If it was anyone but Trump the trial would never have existed.
Most people have a sense of fairness and usually they understand the drift of what's going on behind the scenes.
If the same level of scrutiny was applied to Washington DC across the board every single legislator would be a a felon. The same for the New York State elected body. This is really the bugaboo in public opinion that you cannot chase away by claiming a technical victory.
It's also hard to ignore the fact that Alvin Bragg initially refused to bring charges until something happened in between that initial decision and the reversal of that decision to influence that decision. I think we all know what that was.
In the meantime follow the plan.... Keep using the words convicted felon because they feel so good to you when you use them and you are able to convince yourself with them.
That was the plan after all.
Trump's own DOJ claimed David Pecker and Michael Cohen committed crimes in the hush money affair. Pecker got an immunity deal and Cohen got prison. The charges were hardly new or unique. What made this case unique, was none of those previously charged were committing election fraud or campaign finance violations as the underlying crime.
Data shows 9,794 cases involving state penal law 175.10, or falsifying business records in the first degree, have been arraigned in both local and superior New York state courts since 2015.
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If the same level of scrutiny were applied to every candidate in Washington, you would find that Donald Trump is the only candidate for President, who has ever made a deal with the National Enquirer to suppress negative stories about himself, and publish false stories about his opposition.
The reason we know this is true is because David Pecker would have had to make full disclosure of his crimes in order to get the immunity deal and the only candidates he "ratted out" were Arnold Schwarzennegger and Donald Trump.
Bragg refused to bring charges at that time, saying the "case wasn't ready" and that he would file charges if and when the case was "ready". Bragg was the first to file charges, and said he would defer prosecution of the state charges in favour of the federal charges because they would have greater implications for the election, but when Trump blocked alll of the federal prosecutions from proceeding awaiting the immunity decision from the SC, Bragg said, well, I'm ready, let's go.
I've long believed that Trump should have been criminally charged decades ago for his Atlantic City swindles, or that tax scam on the upstate NY property that figured prominently in his fraud trial. The Trump Hotel Toronto 2016 bankruptcy was the first and failure of a 10+ storey condo in Toronto since the 1990's.
Then there is the Trump University swindle which he was allowed to "settle" with no admission of guilt. The Cult keeps claiming Trump has never been "criminally convicted" but he has been civilly sued on multiple charges, and allowed to buy his way out of the frauds he's committed with no criminal charges before now.
Now he has been convicted, so he can't sleaze his way out that claim now. Just like you can't claim he isn't a rapist.
When the best you can do is to deny stuff that Trump has already admitted, been found guilty of or is awaiting trial on, that's more than pathetic.
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