I am sure Trump will be prosecuted for at least some of his crimes.
However, this is not an instant solution.
Consider:
🔹There is a higher standard of proof in a criminal trial.
🔹getting an impartial jury will be hard, and holdout jurors are a distinct possibility.
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However, this is not an instant solution.
Consider:
🔹There is a higher standard of proof in a criminal trial.
🔹getting an impartial jury will be hard, and holdout jurors are a distinct possibility.
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https://twitter.com/Soaps_Hope/status/1354175907959861248
🔹prosecuting without convicting can backfire.
🔹conviction won't loosen the support of his supporters. They are immune to truth.
Trump will say the jury was filled with Democrats. The GOP will say the prosecutions are revenge and authoritarian.
My point . . .
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🔹conviction won't loosen the support of his supporters. They are immune to truth.
Trump will say the jury was filled with Democrats. The GOP will say the prosecutions are revenge and authoritarian.
My point . . .
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. . . is that there are no instant solutions.
It's not like a gutsy prosecutor can bring charges and POOF the GOP will melt like the Wicked Witch and Trump will lose his grip on the Qanon people and Fox will start reporting the truth.
Want to know what would really help?
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It's not like a gutsy prosecutor can bring charges and POOF the GOP will melt like the Wicked Witch and Trump will lose his grip on the Qanon people and Fox will start reporting the truth.
Want to know what would really help?
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What will really help is for Democrats to start gaining power in state legislatures and locally elections.
We saw the difference that made in this election.
Local politics matters.
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We saw the difference that made in this election.
Local politics matters.
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That's because convictions are more likely when the evidence is documentary.
When the evidence is largely testimonial, the jury decides who to believe.
With documents, a jury can't easily go against the weight of the evidence.
This means . . .
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When the evidence is largely testimonial, the jury decides who to believe.
With documents, a jury can't easily go against the weight of the evidence.
This means . . .
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https://twitter.com/_scott_oneil/status/1354179896663134208
Trump, like Manafort, is probably more likely to be charged with crimes in which the evidence is documentary.
My point was not that he won't be convicted.
My point was that this will not solve our problems.
The problems are deeper and harder to fix.
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My point was not that he won't be convicted.
My point was that this will not solve our problems.
The problems are deeper and harder to fix.
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Remember also that it isn't like the prosecutor gets to pick the jury.
There are procedures. Some of the selection is random, and the defense attorney also shapes the jury.
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There are procedures. Some of the selection is random, and the defense attorney also shapes the jury.
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