• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It would result in a hung jury and a mistrial.

    Which would likely result in retrial, not letting trump off the hook. (It is possible the judge lets it drop? But unlikely.)

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      1 year ago

      Problem is that retrials vastly favor the defendant, because now they have the prosecutors arguments as well as the evidence and it becomes easier to tailor the defense.

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        1 year ago

        Meh. There’s not much in the way of a real defense- that’s kind of Trump’s problem. they have him basically stone-cold.