Stan: Damn it Vinny! Maybe if you put up some kind of a fight, you could’ve had the case thrown out
Vincent Gambini: Stan, you’re in Ala-fuckin’-bama. You come from New York. You killed a good ole boy. There’s just no way this isn’t going to trial
My Cousin Vinny 1992
The closing arguments in the NYC Trump trial are taking place and despite the opinions of Jonathan Turley and Alan Dershowitz as to the quality of the case against President Trump and the credibility of the witnesses for the prosecution I have to agree with Stacy McCain that the fix is about as in as it gets:
Understand that 86% of voters in Manhattan voted for Joe Biden in 2020. There are no honest people on that jury. They know full well why they are there, and what is expected of them. This “trial” has nothing to do with justice, and everything to do with revenge — Trump beat Hillary in 2016, and Democrats cannot forgive him for that.
Do not be distracted by this chatter from the media about the “question” of whether Michael Cohen’s credibility has been damaged. It doesn’t matter. This jury will vote to convict, no matter what.
There is however one wild card that is in Trump favor. The fear card.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean the Juror’s being afraid for their lives. I mean the fear of what the result of the guilty verdict might be on election 2024.
You might recall that as President, Donald Trump gave black Americans a break and many emphasize with the idea of a justice system out to get them (an idea that Democrats have drilled into their heads btw) and furthermore a lot of Hispanic voters who came from South America to escape the kind of crooked justice being practiced in that court.
or as Scott Adams has put it
Quite a few Democrats are beginning to suspect that this is the case and if a juror or two comes to the same conclusion then all bets are off.
That fear might change the dynamic, but then again the fear of electing Trump might not be larger than the fear of a backlash from people they know for daring to let him go.
I don’t see how you overcome that social pressure.
All of it is like watching an old movie with a sad ending that you’ve seen many times and wished it ended differently.
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