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Remember when Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of criminal conspiracy? The GOP doesn't. [1]

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Date: 2024-06-05  

Erasure. Much like the GOP House attempts to expunge Trump’s impeachments, apparently there’s simply nothing to see anymore. Trump is after all, infallible.

From Election Denialism to Jury Denialism

These attacks aren’t confined to the quirks of the case or the politics of Manhattan. Republicans are inventing reasons to reject any verdict against Trump. It’s an extension of what they’ve done since 2020: inventing reasons to reject any election Trump loses. Respecting juries, like respecting elections, is just another obsolete norm.

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THE MANHATTAN CASE certainly has its shortcomings. It’s an odd combination of business-record misdemeanors, gross sexual behavior, shady hush-money schemes, and tenuous interpretations of campaign finance law. Critics of the case have every right to call out these defects and challenge them on appeal. But the GOP’s response to the verdict goes well beyond that. The party of Trump is mounting a propaganda campaign against any jury that threatens its leader. And it’s excommunicating any Republican who speaks up for the rule of law.

x "Republicans can’t accept that facts decided the case. So they’ve set out to discredit the jury." They don't care that the collateral damage is trust in the legal system - or maybe undermining that is the point. https://t.co/ARe3Hv5qwA — The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) June 5, 2024

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