Judge Jeanine: “It clearly is not fair…none of this is fair…this whole trial is a make believe trial in the sense that these are crimes we’ve never heard of based upon dead misdemeanors…”
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It clearly is not fair, and you know, none of this is fair. This whole trial is a make-believe trial in the sense that these are crimes we've never heard of based upon dead misdemeanors, based upon felonies that are federal crimes that are roped into it for which you don't need a unanimous verdict. And the whole thing is just, you know, they tried smoke and mirrors. You know, he must have done something wrong here, so it will be a very difficult task for the jury to try to figure this out. And the defense wasn't even, pursuant to the Fifth Amendment, advised what that original crime was that bootstraps this and makes it into a felony. In addition to the fact they don't have to be unanimous about column A, B, or C that involve federal tax crimes and federal election campaign violations.
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