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Dopey, Judge Merchan Didn’t Find You Guilty! A Jury of Your Peers Did
Trump and his cult just can’t seem to grasp how our legal system works.
Let’s start this off with an apology. I want to apologize to the 12 men and women of the jury who found Donald Trump guilty 34 times. People, including me, keep referring to you as “peers” of Trump. Please do not take this literally. No, none of you are as lowly and rotten to the core as that orange compromised, friend-of-the-Kremlin is.
Donald Trump might have a point when complaining about an unfair trial. He really wasn’t judged by a jury of his peers because it doesn’t seem there were any insane MAGidiots present in Judge Merchan’s courtroom. Nonetheless, Trump, who I doubt fully understands how our legal system works, daily makes ridiculous comments about how the “radical left judge” is so pathetic because he found him guilty. Trump now wants the Supreme Court to step in and reverse his convictions because of the “clear prejudice” of the judge.
Trump and all of the Republicans in Congress, including the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, are purposely obfuscating the fact that a judge has nothing to do with the finding of guilt. Their purpose is a relatively straightforward one. The more radical and outlandishly corrupted and criminal they can make the…