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Pessimism growing in Trump's inner circle that a hush money guilty verdict is inevitable
(www.rawstory.com)
Apparently, it's rare for lawyers to draw objections during their opening statements, but it happened twice for Trump's team today and the judge sustained both objections.
MSNBC Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-XetPGnx0M
34 counts on a crime for which his lawyer already did time and Trump was listed in that case as unindicted "Individual 1".
Then again, Cohen only got 3 years and was only charged on 8 counts. Based on that, even convicted Trump would challenge the ruling for longer than the time it would take to serve it.
Not getting a conviction would be surprising.
The Republicans should bounce him at the convention, bring in a ringer, and let Trump try again in '28, if he's still alive.
I imagine he could escape jail time, for this case at least. I think the judge will probably suspend his sentence or give probation, but hopefully he still gets the felony conviction. That's what swing voters are going to care about.
I cared for my parents with dementia, so I know the signs. Trump is staying mentally engaged(thanks to the legal system) which slows its progress, but he definitely has some form of dementia. I don't think he'll be in any shape to run in '28.
He wasn't in shape to run in '16 and he still did it.
Touché
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