Posted on 05/31/2024 11:14:37 AM PDT by knighthawk
Long before Donald Trump's hush-money trial concluded, I predicted that his conviction was a forgone conclusion – despite the obvious weakness of the case against him.
Had the prosecution been brought in another part of the country, or even in another part of New York State, which was more fairly balanced with anti and pro-Trump voters, I am in little doubt that the outcome would have been different.
But instead, on Thursday, Trump became the first former president to be found guilty of a crime – convicted on all 34 flimsy counts of 'falsifying business records.'
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“Dersh doesn’t know what this out-of-control ‘judge’ will do.”
Absolutely. Being a Jew, I figure he hears “Nazi” and immediately believes that nothing that bad ever could happen here.
He. Is. Wrong. Biden isn’t above that at ALL.
My brother was here for dinner. He thinks the sentence will be for a week in jail. The week will be July 14-20.
I posted a while back that I was trying to give Merchan the benefit of the doubt. Then I read his jury instructions. That removed those doubts. Merchand is a hateful partisan fanatic.
Show me the man, and, Marchan DeBragg will show you the crime.
I knew it was rigged long before that. The case was about accounting records, i.e., whether they were misleading to conceal the settlement agreement with SD. The existence of the agreement was not disputed. The truth or falsity of SD’s claims made not one difference to the charges. Yet Merchan let her testify as to what underwear he was wearing (and yes, PDJT’s lawyers objected to the testimony, contrary to Merchan’s lies). I can’t think of a more textbook example of irrelevant and highly prejudicial testimony being allowed in in violation of the accused’s rights. So why did Merchan do it? Because if PDJT testified in his own defense, the prosecution would have been allowed to cross-examine him to try to support SD’s testimony. As his lawyer, would you have allowed PDJT to take the stand knowing that was coming?
No. I think Merchan's jury instructions were more outrageous than allowing SD's testimony, because the instructions literally told the jury a lie that was calculated to make the jury believe Trump was guilty. Both actions by the judge were wrong.
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