Yes, they said it: If Trump’s on trial, GOP hopefuls argue, then the jury system must be broken.
Believe, if you will, that the criminal justice system, at the federal and state levels, has been weaponized against Trump. Believe that the Biden administration is out to get him, along with state and local prosecutors. Believe, even, that juries in liberal jurisdictions such as New York or the District of Columbia are irrevocably biased against him.
But the candidates’ answers — yes, most said, I would still support him — mean that even if a jury in the case were to find Trump guilty of obstructing justice and illegally retaining classified documents, Trump’s rivals would not be deterred from their slavish support.
Is there anything left of our legal system and the rule of law if we follow this path? It is hard to discern what that might be., but he was the only one. “Obviously I’m not going to support somebody who’s been convicted of a serious felony or who is disqualified under our Constitution, and that’s consistent with [Republican National Committee] rules, and I hope everybody would agree with me,” he said. Good luck with that.
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