The details of Trump’s defense strategy are unclear because the specific charges in the indictment against him will stay under seal until his arraignment this coming Tuesday.
The judge, Juan Merchan, who in more than 16 years on the bench, has earned a reputation for being thoughtful and measured, keeps to a tight schedule in court and seeks to maintain a certain level of decorum there, despite the sometimes rough-and-tumble atmosphere in state criminal proceedings. He likely will have little patience for “the former guy’s” attack-and-delay strategy.
Trump’s intensely litigious nature has made his strategy more visible over the years than it might otherwise be.
Boy Orange has long used delay tactics in legal matters that emerged from business disputes, and since becoming a politician he has repeatedly tried to throw sand in the gears of the legal system, using the resulting slow pace of litigation to run out the clock until seismic events shifted the playing field.
Trump also has a lengthy history of conflating legal problems with public-relations problems, treating every matter as one that can be dealt with in terms of a media strategy.
For the past six-plus four years, the question keeps coming back to millions of Americans: Donald, if you are innocent, why do you always act so guilty?
Eight days ago, he, Trump, openly called for the Constitution to be suspended. Apparently, he didn’t realize that if it were suspended, he would lose the right to plead the 5th Amendment.
In his case(s), that might NOT be such a bad thing.
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