Trump eagerly creates chaos, looks for opportunities to disrupt and continues to threaten judges, court personnel and witnesses. Indeed, in advance of the current trial, Carroll’s lawyer implored the judge to consider his outburst in the New York civil case and take steps to prevent another attempt to “sow chaos.” Trump is prohibited from rearguing the facts of the sexual assault — although he might try anyway. Expect outbursts in his criminal trials, ludicrous arguments (even those the judge already ruled on) and other stunts that a normal defendant might fear would be off-putting to a jury. That has always been his style: delegitimize entities and defy the rules because he seems to consider himself above the law.
Finally, Trump’s main tactic is delay. A Just Security backgrounder pointed out: “Trump has repeatedly sought to delay the Carroll I case, but has been rejected at least twice by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and as recently as Sunday by Judge Kaplan.” (He tried to plead that he needed a postponement because his mother-in-law died, but that didn’t stop him from attending campaign events.) “Trump has also sought to have the Carroll I case dismissed on presidential immunity grounds, but that claim was rejected by both Judge Kaplan and the Second Circuit.” The delays and incessant appeals on baseless theories (recall his plea for the Supreme Court not to expedite a review on the immunity issue in the Jan. 6 case) will continue every step of the way.
When you boil it all down, you get a sense of how Trump treats the legal system (as he does the political system). It’s an illegitimate infringement on his right to do whatever he wants (absolute immunity). It’s a stage for victimhood appeals. It’s “proof” the “system” is out to get him.
Whether he cannot bring himself to do the things needed to win (keep his mouth shut) or whether he understands at some level that he has no legitimate defenses, he simply wants to push his days of reckoning into the future, after an election he thinks he can win and use to keep verdicts at bay. Judges in the upcoming criminal cases had better be prepared for more of the same.
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He does it to flood the zone as Bannon suggested was necessary to secure support for right wing lies. There's no shortage of hyperbolic propaganda on the airwaves and social media. Legitimate news sources contribute to the misinformed by repeatedly treating his candidacy as normal horse race politics.
I cannot comprehend the level of gullibility obviously present in America but clearly fox and friends have converted a large segment of the population to fascism and they clamor for more. All remaining sane Americans must put aside any partisan differences and vote for Biden. Regardless of how much you may or may not support him personally. This election has consequences beyond America's borders. Wake up and vote every republican out everywhere always.
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