Multiple legal experts have cited multiple legal reasons why Trump’s guilty verdict is likely to be overturned on appeal.
I am listing some of their reasons here, but there are a lot more reasons at the links:
Judges are supposed to be chosen at random. But this judge was selected on purpose.
Judges aren’t supposed to make political donations. But this judge had donated to multiple anti-trump organizations.
The main crime that Trump was convicted of was a misdemeanor, and the statute of limitations had expired. However, the prosecutor updated it to a felony, and used some other crime to avoid the statute of limitations. However, the prosecutor never said what that other crime was. The judge gave the jury instructions that they did not have to vote unanimously when it came to this other crime. The judge gave the jury three separate crimes to choose from, and said they could split their vote, such as, for example, by 4-4-4.
The campaign finance law that Trump was convicted of breaking is a federal law, not a state law. The state has no jurisdiction in this matter.
Here are opinion columns from three different legal experts that explain why there are multiple legal reasons why the verdict is likely to be overturned on appeal:
Alan Dershowitz: “I was inside the court when the judge closed the Trump trial, and what I saw shocked me”
I was inside the court when the judge closed the Trump trial, and what I saw shocked me
Jonathan Turley: “Bragg’s thrill kill in Manhattan could prove short-lived on appeal”
https://thehill.com/opinion/judicia...-manhattan-could-prove-short-lived-on-appeal/
Elie Honig: “Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law”
Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Also Contorted the Law