Donald Trump realized from his final time period within the White Home that being the President Of America is a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Trump’s attorneys wrote in a authorized submitting:
Moreover, cautious consideration will have to be given to the power to seat an neutral jury underneath the present circumstances. Continuing to trial through the pendency of a Presidential election cycle whereby opposing candidates are successfully (if not actually) immediately adversarial to at least one one other on this motion will create extraordinary challenges within the jury choice course of and restrict the Defendants’ skill to safe a good and neutral adjudication. These issues are related to any continuance dedication underneath 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) & (B)(ii) & (iv). See e.g., Coleman v. Kemp, 778 F.2nd 1487, 1489 (eleventh Cir. 1985) (the place a court docket is “unable to seat an neutral jury due to pretrial publicity or an infected neighborhood environment” then “due course of requires the trial court docket to grant . . . a continuance.” (citing Sheppard v. Maxwell. 384 U.S. 333, 362–63 (“the place there may be cheap chance that prejudicial information
previous to trial will forestall a good trial, the decide ought to proceed the case till the menace abates”)).
Certainly, even Division of Justice coverage cautions in opposition to taking prosecutorial motion for the aim of affecting an election or serving to a candidate or occasion. See U.S. Dep’t of Simply., Simply. Handbook § 9-85.500 (2022). Right here, there may be merely no query any trial of this motion through the pendency of a Presidential election will affect each the result of that election and, importantly, the power of the Defendants to acquire a good trial.
For the above cause and others listed within the submitting, Trump is attempting to get the trial postponed till after the 2024 election.
Trump is working for president as a result of it’s the solely method to keep away from conviction for the crimes that he’s alleged to have dedicated. The previous president then argues to the court docket that may’t probably be placed on trial as a result of doing so may create a prejudicial affect on the voters.
It’s a neat trick, however behind all of it is the truth that Donald Trump is working for president to keep away from jail.
Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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