Frankly if his lawyers can’t get him out of it, they’re a bit shit.
So I’m going to revise my view about Trump’s lawyers (and I suspect Trump’s going to as well) Reading the transcripts of yesterday’s proceedings when the defence first alleged that the prosecution had dumped thousands of pages of new material at the last minute (March 1st), and that it was so procedurally egregious that it risked the courts reputation…Which got the judges attention (as you’d imagine) and he asked Trump’s lawyer to be very careful and specific about his proof. He (the Judge) then revealed that while he’d wished he’d had more time…He’d reviewed the new material. At which point the penny dropped, and Trump’s lawyer had to admit that he’d not read any of it…went went as well as you’d expect.
They then had a back and forth about how many of the documents (there were thousands of pages) were actually relevant and it turns out that it was about 300. (oops)
Trump’s lawyer then tried to assert that the documents weren’t relevant as they were under the control of the FBI and US attorney and that New York state had violated its on rues about them being under their control. To which the judge pointed out that he reckoned Trump’s lawyer would have a hard time asserting that the FBI was under the control of New York State…So then the judge points out that Trump’s lawyer used to be a assistant district attorney in New York, and knew the rules, and what did he think he was doing bring all this time wasting nonsense to his court-room?
It really does seem like Trump (and his lawyers) are really just not prepared for the reality of the fact that there’s going to be a criminal case in 20 days that could end up with this judge (who they’ve already pissed off) sentencing him if Trump’s found guilty.