With less than a week until the criminal trial, Stephen Colbert has mocked President Trump's efforts to delay the case.
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Trump's lawyers argued that the former president would not receive a fair trial because the jury pool was tainted by media coverage of Trump's other recent lawsuits. Does that mean the jury could not have seen any news about Donald Trump's crimes? His crime is in the news!
can not understand. Who will then leave? “Your Honor, it is only right that our client be tried by an impartial jury who knows nothing about the events of the past nine years in America. Can you recommend 12 men, or if they are not available, could we obtain cloned babies who are rapidly aged in some kind of machine and then released into the environment? .What about the jury box? Oh? Oh, they think he's guilty too? Okay.“
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Demanding a change of venue wasn't the only desperate maneuver by President Trump. He also tried to sue the judge. Yes, it's a bizarre court! The defendant is suing the judge! The Bible swears by the bailiff! The gavel is hitting everyone! I think it's one of Stormy's movies. The gavel is hitting everyone! The lawsuit challenges a gag order that Judge Marchand imposed on Trump to prevent him from verbally attacking witnesses, jurors and others, including the judge's daughter, whom Trump attacked on social media. I have filed a complaint. President Trump also called on Judge Marchand to resign, alleging bias. Yes, the judge must resign voluntarily because President Trump attacked the judge's family.
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Trump's lawyers' argument is basically that Trump is too unfamiliar with his criminal history because the former president committed too many crimes in Manhattan to deserve a fair trial. It is necessary to move the trial to another location.
Stephen Colbert was right. Trump is hopeless. The failed ex-president didn't really believe he would stand trial, but why should he?
Trump is someone who has gotten away with it all as a leftist and has never been held accountable, so it will be shocking for him to face the consequences of his actions.
The Trump defendants will only grow more hopeless as accountability looms and they appear powerless to stop it.
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Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is a White House correspondent and Congressional Correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason holds a bachelor's degree in political science. His graduate work focused on public policy and specialized in social reform movements.
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