The jury is back in the courtroom after prosecutors had asked that Donald J. Trump be held in contempt for attacking witnesses and others close to the case. The former president is charged with 34 felony counts related to a hush-money payment to a porn star.
Todd Blanche [Trump’s lawyer] says Trump is entitled to complain about “two systems of justice.” “There’s two systems of justice in this courtroom? That’s what you’re saying?” Justice Merchan says.
I mean, there are two systems of justice in this country, and he’s always been part of the better one. If he wants to see what the rest of us would have to go though, by all means, let’s try him under that system of justice.
Yeah. If a non-billionaire (allegedly) tweeted out barely-veiled threats to jurors and witnesses and the judge’s family that causes their friends to send death threats, you’d be in prison after you violated the gag order. Maybe not even get a gag order: just also charged with tampering.
Maggie Haberman writes:
I mean, there are two systems of justice in this country, and he’s always been part of the better one. If he wants to see what the rest of us would have to go though, by all means, let’s try him under that system of justice.
Yeah. If a non-billionaire (allegedly) tweeted out barely-veiled threats to jurors and witnesses and the judge’s family that causes their friends to send death threats, you’d be in prison after you violated the gag order. Maybe not even get a gag order: just also charged with tampering.