Over at New York Magazine, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig has a piece which attempts to be down the middle on the Trump conviction. On the one hand, Honig offers respect to the jury who he says did their job. On the other hand, he points out that there remain a lot of problems with this case, any one of which might be grounds for it to be overturned on appeal.
Both of these things can be true at once: the jury did its job, and this case was an ill-conceived, unjustified mess…
The judge donated money – a tiny amount, $35, but in plain violation of a rule prohibiting New York judges from making political donations of any kind – to a pro-Biden, anti-Trump political operation, including funds that the Judge earmarked for “resisting the Republican Party and Donald Trump’s radical right-wing legacy.” Would folks have been just fine with the judge staying on the case if…
