Apathy Towards Injustice
Is it TDS, blind trust or busy lives.
I am amazed that there are a significant number of people that are unaware about critical issues related to the Bragg prosecution of Trump that, at a minimum, should raise questions and concerns and, from a reasonable unbiased position, should make one question the legitimacy of the verdict and expect it to eventually be overturned.
The most egregious were the portion of jury instructions which omitted the critical definition of willfulness, misstated Federal Election Law and did not require jury to reach unanimous agreement on an element of the crime: what crime was being concealed.
The judge allowed the prosecution to essentially enter into evidence two categories of evidence that were unrelated to the charges and that should have been inadmissible: Daniel’s details of the alleged encounter and two witnesses guilty please to FEC violations.
The judge prevented the defense from presenting two categories of critical evidence: the difference between personal and campaign expenses from FEC expert; and that Cohen lied to the jury from an experienced former federal prosecutor.
The foundational aspect of fraudulent false records was not established. The books were private for his personal trust and not intended for anyone else.
The odor of mendacity wafts from Georgia to DC. The denial of political involvement requires you to believe that the DOJ doesn’t jealously guard and protect its turf (think FEC violations vis a vi immigration enforcement) and that a very high level DOJ employee that had been working for years to get Trump happily left the DOJ to be an assistant prosecutor in NYC.
Below are links to information from legal experts, who I have found to be intellectually honest and unbiased over the years, discussing these and the many other issues with the trial.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/06/in-memory-of-justice/
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-was-convicted-but-prosecutors-contorted-the-law.html
https://x.com/jimgeraghty/status/1796537382910783939?s=46
https://x.com/optimistcskeptc/status/1796901195035889998?s=12