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Originally Posted by Adder
No, potential targets having experienced (and even connected) counsel is not political interference in the criminal justice process. What is wrong with you?
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Distinction without a difference. Trump is merely the ultimate insider. If I can get a favor by having the President tweet, or I can get a favor because my criminal lawyer used to work with the people at justice and uses the connection to plead my case and milk his goodwill with my investogators in advance, where other defendants would not have a chance to stop a case against them until it was too late, what's the difference? Influence is influence is influence. You're getting hung up on the word "political."
Scooter Libby had influence. Marc Rich had influence. Roger Stone has a friend with some influence. And in each instance, that influence was applied post-conviction. Are you quibbling with the fact that Stone is getting a favor before sentencing where Rich and Libby had Presidents simply commute or pardon them post-sentence? Seems a pretty academic difference to be citing.
