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This morning, the jury in the Trump trial began deliberations on the criminal case. In response, Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY issued the following statement: 'The former president has repeatedly demonstrated a sneering disregard for the rule of law, so we know that he will continue to attack any process that doesn't support his interests. But the project of democracy is much bigger than this one individual and the public deserves a truthful resolution.
And those individuals were not selected as jurors.Trump was afforded every opportunity to present his defense. His well-paid lawyers mounted hours of testimony and cross-examinations of witnesses, and gave a three-hour closing argument.Nothing prevented Trump from testifying at trial.The jury received instructions in the law that Trump's lawyers had a hand in drafting.The trial proceeded in an orderly and organized fashion, without undue delay. Mr.
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