Foggy wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 1:21 pm
If the prosecution has rested, no need for any defense, I think the jury now goes straight to determining the number of years Killary's going to spend in prison, yesno?
And finally she gets to play the get-out-of-prison-nearly-free card by revealing the location of 30000 missing emails
Foggy wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 1:21 pm
If the prosecution has rested, no need for any defense, I think the jury now goes straight to determining the number of years Killary's going to spend in prison, yesno?
I thought that was supposed to happen before they went to the GJ.
Kendra wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 11:11 am
Thank you for that. I've been trying to follow EmptyWheel, but she's so fast and furious I can't understand half of what she says.
Thanks, Kendra. I forgot she was also live tweeting. I added her to the list.
My thanks, too, RC. For some reason I've been finding it hard to find the people reporting this.
NB - I think emptywheel said she is overseas currently, and is purchasing the transcripts and commenting on them.
Closing arguments are this morning. Berkowitz is on fire for the defense. I think he is tearing the prosecution's case to shreds. To much to copy over, you just have to read it. https://twitter.com/i/lists/1529453805615579137?s=20
Checked in on FoxNews, they're reporting that they had many experts agreeing that Durham proved "beyond a shadow of a doubt" that Hillary did only God knows what, unclear on that, something something Russian hoax, but that they said from the beginning that it would be difficult to get a "DC jury" to convict, so they are not surprised. Also Sussmann and Baker are close personal friends.
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
I mean, I'm thinking the implicit promise of frogmarching made by his fans on his behalf was maybe exaggerated a tad.
But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
Comparison of Mueller and Durham from @emptywheel:
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
Also, that’s not a HUMILIATINGLY fast verdict for a two-week white-collar case, but it’s definitely not a vote of confidence in the quality of the case.
But according to Charlie Savage, the jury deliberated about 4 hours on Friday and 2 hours this morning. IANAL, but that sure seems HUMILIATINGLY fast to me.