Mark Jacob: Media must not ignore Trump's other criminal cases

[Nevilledog]

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/media-must-not-ignore-trumps-other

It seems increasingly likely that the criminal trial going on in Manhattan right now will be the only one against Donald Trump that will occur before the election.

It’s a serious case for sure, alleging falsification of business records to keep the voters from learning that Trump cheated on his wife with a porn star.

Yet it may be the least serious of the four criminal cases against him, and I’m worried that Trump’s successful stalling of the other three cases will cause the news media to sideline coverage of those charges – involving the plot to overturn the 2020 election and the theft of secret documents. If news outlets don’t keep those cases front-and-center in the run-up to the 2024 election, they’ll be playing into the hands of the MAGA Republicans who are desperately delaying justice.

A quick status check:

* The federal case against Trump over his plot to nullify the election of Joe Biden is tied up in the U.S. Supreme Court, which was asked by special counsel Jack Smith to deal with the issue of presidential immunity last December but chose to string it out until the end of its term. The delay smells like an attempt by right-wing justices such as Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to help Trump politically.

* The federal case against Trump over the theft of classified documents and his lies about their whereabouts was given to Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon, who has systematically stalled progress on the case.

* The Fulton County, Georgia, election fraud case involving Trump’s corrupt efforts to “find” enough votes to win the state has been tied up over ethics issues involving prosecutor Fani Willis. One judge has already ruled she can stay on the case, but Trump and his co-defendants have appealed, so the issue will be taken up in court again. Delay, delay, delay.

In a well-functioning democracy, these cases would have been brought to trial in time to allow the public to know the full truth before voting for or against a criminal suspect who may become president.

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[J_William_Ryan]

1. The media really aren't the issue.

The issue is corrupt, dishonest jurists delaying the Federal cases in bad faith for purely partisan reasons.

As for the Georgia case, prosecutors shot themselves in the collect foot on that one.

[senseandsensibility]

3. But given that, it is all the more important that the

media do its job.

[republianmushroom]

2. 40 months and counting (includes a lot of foot dragging)