As many in the mockingbird media are celebrating the conviction of Donald Trump in the Manhattan trial, CNN’s senior legal analyst has tossed cold water on their jubilation with a devastating analysis of how the prosecutors captured their political prey.
Honig’s analysis appeared on Friday in New York Magazine which was reprinted from the CAFE Brief newsletter. The title alone expresses Honig’s highly critical view of the prosecution: “Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law.”
First Honig notes the absurd lengths the prosecution went to win by any means necessary:
The jury did its job, and this case was an ill-conceived, unjustified mess. Sure, victory is the great deodorant, but a guilty verdict doesn’t make it all pure and right. Plenty of prosecutors have won plenty of convictions in cases that shouldn’t have been brought in the first…
