This is exactly the kind of legal delay Trump hopes for as
outlined in this NEWSWEEK article about his upcoming arraignment hearing next week in NYC
with this headline (formatted to fit the blog):
“Trump Trial Won't Happen
for Maybe a Year, Former U.S. Attorney Predicts”
Even with the high-profile nature of the case, some legal
experts are stressing that the case is unlikely to move as quickly as some
might expect it to. Appearing on MSNBC Marc Agnifilo, a
former assistant U.S. attorney and a former Manhattan assistant DA, said that
it's likely that Trump's case will not go to trial until roughly a year from
now, due to the way the NYS legal system is set up.
As Agnifilo explained, the NYS legal system allows for a significant amount of pretrial motions and appeals.
This includes the ability
for a defense to argue before a judge that the evidence presented to a grand
jury was legally insufficient to warrant an indictment, a tactic that Agnifilo
said he expects Trump's legal team to take advantage of.
Agnifilo further added: “I would expect this trial to be
maybe a year from now. I think everyone's going to be watching it, Judge Juan
Merchan is not going to want it to just linger, but a year is probably a safe
guess for the timeline. Federal cases very often get to trial sooner than that,
sometimes six months, eight months.
Due to this legal structure, Agnifilo also said that it's possible that Trump could end up at trial for a federal indictment before doing so for the charges he is currently contending with, should such an indictment come soon enough.
In addition to the
investigation in Manhattan, Trump is also facing multiple DOJ probes by
S/C Jack Smith into (1) his handling of hundreds of classified documents at
Mar-a-Lago after leaving office, and (2) his involvement in fomenting the January
6, 2021 Capitol riot aimed at stopping the 2020 election certification and to
stay in office.
Trump has maintained his
innocence in those cases as well.
Additionally, Glenn Kirschner, a veteran federal prosecutor and legal analyst, earlier suggested a similar timeline since Trump might potentially face charges in Fulton County, GA where DA Fani Willis has been leading an investigation into Trump's alleged attempts to tamper with the state's election processes in 2020.
Kirschner said: “If I had to guess, once the indictments are
returned and Donald Trump is presented in court on that indictment, and he is
arraigned, read the charges that the grand jury has leveled against him, we'll
probably see a trial date set somewhere between six months to a year down the
road, but the defense attorney will forever try to file motions to continue to
push it further and further down the road, so I think one year from the time
the indictment drops is a good rule of thumb as to when we're likely to see a
trial.”
My 2 Cents: As stated
above and as we all know “delaying” any legal proceeding is Trump’s middle name
and then try to skate any conviction and especially any jail time (i.e., paying
fines and such) and thus for 50 years as seen here from ABC News 7 in Los Angeles, but hopefully not now.
But, as usual, stay tuned
we have a ways to go to see if and when Trump is finally held to account for
his crimes.
Hopefully that day has now
arrived in NYS, GA, and in DC with the DOJ investigations. We shall see.
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