Trump may be able to delay justice, but what about his partners in crime?
By Curt_Anderson August 19, 2023 9:27 am Category: Law (5.0 from 1 vote)
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Trump is proposing a 2026 date for one of his election interference trials. His modus operandi is to stall and put up roadblocks to avoid the day of reckoning in the courtroom. Normal defendants cannot afford to do what Trump does: they don't negotiate a trial date. They show up for their trial when the judge says or take a plea deal before hand. (That's the real two-tiered justice system).
There is good chance that there will not be a verdict rendered in any of Trump's trials before the presidential election. That allows Trump deadenders to pretend he is innocent of all 91 crimes for which he's been charged.
Trump's henchman don't have his deep pockets or a cult following willing to contribute the contents of their piggy banks toward their defense funds. it's been reported that Rudy Giuliani begged Trump for money to help with his defense. Trump turned him down. Giuliani has his house on the market. He is reportedly broke or close to it.
While Trump may be able to avoid his day in court, all of his 19 co-defendants probably cannot or will not. Besides the expense, it's unsettling to have a court date hanging overhead like Damocles' sword. Individually the co-defendants may have had minor roles. Besides, they were acting on Trump's behalf not their own. As with all organized crime cases, the little fish can be expected to flip on the big fish. Or the least, incriminate Trump with their guilty pleas.
The co-defendants' trials are likely to be better reported than the presidential campaigns. Courtroom dramas will be more newsworthy than Trump's Nuremberg rallies. That doesn't bode well for Trump's election hopes.
What happens when Trump's confederates plead guilty or are found guilty in front of a judge and jury? Most voters will draw the logical conclusion that the micro-manager crime boss is likewise guilty and should be in the big house not the White House.
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Trump is proposing a 2026 date for one of his election interference trials. His modus operandi is to stall and put up roadblocks to avoid the day of reckoning in the courtroom. Normal defendants cannot afford to do what Trump does: they don't negotiate a trial date. They show up for their trial when the judge says or take a plea deal before hand. (That's the real two-tiered justice system).