i have spent some time over the past day or so perusing that filing by donny's lawyers and it has some interesting points...twelve pages...twenty items in defense of an indefinte postponement...rather standard legal wrangling in any number of ways...except,of course, one of the defendants is "the likely republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election"...and donny's status as one of the elite does have bearing on this..."this extraordianary case presents a serious challenge both to the fact and perception of our american democracy...therefore a measured consideration and timeline that allows for a careful an complete review of the procedures that led to the indictment and the unprecidented legal issues presented herein best serves the interests of the defendants and the public."...so...donny is threatened so american deomcracy is threatened and a thorough review of events is in his best interests and so also in the best interests of the polity...donny's interests become the interests of the nation...the interests of the elite are presented as national interests...nothing new in that...however i anm inclined to think that my best interests would be served by a thorough review of facts...this seems unlikely in courtroom where the only intent is to sell the jury one or the other of the opposing versions of events...facts are externals at best and impediments at worst in a courtroom...the lawyers ( and defendants ) are trying to avoid anything like facts..."the intersection between the presidential records act and the various criminal statutes at issue has never been addressed by any court and, in the defendants' view, will result in the dismissal of the indictment."...nixon argued in court that the president was above the law for four years at a time...that failed and i cannot help but notice that the statute acting in donny's favor is named while those he may have transgressed are simply "various"...the filing states that the evidence in this case conssits of "428,300 records in excess of 833,450 pages, consisting of 122,650 emails ( with attachments ) and 305,670 documents...also some 57 terabytes of compressed cctv footage ( so far there is approximatel nine months of cctv footage, but the final number is not yet certain. )...that is a lot of ground to cover however the filing also says ,"the defendants expect that various key legal issues will be fully dispositive, thus negating the need for a jury trial."...yes, a lot of evidence but we could cover this all in a zoom meeting and not have any meesy public hearing of viewpoints, evidence, bickering, and tedious testimony that might impung the reputation ( such as it is ) of such a venerable member of the elite...i did find one point of agreement in all this convoluted legalese and that is the filing's contention that there might be a "potential inability to select and impartial jury"...donny is not someone who inspires ambivalence and finding jurors that are impartial could be exactly the delay that would push a trial past the 2024 election...
which is what this is all about...and in a courtroom in the hands of a trump nominee and activist judge they may get their way...perhaps even that "dismissal of the indictment"...the "fact of american democracy" is inherent in this...winning the 2024 election would only defer donny's legal issues for four years after which he could not, constitutionally, have another term...one suspects that donny has little respect for the constitution and its limits on power...he comes from an authoritarian corporate culture...of course the constitution can be changed...a time consuming and uncertain process...or torn up by president for life trump.( the photos are quotes from yesterday's new york times...just to give something of a citation )
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