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In reply to the discussion: Please, stop with the "The tough decision..." commentary! [View all]Silent3
(15,909 posts)So, while what you say is a concern, I don't think it will be as difficult as you might think to get a jury to convict. Also, since any trial for Trump concerning 1/6 is likely to cover a litany of charges, you'd have to have someone so dedicated to letting Trump off the hook that they voted against the rest of their fellow jurors in an extremely suspicious way time after time after time.
There are also a lot of Trump minions who need badly to be indicted. Dedicated juror hold-outs less likely there. While not as good as getting Trump himself convicted for sending a message to future would-be insurrectionists, it would still have some value if people were at least very afraid to ever be an accomplice in insurrection. The fewer willing allies for a nascent tyrant, the better.