The former president suggested he should be entitled to "unlimited" strikes of potential jurors because he's in one of the "worst" venues in the country.
It’s astounding to me that he continues to have any support while rapidly suggesting the complete erosion of the rule of law.
Have people learned nothing about the behavior of despots and demagogue? Or, at the very least, something about Trump’s history of treatment towards working people?
He’s only interested in saving his own skin and making himself more money.
A lot of his base admires precisely those qualities you mentioned. They dig the idea of someone who appeals to their shared prejudices and wields power capriciously and cruelly. Either because they think he will wield that power on their behalf, or because they wish they could wield that kind of power themselves and are enjoying it vicariously by watching him do it.
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I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country," he wrote in a post on Truth Social, before decrying the criminal cases against him as “election interference” and part of a “witch hunt.”
The judge denied some other Trump “cause” dismissal requests, including a woman who’d posted on Facebook about celebrating Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
By the end of the day Tuesday, both Trump and prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office had used six of their 10 challenges, meaning they only have four each left for the remaining jurors.
The rigorous trial schedule will limit his ability to join in-person campaign events as part of his presidential bid — something the former president has complained about repeatedly.
NBC News reported last month that Trump plans to leverage his legal issues for political gain by falsely blaming President Joe Biden.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to a porn star during the closing days of the 2016 presidential election.
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It’s astounding to me that he continues to have any support while rapidly suggesting the complete erosion of the rule of law.
Have people learned nothing about the behavior of despots and demagogue? Or, at the very least, something about Trump’s history of treatment towards working people?
He’s only interested in saving his own skin and making himself more money.
Trump lost an election and now 30% of the nation doesn’t trust elections. Now the same thing will happen to the courts.
A lot of his base admires precisely those qualities you mentioned. They dig the idea of someone who appeals to their shared prejudices and wields power capriciously and cruelly. Either because they think he will wield that power on their behalf, or because they wish they could wield that kind of power themselves and are enjoying it vicariously by watching him do it.
They believe they will not be thrown under the bus. They are against socialism, after all.
Socialize Trump’s legal fees, apparently
They are proud members of the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party. Getting thrown under the bus and being surprised about it (or not) is their MO.
It’s too bad he couldn’t have had a bench trial.
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I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country," he wrote in a post on Truth Social, before decrying the criminal cases against him as “election interference” and part of a “witch hunt.”
The judge denied some other Trump “cause” dismissal requests, including a woman who’d posted on Facebook about celebrating Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
By the end of the day Tuesday, both Trump and prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office had used six of their 10 challenges, meaning they only have four each left for the remaining jurors.
The rigorous trial schedule will limit his ability to join in-person campaign events as part of his presidential bid — something the former president has complained about repeatedly.
NBC News reported last month that Trump plans to leverage his legal issues for political gain by falsely blaming President Joe Biden.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to a porn star during the closing days of the 2016 presidential election.
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