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By Robert McElvaine
If all Americans could be made a jury, the threat to democracy, freedom, and the rule of law would evaporate.
The most important takeaway from the verdict in The People of the State of New York v Donald J. Trump—which Heather Cox Richardson has nicely summed up as “Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.”—is that it demonstrates what happens when Americans are presented with the facts.
One of the jurors said in voir dire that she gets her news from “Truth Social.” Another liked the way Trump speaks his mind. One watched Fox “News.” Yet when they were presented with factual evidence, they unanimously concluded that it was beyond reasonable doubt that Trump interfered in the 2016 Election by paying to prevent the American voters from knowing some of the things he has done.