Trump’s legal team will be praying for two things: That the charges brought by Bragg wont stack up. And that Trump will control himself long enough not call the judge a “dirty democrat traitor” who’s trying to start a war. 🖊️ maitlis for ipaperviews
. As he appears in the corridor of the 15th floor of the Manhattan Criminal Courtroom a door is left to slam back in his face. It is a tiny gesture, that somehow speaks volumes. Trump has to push open the door himself.
He looks directly at the camera in the hallway, a mixture of defiance and annoyance – perhaps it’s the same emotion. And says nothing. It is the absence of words that shouts a story. Trump does not control this journey. For these 15 minutes of infamy he is in the hands of lawyers and law enforcement.
And then he enters the courtroom, flanked by his legal team, including his newest recruit Tod Blanche from New York’s oldest and most elite law firm, Cadwalader. And over the course of the next few minutes the former president will plead not guilty to the 34 charges laid before him. The presumption of innocence and respect for the rule of law are sewn into the very fabric of the US constitution. But this time, America appears to have made up its mind. Senior Republicans from the party of law and order no longer seem to believe in the rule of law or order.
Large numbers of Democrats are ready to believe he’s guilty before charged. Which is why you’d want to be anyone but Alvin Bragg right now, the New York District Attorney, taking his reputation in his hands as he brings the first ever indictment of a US president and prays his case is legally watertight.
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