remove the ridiculous and artificial D.E.I. rules from the public space. Going a year or two back, I doubted that I ever see the common sense and merit would make a way back to hiring processes for the positions in government. Yet, the D.E.I.'s racist rules are being decisively crushed and removed from public space, and the merit and common sense finds a way back. D.E.I is dead, long live merit and common sense!

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at janusz@januszandrzejewski.com  

NOWADAYS, DEMOCRATS ARE A FODDER FOR THE COMEDIANS

 It is so hilarious, I mean watching the democrats engaged in fighting themselves. James Carville, the Texas man behind Bill Clinton's successful election campaigns, a common-sense guy, continues to curse and otherwise apply colorful, yet foul language, commenting on fellow democrats' statements and ideas. Chuck Schumer is getting more chucky with each day; I enjoy his public chanting immensely, he seems to be so phony at it, while Jamie Raskin seems to be lost in singing and dancing, imagining himself that he was transported back in time to civil rights war era. AOC went truly low, in trying to demean a brilliant mind of Elon Musk with a statement that he is the most unintelligent guy among the billionaires she met. And yes, she drives Tesla electric car. More and more liberal comedians are having fun addressing the state of collective mind of democrats.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

MISGUIDED DEMOCRATS

 The democrats and progressive media are incapable of regrouping and clearly are losing the war for the heart of the Americans. They are stuck on WHO (Trump, Musk, Hegseth, Patel, RFK, Jr., etc.) and HOW (unconstitutionally, illegally, without approval of Congress), however, the thing is that only WHAT counts (waste, fraud, debt). What President Trump is doing at the outset of his second presidency, leaves them in shock and awe of Trump's speed in delivering on all fronts as per his election promises.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993.You can reach him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

IS TALIBAN STILL BENEFITTING FROM THE U.S. TAXPAYERS MONEY?

 While Democrats scream, dance and sing in protest to D.O.G.E. and its head Elon Musk, new facts of waste of U.S. taxpayers' dollars come to light. Tim Burchett, a republican congressman of Tennessee says that Afghanistan is still receiving $40 million in cash weakly from the U.S. government, as part of the United Nations humanitarian aid. Mr. Burchett claims that ultimately, the money must benefit the Taliban, despite restrictions on direct foreign aid to that organization. After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Biden Administration continued to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, claiming that it was necessary to support Afghan civilians. However, oversight agencies and lawmakers always claimed that the humanitarian aid was misused under the Taliban rule. When Mr. Burchett introduced NO TAX DOLLARS FOR TERRORISTS ACT in December, 2023, the bill was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, but it stalled in the Senate, controlled then by the Democrats. On January 10, 2025, Mr. Burchett has reintroduced the bill again. Let's hope that this time it will pass both chambers of the U.S. Congress. In the meantime, the D.O.G.E. continues on its path of getting rid of waste and fraud from the U.S. government and its agencies.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250or by e-mail at: janusz@janusz andrzejewski.com

"FIRST TEST OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POWER REACHES SUPREME COURT"

That is the title of New York Times article. In fact, the New York Times is afraid that "the court's conservative majority may be receptive to the arguments that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies". The whole thing was started by firing of Hempton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel. Delinger responded by suing Trump administration. As a result, a U.S. federal judge issued a temporary order on last Wednesday, allowing Mr. Dellinger to keep his job until adjudication of the lawsuit. On Saturday, divided U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., rejected the Trump administration's request to overrule the lower court. The President's lawyers responded with an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the latter to rule on the question whether the President can fire the leader of an independent whistleblowing agency.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney admitted in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com