Harry Litman -Trump Blows a Gasket in NY Case
The opinion this week by Justice Juan Merchan denying Donald Trump’s motion for a new trial erects a bigger roadblock than commentators have realized to Trump’s obsessive quest to wipe away all records of his felony convictions.
And Trump’s unhinged rant in response reveals the President-elect at his contemptuous worst. It forcefully drives home that a madman-felon is about to ascend to the most powerful office in the world.
Trump’s spectacular meltdown is a reminder that, however successful he may be, Trump operates in one gear only. He is continuously aggrieved, and his bitterness will infect if not define his return to the Oval Office.
The overall stakes for Trump in this case have shriveled to near zero. He is not going to jail, at least not before 2029 and probably not then. He has managed to make the other three criminal cases against him effectively disappear. Two of them–the two federal ones–were based on overwhelming evidence, and either could have landed him in jail for the rest of his life. The third–the Fulton County Georgia RICO prosecution–is deeply mothballed and unlikely ever to return.
https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/trump-blows-a-gasket-in-ny-case