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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
This is actually two questions.
First, was the prosecution a kangaroo/banana republic political decision? Yes. Unequivocally. Even Andrew Cuomo has called it an embarrassment. It was nakedly political and there is no dispute on that. Don’t even attempt to justify it. You’ll only embarrass yourself. Bragg’s predecessor wouldn’t bring the case. And Bragg campaigned on “getting Trump.”
Second, we come to the trial. Was that a kangaroo proceeding? I don’t think so. The judge and jury did what they were supposed to do. Was it an improper forum? Probably. But Trump has preserved the argument that he could not receive a fair trial for appeal. So again, technically not unfair.
Apologists for the nakedly political motive behind the prosecution will try to conflate these two things. As if “The trial was fairly administered!” is a retort to the argument the decision to prosecute was obviously political.
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I mean, he did it and it was obvious he did it. You can call that "political" if you want, but he still did it.
