What are the more currents rates ? What percent of cases are settled ? Does this seem like a 99.6 % case to you ? Do you believe the average voter and average juror has your background and expertise? You see nothing pollical here , if trump was just another new york putz , nothing would have changed ? Come on man, listen to Carville and most others with credibility ,it isn't working.

This isn't a federal case. Federal prosecutors bring very few cases compared to state courts, and the penalties when they do are massive compared to state crimes....so they have very different outcomes.

Absolutely if Trump was just another NY putz he would have been charged if the prosecutors had evidence that he committed a crime. Because the average NY putz won't have high-priced legal counsel, so it would have ended in a deal - as nearly all criminal charges do.

As for listening to Carville - well, he's not a lawyer, and here are lots of people who have advocated in support of the charges and written about their strength. You don't listen to them, and you've decided they don't have credibility, because they're arguing against the outcome you want. You have decided that this is political, rather than a legitimate criminal prosecution - so you're only going to find credible the people that argue that side of the case.

Which is your prerogative! It's a free country! All I'm doing is pointing out that many of the arguments they make are just...wrong! Claiming that it's "insane" that the judge didn't provide written jury instructions when New York state law doesn't authorize written jury instructions is....well, it's not a great argument. So if those are the folks you believe are the ones with credibility, you might want to broaden your reading on the issue. I've read many (most?) of Turley's comments on the trial, and most of them are not very impressive once you look at them. He writes reasonably well, and he's a strong advocate....but a strong advocate can argue the bad side of an argument well. And I think he's doing that for most of his points, especially about the legal strength of the case.