Subject: The Right to a Speedy Trial
The Right to a Speedy Trial is a right conferred on the defendant.

That pesky, outmoded US Constitution says this

Sixth Amendment "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"

Nowhere is the prosecution imbued with the same speedy right. So what's the rush here?

"We're going to have opening statements on Monday morning," Judge Juan Merchan declared.

From the beginning, this trial and its timing was designed to inflict damage to Trump and to influence the 2024 election. The charges were not initiated until just the right time to fall into the thick of the campaign season. The prosecution dumps 200,000 pages of documents for the defense to review and the judge only grants 30 days to do so even though the defense requested 90 days to properly review. Why? To hit the target sweet spot for the trial perhaps.

Throughout pretrial and the rush to seat a jury, the Judge often admonished the defense for "excessive" motions and procedural objections designed to delay the trial. Then there is the judges insistence that Trump be physically present four days a week, keeping him off the campaign trail so far and for the remainder of trial which is expected to last six weeks.

Yep, this is a political prosecution if there ever was one. Even if the case against Trump is rock solid, the timing of it exposes its true nature. This is obvious to many but since the political nature cannot be proven, the liberal will respond with, "nothing political about it; The Honorable Judge Merchan is just running an efficient docket, there will be no unnecessary backlog in his courtroom; Bias? BS you say, he is the best judge ever."

The inevitable conviction will be overturned for one of a number of reasons but Biden will be able to run against a "convicted felon" throughout the rest of the campaign season and that is the important part. Lawfare at its finest.