• PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    He’s almost certainly going to appeal whatever verdict he gets, claiming that he had ineffective legal council and that the judge was biased against him. Because the only effective reason you can appeal is if you don’t believe your trial was fair. So he’s basically stacking the “this trial was unfair” deck in his favor.

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      9 months ago

      I hate to be that guy, but you can’t appeal on ineffective assistance of counsel in a civil proceeding.

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        9 months ago

        Since when has something being legal or not ever stopped Trump from trying it?

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          9 months ago

          I’m not sure what you mean exactly in this context? Are you saying he will try to appeal on those grounds anyway? If that is what you are saying then it doesn’t work like that because the appeals court will simply throw out the appeal for lack of standing I believe.

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            9 months ago

            That’s exactly what I’m expecting would happen. Trump submits paperwork trying to appeal, it gets rejected for not being valid grounds to appeal, and he cries persecution in the media.

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              Oh, well in that case then I guess I agree with you. Both because that is his M.O. and also because his legal team in this specific case is especially incompetent.

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              9 months ago

              I’d love to watch him cry about it in jail, but I’m not hopeful he’ll actually end up there.