• RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You do that by having enough people that were nearby, or better, involved in the overall conspiracy testifying that they were operating with the knowledge that what they were doing was illegal.

    “Beyond a reasonable doubt” is not “beyond the shadow of any doubt.”

    If you have three or four insiders saying that Trump wanted to do X (which was an illegal act), and corroborating testimony that he was told by these lawyers, like Ellis, that the law doesn’t work that way, that this is illegal, it’s not reasonable that Trump can righteously still believe he was not committing a crime. By that point it’s “ignorance of the law” at best, which is not a defense.

    Testimonies will be catered to pointing this out, and there will be plenty of arguments about the intent of text messages and emails and conversations surrounding Trump, they will ultimately establish everyone was aware that this illegal obstruction is being done knowingly and at Trump’s direction. Once you’re there, it requires an absolutely unreasonable juror to conclude he had any reason to believe be was in the right.

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        1 year ago

        Perfect, Glenn explains (and understands) that much better. Glenn Kirschner is one of the ones I mentioned that I watch regularly, because justice matters. Definitely worth subscribing if the legal side of things is an interest- the others I hit up regularly are Meidas Touch’s Legal AF and Talking Feds with Harry Litman.

        It’s definitely a lot of their legal strategies they’ve already discussed around the GA case for months that I was regurgitating, especially since the guilty pleads started rolling in.

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      1 year ago

      it’s not reasonable that Trump can righteously still believe he was not committing a crime

      I suppose that puts weight on the fact that its his lawyers have flipped.

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        1 year ago

        Indeed! Getting Ellis, Chesbro and Krakendoodledoo to take a plea bargain in exchange for testimony were huge (yuge?) for the prosecution.