The NY Trump trial; the ball begins.

 

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The trouble with Trump’s jurors shows the results of a post-truth society - Andrea Widburg    . . ." I’m also not talking about the judge having a daughter who is a highly-placed anti-Trump activist raising money off the trial. Instead, this post focuses on one specific thing: The fact that it is impossible for Trump to have a fair jury in this corrupt trial.

"The lack of fairness begins with the fact that Trump is the most famous man in the world, and he is running for president. There is literally no one on earth, unless they have the awareness of a potato, who doesn’t have an opinion on the case, and who doesn't understand that its outcome will affect the election.

"There’s another fascinating and mostly unspoken lack of fairness here: The judge did something very unusual, which was to make Wednesday the day off from the trial rather than Friday. By doing so, he effectively barred from the courtroom the single most pro-Trump demographic in New York; namely, Orthodox Jews:

Orthodox Jews to be exclused from Bragg's jury pool. The NYC demographic group most strongly supportive of Trump is the orthodox Jewish community. So, no surprise that the very biased judge in Bragg's case scheduled the trial to include Fridays instead of Wednesdays. Very unusual, but understandable since this switch will necessarily exclude all orthodox Jews from the jury pool. 

LIVE UPDATES: Trump Manhattan Trial - Day 4 – RedState  . . ."Here's a rundown of the seven men and five women selected thus far — fair to say there are some who aren't particular fans of the former president, though some seemed to admire his business success and his bluntness." . . .

Meanwhile down in Georgia... Yes, Ms. Willis, You Are On Trial – In The Court Of Public Opinion – Issues & Insights   . . ."But you are also deservedly on trial in the court of public opinion based on an even bigger abuse than hiring your boyfriend: your outlandish, outrageous, and out-of-bounds misapplication of an anti-racketeering statute to target a former president for exercising his First Amendment rights to question a highly questionable election result.

"Along with 18 co-defendants, one of whom heroically put his life on the line in deploying the federal version of the same statute as intended, against five New York City mob families – a defining moment in a career as distinguished as yours is apparently now extinguished.

"How abusive is your unprecedented RICO indictment, which sweeps in non-criminal actions outside the state of Georgia, much less Fulton County? Convictions would reportedly result in mandatory five-year sentences with no possibility of pardon or parole under Georgia law.

"Moreover, Madame District Attorney, you’re not the only one on trial in this respect. The last few weeks’ news underscores how an entire cohort of Trump tormentors is deservedly in the people’s dock.

"For the equally unparalleled stretching of another state’s anti-consumer fraud statute to cripple Trump and his family financially through a half-billion dollar fine, despite no victims in sight." . . .

Trump's hush money trial now has its 12 jurors | AP News  "The first-ever trial of a former American president is unfolding in New York during this year’s race for the White House, meaning the presumptive Republican nominee will spend his days in court confronted by salacious and unflattering testimony about his personal life while simultaneously campaigning to reclaim the office he held for four years.

" 'He’s made clear his determination to use his legal jeopardy, already a central issue in the race against Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, to his advantage. After a full day of jury selection, he complained to reporters that he should have been out campaigning but was in court instead for what he said was a “very unfair trial.”

“ 'Everybody’s outraged by it,” he said. “You know the whole world’s watching this New York scam.” . . . 

"The trial centers on a $130,000 payment that Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer, made to porn actor Stormy Daniels to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump from becoming public in the final days of the 2016 race.

"Prosecutors say Trump obscured the true nature of the payments in internal records when his company reimbursed Cohen, who pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2018 and is expected to be a star witness for the prosecution." . . .

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