"Show Me the Man and I'll Show You the Crime"
and
"The Thing"
Attributed to Lavrenti Beria, Joe Stalin's NKVD Commissar, "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime," was thought to have been a discredited terror technique. Meaning, of course, "Don't worry, Joe. I'll find something to pin on whomever you want and we'll execute him."
There's another Joe today, Joe Biden. His Beria is named Alvin Bragg but the idea is exactly the same. "I'll get Trump for you, Joe. I'll find something." After all, Bragg campaigned and won on that very promise.
Referring to our Declaration of Independence, at a campaign stop Biden 2020, Biden said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created by -- You know, the thing." So much for having an Ivy League law degree.
There's a BIG problem, though. That pesky Sixth Amendment thing. "You know, the thing!"
What the Sixth Amendment says:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Bragg's big problem: There is an indictment of sorts, yes, but it doesn't define the crimes Trump is alleged to have commited. When asked why the nature of the crimes is omitted in the indictment, Bragg responded, "The law doesn't require me to."
Umm, say what? I excerpt from the above: "and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation;"
As your fearless prognisticator I advise, bet on Trump.
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