Teri KanefieldThanks, Tawtovo, for reminding me.
Here is the Washington Posts's roundup.
When they go beyond the facts, they make very safe assessments and predictions.
They're also obviously trying to keep the tone calm. They even say as much.
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Someone mentioned that the jury selection in New York will be lit.
I would imagine every New Yorker wants to be on that jury.
Completely personal observation:
Trump was lucky to draw 1 (of many) sympathetic judge. When I practiced in California it seemed like almost all judges were sympathetic to the prosecution and hostile to the defense. Most judges were former prosecutors. Some seemed eager to help the prosecution.
In high profile cases they usually try to look good.
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Leu2500@Teri_Kanefield In my experience, most people don’t want to be on juries. And this trial is expected to last weeks, they have to take steps to keep the jurors anonymous because of Trump’s threats & his rabid supporters.
@Leu2500 Deleting and starting over because I am probably projecting (also speaking from witnessing how brave people were in Georgia going to the polls in the face of adversity.
Some people are like "bring it on."
When I was doing voter protection work in GA in 2020, a guy came with a gun to the polling place. A few people were scared, but a very long line of mostly women in rural GA were like, 'Bring it on. We've faced worse in our lives."
Lots of people came out to work the polls in 2022.