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After all the J6 evidence is turned over to the DOJ, and assuming there is a criminal referral, won't Trump claim that the televised hearings have tainted the jury pool, and he can't get a fair trial?
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 10, 2022, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)
without some loony magat on a jury making a big stink
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)only to then create a hung jury.
The DOJ knows it would be impossible to impanel a jury.
iemanja
(53,072 posts)and will the people get a trial?
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)30% of the country are hardcore cultists.
Getting a fair and impartial jury on the fuckstain would be impossible.
Which is why DOJ will never prosecute him.
Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)They have done exactly that with a few trials so far now and won. Plus, they are going forward with the OK's and PB's leaders seditious conspiracy trials... Do they not have the same problem there? Are they selective with concern about keeping magats off the jury?
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)To whom the MAGAts have no emotional tie is vastly different than their lord and savior Donald Trump.
You don't think any person who voted for trump would vote to convict him regardless of how much evidence they saw, do you?
Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)I also think that since the trial is in DC, they do not really have this concern... Certainly I see zero evidence they will not prosecute specifically because of it
Ocelot II
(115,869 posts)OLDMDDEM
(1,577 posts)That would be cruel enough for Dumpy as it is all about his ego and people seeing him.
bucolic_frolic
(43,310 posts)It won't. The right will be using this forever. I doubt there will be a trial. It's sufficient to taint him with reality. We are past Peak Trump, and on the down slope.
RainCaster
(10,921 posts)They can have him after the trial, no matter what the verdict.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,794 posts)The people there are starving. And Kim does not share, either.
CanonRay
(14,119 posts)Bucky
(54,068 posts)We're still a nation of laws. He has a right to a fair trial. As a society and a republic, we owe that to ourselves.
CanonRay
(14,119 posts)I just despise this fuckhead
Bucky
(54,068 posts)to lobby and petition and demand a vigorous prosecution for his crimes against the government and the nation.
Rich fuckers have always gotten away with doing damage to other peoples' lives cause they're rich & powerful.
That's not how it's supposed to be and this is the time when we need to draw the line and hold our government to the standards and values it professes.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,751 posts)Emile
(22,945 posts)He's going to jail!
Lettuce Be
(2,337 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,719 posts)and worry how hard it would be to find 12 people among which there isn't a die hard trumper.
lees1975
(3,879 posts)Crawl out of the political box. There are people capable of setting aside political biases and who are intelligent and educated enough to understand the significance of having a fair jury trial. They put country above partisanship.
Bucky
(54,068 posts)In truth, he probably can't get a jury of objective peers. Any trial he's brought before will turn into a circus that'd make the OJ trial look like a Lincoln-Douglass debate. I certainly doubt he'll see a day in jail.
However the victims of his crimes can always sue him in civil court. I'm more interested in seeing Kushner and Mnuchin brought up on corruption charges and denied their billion dollar payday
iemanja
(53,072 posts)Will there ever be a trail? That is the question.
Only 10 percent of the population watched those hearings, and the bar for serving on a trial is if one can be impartial, not if they saw them.
And just why are you worrying if a traitor gets a fair trial?
KentuckyWoman
(6,695 posts)He is very good at making sure he can walk away from it. He sets it up that way from the start.