Trump attorneys say we can't have the rape trial until the public forgets he was indicted

[Miles Archer]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-asks-to-delay-his-rape-trial-after-new-york-indictment-drama?ref=home

The civil trial, currently scheduled for April 25, comes after former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll accused the former president of raping her in the mid-1990s and sued him for defamation after he denied the allegation.

In a letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan released Tuesday night, Trump attorneys Joseph Tacopina and Alina Habba request a four-week adjournment in the trial, saying Trump’s right to a fair trial hinges on the “cooling off” period after “the recent deluge of prejudicial media coverage concerning his unprecedented criminal indictment and arraignment in Manhattan.”

Without the pause, “many, if not most, prospective jurors will have the criminal allegations top of mind when judging President Trump’s defense against Ms. Carroll’s allegations,” the letter reads, adding that a break would help contain any potential contamination of prospective jurors.

Those jurors, it continues, “will have the breathless coverage of President Trump’s alleged extra-marital affair with Stormy Daniels still ringing in their ears if [the] trial goes forward as scheduled.”

[Lovie777]

1. Bullshit.................

[MiHale]

2. Maybe if he'd shut it for a minute...

and quit reminding people of all the trouble he’s in people may forget. Yeah right!

[Miles Archer]

9. That's been the sticking point...one of several.

First, judges are wise to Trump's stall tactics, and are sick of them. Second, the media circus around his indictment was largely stirred up by Trump himself. And if the judge GAVE him 4 more weeks, they would come up with ANOTHER excuse at that time.

[kacekwl]

3. Sorry asshole, that's what happens

when you commit more crimes than you can count. Lock him up.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Exactly My Sentiment

They want to delay the trial because he broke too many laws.
Isn't that convenient.?

[FalloutShelter]

4. The Gish Gallop as applied to

Criminal defense. Flood the field with so much criminality that it cannot be addressed.
BULLSHIT!

[niyad]

5. It is twice-impeached, two-time loser, one-term FORMER president, assholes.

[allegorical oracle]

6. Forget his indictment in just four weeks? He's the one who told T Carlson about the strong men

crying at the courthouse when he was arrested. Most people can remember events for longer than four weeks. And he's not going to shut up as he works to taint any potential jury pool. And Faux is helping him.

[C_U_L8R]

7. He should have thought about that

before he got himself arrested.

[Boomerproud]

8. Here we go again.

[lame54]

10. "Your honor, my client commits so many crimes...

it would be unfair to hold him accountable for past crimes while his latest crimes are still in our memory. Therefore, since my client has many future crimes planned, there will be no foreseeable time when accountability is appropriate."

[bluestarone]

11. Stupid asshole KNOW the public will NEVER forget because,

TFG reminds them every fucking day!!

[Eugene]

13. Dump went out of his way to create the media circus he is citing.

He insisted on the perp walk. He wanted to be like Jesus entering Jerusalem.

Things didn't play out the way he hoped.

As for contamination, TFG has shown New Yorkers who he really is for over 40 years. A cooling off period would be a pointless delay.