So this guy decided to be corrupt years ago just so he could be indicted, found guilty and spend years in jail, just so it looks as if the cases against Trump aren’t politically motivated?

Really likely!

The gullible in the USA might swallow these kinds of bs conspiracy theories but it’s shameful to see people here prepared to believe it as fact.

The Justice Department just doesn’t work like that. The risk to them of allowing any kind of political shenanigans to surface is far too great. This is being prosecuted by them because it needs to be. Just as Trump is being prosecuted by various States and Special Investigators.

Now it’s down to the courts to look at the evidence and decide guilt or innocence.

As to jury selection in Trump’s case there were hundreds looked at and rejected before they found enough able to be objective. Can they be objective? If they are honest of course they can:-

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I worry much more about Trump supporters slipping through the net and holding out against the others in the face of overwhelming evidence. Hold outs are the threat to justice in the current case, not where it is being held. Even if the Judge accepts a majority verdict there only needs to be 3 who believe this is really a witch hunt for him to be let off when the rest are convinced he is guilty.

No, I think it’s because they have the evidence and nothing else.

Trump had “his collar felt“ months ago when the various indictments were issued. It’s been news for a long time, so why choose now?

Those who see a conspiracy behind everything they don’t approve of will never be convinced there are simple reasons for things, but there usually are.

That would depend on why he got off. If it became obvious it was because of hold outs refusing to convict him despite a slam dunk case then it could well work against him.

If because the prosecution case is weak and appears more to do with politics than criminality, which is what many appear to believe because of Trump’s constant claims that it is, then he will benefit.

I don’t see any likely carry over to the other cases. None of which, because of the level of delay tactics being employed seem likely to actually reach court before the election which if he wins would be kicked into the grass for 4 years and some subjected to a blanket self pardoning.

This man is a serious danger to democracy. We saw that at the end of his first term and it’s being confirmed now.

The political element is there with these references to the case being about trying to influence the election when the indictment was for accounting malpractice and also because Alvin Bragg has been clear that his intention was to "get" Trump.

The difference being that Al Capone wasn't a politician on the other side to the District Attorney. Chicago at the time was wildly corrupt and Capone was a very rich and powerful presence- the prosecutors had to go for any charge they could against him.

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Trump wasn’t a politician either when he upset the authorities in NY. Many have suggested his father was a closet mob boss and the Trump organisation has a long history of close connections to some dubious ”influencers”. Trump is now even more rich and powerful than Capone was. So I think there are valid parallels.

That a journalist writes an oped suggesting political motivations is nothing, and proves nothing. Millions share his opinion having had it thrust at them by Trump for years through his well tested and very successful strategy of telling Big Lies so often they become thought of as the truth by many.

Others disagree. I’d wager the DA does and so do I. Mine is just another opinion. No better, or worse than the journalists. The DA though knows. He’s the only one who does.