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A prosecution so crooked it would make Joseph Stalin blush! ALAN DERSHOWITZ reveals the exact courtroom moment he knew Trump was doomed to a guilty verdict
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 31 2024 | ALAN DERSHOWITZ

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.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alandershowitz; dershowitz; hushmoneytrial; showtrial; trump; trumpguiltyverdict; trumppersecution; trumptrial; verdict
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1 posted on 05/31/2024 11:14:37 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

I’m gonna say “when the judge granted 99.99% of Ahole Bragg’s motions”.


2 posted on 05/31/2024 11:21:08 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: knighthawk

Bragg had 12 pet monkeys.


3 posted on 05/31/2024 11:22:14 AM PDT by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: V_TWIN

For anyone that doesn’t want to scroll halfway through the article to see what Dershowitz said:

“In his closing instructions, Judge Juan Merchan exposed his already apparent bias once more – telling the jurors that they didn’t actually have to agree on the specifics of Trump’s unlawful behavior.

How could someone defend themselves against such vague allegations?

It was at this moment that I became convinced that the jury would find him guilty.”


4 posted on 05/31/2024 11:22:18 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: knighthawk
And that conviction may well mark the beginning of a new era of partisan weaponization of our justice system. DA Bragg has demonstrated how easy it now is to get a conviction against a political opponent. Other ambitious DA's are likely to follow suit. And the ultimate losers will be the American public.

History shows this will not be limited to political opponents, but to supporters as well.

People like you and I.

5 posted on 05/31/2024 11:22:41 AM PDT by Lazamataz (We're next.)
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To: bigbob

It was a set up from the beginning. Not sure why this guy is saying Trump should fire all of his lawyers - it wouldnt have mattered.


6 posted on 05/31/2024 11:23:42 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Lazamataz

“History shows this will not be limited to political opponents, but to supporters as well.

People like you and I.”

Bears repeating.


7 posted on 05/31/2024 11:26:36 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: knighthawk

Bannon interviewed Dersh last night and Bannon compared what happened to Nazis. Dersh said, “Oh, it’s not that bad. Trump never will be sent to a gulag.”

I’m thinking, “Seriously?!? Of COURSE he easily could be sent to the USA’s version of a gulag; we just don’t use that exact word.”

After the interview, Bannon mentioned the same thing — that he disagreed with Dersh on that point.

And Dershowitz ... says he “loves Hillary” and voted for her. Also voted for Biden.


8 posted on 05/31/2024 11:26:50 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: knighthawk

I’m suspicious about the 2 lawyers they had on the jury. Were they guiding the jury?


9 posted on 05/31/2024 11:27:49 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Lazamataz

People like you and me


10 posted on 05/31/2024 11:28:30 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: Lazamataz

I just want to see it one time at least used against the Left and anyone prominent in the democrat party.

Yet not one red state DA has made a peep...

I don’t think elected Republicans are taking this serious.


11 posted on 05/31/2024 11:30:12 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Seeing More Clearly Now

“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I just happen to be standing in the way.” -Trump

This needs to be the overriding theme of this election. Repeat it early and often.


12 posted on 05/31/2024 11:30:35 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: knighthawk
Judge Merchan is America's version of Andrei Vyshinskii and Roland Freisler.
13 posted on 05/31/2024 11:30:41 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Freisler was a Bolshevik. Hitler would always refer to him, as “That Old Bolshevik”, and Freisler took his inspiration from Vyshinskii.


14 posted on 05/31/2024 11:32:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Lazamataz

Absolutely. How else will they be able to control us (I mean there are lots of ways, but this is the most fear-inducing).


15 posted on 05/31/2024 11:32:45 AM PDT by vivenne
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To: Lazamataz

The allowance of this farce (which is only one of many) only serves to formally divide the Blue form the Red States. Blue states will keep this up, and Red States will do the same. Thus, putting into motion a fast roll towards Civil War II and splintering the country further. If they have no qualms about doing this to a President, they’ll have no qualms about doing it to you or I. Which, based on the actions of this FJB mis-administration, I have to believe is their plan.


16 posted on 05/31/2024 11:35:21 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: knighthawk

Trump NY Trial Commentary
Your rights as an American citizen are directly at stake here

https://criticallythinking.substack.com/p/trump-ny-trial-commentary?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0OEV0yoIoLZWiky3X9G6T0Uojpp-er0IXYxAQyvu89NIzfzLpR3HMVZps_aem_Aas3vn19Z1Tfq3hclseG_aOV16eK5Rjc6F29TkYZ76si8EjuMPBftjKsSVxGq_ExJOWbITv356Ycv7lWPRSLWqSb


17 posted on 05/31/2024 11:40:04 AM PDT by GailA (Land Grabs, Poisoned Food, KILL the COWS, Bidenomics=BIDEN DEPRESSION. STAGNATION)
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To: Lazamataz

With all due respect, “...people like you and ME.”


18 posted on 05/31/2024 11:41:44 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: MrRelevant

“It was a set up from the beginning. Not sure why this guy is saying Trump should fire all of his lawyers - it wouldnt have mattered.”

It’s a troubling comment which, IMHO, might mean that Dershowitz is being disingenuous here. On one hand, he claims it was a set up and on the other he blames Trump’s attorneys.

Fact is, both can be true at the same time... ie that it was a set up and also that Trump’s attorneys did a poor job of defending him. But in the end, like you correctly stated, it probably wouldn’t have mattered had Trump’s lawyers done an excellent job. The outcome was pre-ordained (and pre-ordered).


19 posted on 05/31/2024 11:43:25 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: MrRelevant

“Not sure why this guy is saying Trump should fire all of his lawyers“

It shows he still has faith in the Judicial system but you are correct it would have made no difference. This was a total rig job.


20 posted on 05/31/2024 11:46:24 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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