Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

Change of venue, my ass. A stupid, frivolous request. Smith proved his professionalism by NOT moving the venue from FL for the docs case, leaving it in the hands of a provably incompetent Trump appointed judge.

Lack of strong evidence of intent doesn’t necessarily amount to a get-out-of-jail-free card, and a jury might still convict Trump if the jurors are convinced that he clearly engaged in criminal conduct.

So far in the Jan. 6 prosecutions of rioters, judges and jurors have shown little sympathy for defendants who claim to have been acting in good faith, or for the perceived good of the country.

In one recent case involving a man who repeatedly declared during trial that he still believed the election was stolen, a federal judge ruled that it was irrelevant whether that belief was sincere if he knew he was using illegal means to disrupt congressional certification of the vote.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/02/trump-jan-6-indictment-jack-smith/