I’m still not convinced that the trial’s even going to start tomorrow. Still waiting for some 11th hour hail-mary type play to push this back a few more weeks.
I agree that the courts are handling him with way too much deference. But, I think the reason is that these judges want a tight case and leave him no grounds for appeal.
He’s got a gag order he’s broken. So we’ll have to see what happens.
I totally agree. Merchan is not fucking around. He’s following the law to the letter and making reasonable concessions that would be made for anyone. He knows that Trump will appeal, and he’s careful not to provide any credible reason of mistrial.
Now if we could only replace Cannon with an equally fair judge…
You could argue this is like the refs calling penalties in the last couple minutes of the game. While they still need to call something egregious, refs should step back from potentially deciding who wins. If it were not for how egregious this is, how clearly he seems guilty of so many things from so many points in time …. Should the refs, ie court, be deciding the election?
I’m still not convinced that the trial’s even going to start tomorrow. Still waiting for some 11th hour hail-mary type play to push this back a few more weeks.
I think the total number of delay tries Trump has made on this case is somewhere around 11. Nothing has worked so far.
At this point that has gotta start hurting him with the judge, right?
…right?!
I agree that the courts are handling him with way too much deference. But, I think the reason is that these judges want a tight case and leave him no grounds for appeal.
He’s got a gag order he’s broken. So we’ll have to see what happens.
I totally agree. Merchan is not fucking around. He’s following the law to the letter and making reasonable concessions that would be made for anyone. He knows that Trump will appeal, and he’s careful not to provide any credible reason of mistrial.
Now if we could only replace Cannon with an equally fair judge…
He might fire his lawyers and demand a delay because new lawyers need time to get up to speed. It’s up to the judge to accept new lawyers though.
You could argue this is like the refs calling penalties in the last couple minutes of the game. While they still need to call something egregious, refs should step back from potentially deciding who wins. If it were not for how egregious this is, how clearly he seems guilty of so many things from so many points in time …. Should the refs, ie court, be deciding the election?
Just replace “the ref” with the rules. IE: Should the rules be deciding the elections?
The answer is no, my feelings should decide the election riiight!?
Even if jury selection goes forward, Trump lawyers are going to fight tooth and nail on every juror, dragging out that process as long as possible.