I urge all Americans to see past his lies and spin — the day when we stop holding powerful politicians to account is the day we turn into a banana republic.
Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Stacks of physical evidence. Weeks of testimony from corroborating witnesses. Twelve ordinary citizens on a jury listened carefully to the prosecution and defense present their cases. And they came to one unanimous verdict: former President Donald Trump was guilty of 34 felonies.
First, Trump had the right to help select which potential jurors ended up on a jury. Second, the burden of proof was on the prosecution; the defense did not even have to present a case. Third, the jury had to believe that Trump committed his crimes “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Fourth, and perhaps most importantly: even one juror harboring doubt could have meant a hung jury, but all twelve men and women unanimously agreed that Trump was guilty on all counts.
Another of Trump’s bogus claims is that the Biden administration and the District Attorney conspired to bring unprecedented charges against Trump. We should be clear: President Biden had nothing to do with this trial. It was a state-based case. As for DA Alvin Bragg, many on the far right have falsely claimed he promised to prosecute Trump on the campaign trail. No matter how they try to misconstrue the truth, it is simply not true.
Many these laws grew out of another former president’s gross violations of justice: Richard Nixon. How Republicans handled Nixon 50 years ago stands in stark contrast to how they have dealt with Trump today. Back then, many principled conservatives stood up to the lawlessness that had taken hold in the White House and worked with Democrats to build the guardrails to try and prevent it from happening again.
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