court judge has been put on notice. It’s probably behind a paywall, and I apologize for linking it, but it is important.
Only last week, Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on rape charges was overturned by a New York appeals court because the prosecution had piled on unaffiliated “evidence,” resulting in an unfair trial. It was a reversible error. And, the vote may have been 4-3, but oh, boy, did they reverse it.
Basically, Trump’s judge did the very same thing that Weinstein’s was just overturned for doing. So while this show trial pretty much has a pre-determined verdict, it is clear that it simply won’t stand review.
Judge Juan Merchan has allowed extraneous information and prior bad acts into the testimony to “Get Trump” on something before the election. Merchant previously ruled that the notorious “Access Hollywood” video could not come into the trial — and why would it since it’s not germane to this case? — but he allowed the transcript and a photo from the video to be introduced to the jury.
… As Matt reported, Jarrett said the first two weeks of the Trump trial had echoes of what the judge did in the Weinstein case. “Nothing in the courtroom last week dealt with the actual charges. None of the witnesses actually testified about any relevant crime recognized by law,” he said on “Fox and Friends.”