Well, any reference to previous FBI interviews or watch lists will be quickly ruled “prejudicial” and completely excluded. All pre-bombing government incompetence will be excluded. One million people ordered to shelter in place (martial law), that will be prejudicial too. CYA is looking ok all around -that’s what’s really important, that we get back to the “appearance” of security as soon as possible.
If the defense can call Mom then she’ll act crazy on que on the stand too garner sympathy for her son, with a Mom like that how couldn’t you be screwed up, right? Don’t discount it.
Finally, women are already saying he’s cute. He only needs one digbat social media obsessed dimwit broad to hang the jury.
In short, a fiasco.
Oh, they will try all the tricks to slow it up and reduce his sentence, but this guy is looking at Murder one, times a zillion.
However, they do have goodies they can offer him to get him to rat out his friends. The problem is that it takes time, and we do not have time while we are being attacked.