With the four major indictments against him, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen someone claiming innocence scream and thrash and whine and fight as hard as Trump has to delay his trials from starting. He comes across like someone who falls out of a boat but doesn’t want to give away to those on deck that he can’t swim, certain he's cleverly fooling them while pounding the water, kicking frantically, going under, popping back up sputtering, flailing his arms, gasping for air, gurgling and yelling in stress, “No, no, I’m fine, this is how I do it, I'm okay, really, I can swim. I can swim. I'm just fine!!!!!!!” Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle. As has been stated often by others who deal with defendants for a living, most innocent people want their day in court as soon as humanly possible to prove their innocence and get on with their lives. And by “most” I mean everyone except those who apparently like living under the stigma of people wondering if they're a criminal felon. Now, multiply this by four trials hanging over them. And then add to that you’re a political candidate who proving you’re not guilty in four indictments, overcoming a massive political vendetta, would likely sweep you to landslide victory. But Trump has had more delaying tactics, whining, tantrums and weeping than a petulant four-year-old who doesn’t want to go to bed. Actually, no, that's not quite right. A petulant four-year-old who doesn’t want to go to bed, thinks that screaming at his parents to their faces will get them to agree to letting him stay up, and when it doesn't then opening the front door to yell out so all the neighbors can hear how awful and mean and really very nasty his parents and their bedtime rules are, and being forced to go to bed against his wishes are putting him in danger. Because, honestly, he’s not tired at all. And many people say, sir, you are the least-tired baby in all the world. Ever since Jesus. Now, to be clear, I know that the way Trump is acting isn’t legal proof of his guilt. Legal proof of his guilt would be all the evidence piled against him. As well as having been actually found liable (twice) by a jury for the equivalence of rape. And being found guilty of fraud and fined $464 million. And I know, too, that his claim for delaying is because he insists all these trials are unfair, even the ones where he’s had his guilt literally adjudicated. And further, delaying means that if he isn’t found additionally guilty before the election, then those verdicts can’t be held against him before people vote, and if wins the election he can nominate an Attorney General who’ll promise stop the investigations. (Except the state trial in Georgia, which remains a pesky bugaboo for him…) But all his reasons for delaying are a separate matter. At issue here is the whining and screaming and crying and thrashing and attacking the judges and attacking the lawyers and trying to intimidate witnesses and melting down all before any of the trials have even begun. (Well, okay, except for the ones where his guilt has already been adjudicated, and the ones hoping to get to appeal.) It’s just a bad look. And yes, that’s the politest description I can think of to describe things. It just makes it really difficult for people to defend the innocence of someone flailing that much, non-stop. Though the good news for Trump is that his defenders don’t need reality to support them. The bad news for Trump is that his defenders don't carry any legal weight.
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