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gab13by13

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1. Nope, Time Matters.
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 08:02 AM
Aug 2023

Trump's strategy from day 1 has been delay.

Trump knows he is guilty, that is a fact that most people do not believe. Trump cannot make legal arguments that he is innocent, he knows that. Trump is doing the best strategy he can, lie, and he is good at it.

Of course Trump can hope that he delays long enough for him to win the election and then federal prosecutions disappear. If Jack Smith can get a Trump trial scheduled before the election, Trump's lies are being done to taint the jury pool, to intimidate witnesses, to intimidate the judge to give him more time. Trump is hoping, if a trial happens, he gets a hung jury.

I look at my computer's home page and just shake my head, 99% of what I see favors Trump. Now I see that the Supreme Court will have to debate whether Trump should be prosecuted.

I think back to March of 2021 when we were debating if Merrick Garland should appoint a special counsel. The argument for not doing so was that it would drag things out too long, wow, what a terrible argument that turned out to be. Had Garland appointed Smith back in March of 2021 a Trump trial may be over by now. Jack Smith's #1 goal when he took over was speed, was get to trial before the election. Things are looking up with judge Chutkan in charge, she has another big decision to make today.

Time Matters.

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