Trump’s Desperate Need for Relevancy Makes Jury Selection Extremely Difficult

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

You support him or you hate him, there are no “undecideds.” You love your country or you hate it and believe that Donald Trump’s efforts to destroy democracy are more important than the future of your grandchildren.

Trump’s ego desperately needs constant massaging, or he will explode into a fit of rage and likely stroke out. His failing efforts to remain relevant make him the most infamous person in our nation. Everyone who is high school age or older has an opinion about “Big Adolf.”

Therefore, selecting 12 jurors and six alternates for his criminal trial in New York, a city in which the orange buffoon is not welcome, is a challenge. Background checks on prospective jurors has been extensive, the goal being a fair trial for an obese old man who has never treated another man or woman fairly.

COULD YOU BE AN IMPARTIAL JUROR ON A TRUMP TRIAL

I have worked hard for 77 years to be a fair-minded man who is willing to listen to both sides of any issue in a civil discussion. I attempt to exclude emotions and base my opinions exclusively on facts. Because of my efforts to think independently and keep an open mind, I am positive I would be rejected as a participant in Trump’s “hush money” trial.

I read news from all over the world, I don’t watch television and its fake news broadcasts which consistently eliminate the complete story about important issues. Unfortunately, I occasionally read comments made by the most illiterate and boring speaker in history, your former illegitimate president. He admits to his guilt. He told the American people that he is a sexual predator on the “Access Hollywood” tapes. He told us the 2016 election was rigged. The only thing he excluded was that Vladimir Putin was “rigging” it in his favor. His endless lie about the results of the 2020 election proves that he knows it was the “most secure and fair election in history,” as reported by his own election czar. His tendency for repetition is nothing more than an effort to convince his supporters that his lies are facts as he would like them to be.

Could you be an impartial juror if Trump was on trial? I doubt it.

WILL HE BE CONVICTED?

The biggest problem is that unless you have been living in a cave or on a deserted island for the last nine years, you have all the facts about his “sex for money” incident with adult film star, Stormy Daniels. You have heard that he used an intermediary to pay Ms. Daniels to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and keep his act of infidelity a secret from the voting public. His personal attorney at the time, Michael Cohen, gave Ms. Daniels a check for $130,000.

I cannot see any effort which could create reasonable doubt. Multiple women have accused “Big Adolf” of sexual assault. Recently he was ordered to pay Ms. E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in a defamation lawsuit related to an unsolicited sexual encounter.

TRUMP WILL RECEIVE A FAIR TRIAL

When Trump loses, he will undoubtedly claim that the trial was unfair: that “he did nothing wrong.” His usual defense.

Let me be clear. I have never witnessed efforts made with such detail to ensure that a single trial will be conducted without bias in my life. If Moscow Mitch McConnell had conducted a single fair trial after Trump’s two impeachments, this trial would not be happening today.

Trump is constantly placing his freedom and his economic future in jeopardy with his own words and actions. When he faces a trial for his many crimes, we already know he is guilty: Trump told us so. His lack of average intelligence and surrender to his weak emotional state make him extremely vulnerable.

One last note. If our leaders in October of 2016, President Obama, Moscow Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Paul Ryan, and Nancy Pelosi, would have informed the voting public about Putin’s interference, Trump would have lost the election, and most of Trump’s 91 indictments would not have become a reality.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial-jurors-e47b0494de7688bde0e877ccb90aeca2