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Experts: Jack Smith’s latest move means Trump can’t use Judge Cannon to prevent pre-election trial (www.salon.com)

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D.C. judges are "fed up" with "Trump's maneuvers and sensitive to need to move quickly," ex-prosecutor says

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[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

Okay, so he'll be indicted in D.C., which means he'll have to run with that shadow looming over him, but how dark of a shadow is it really? He didn't participate in the riot, didn't give any specific orders to the rioters to riot, much less invade the Capitol building. His actual words were vague enough that I'm not seeing how this case stands any chance of an actual conviction. And if the trial actually ends up happening before Election Day next year, his acquittal will actually wind up helping him, no?

[–] lawyerjsd@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

For anyone but Trump, the indictment would be deadly. Trump already knows he's screwed, so the number of indictments don't matter. Trump is either going to win the Presidency, or he's going to (try to) flee jurisdiction.

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