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Bleacher Creature

(11,504 posts)
Sun May 23, 2021, 03:31 PM May 2021

In a country where 74 million people voted for Trump, how to you find a jury to convict him? [View all]

I realize that the NYS case is in good hands with Tish James, but jury selection is going to be a nightmare if that case winds up at trial. You obviously can't screen based on political party or recent votes, but if by chance you get a jury of all Clinton/Biden voters you know the defense will jump all over it. Hopefully there are at least 12 people in that jury pool who are relatively disinterested in politics and willing to only follow the evidence.

I know that this is crazy premature, but of all the potential roadblocks to Trump serving a prison sentence, this seems like one of the biggest. I also suspect that his hold over his base makes it unlikely that he'll ever accept a plea bargain.

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