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So what will be tRump’s grounds for appeal?

Not much to try. tRump no doubt will want to appeal using Advice of Counsel (or one of their stupid alternative names for this defense). I really wish that they would as this is certain to fail. It requires tRump to admit he committed the crime at the direction of his legal team. The bar of proof is very, very high for this defense and evidence presented in this trial makes it almost impossible. Plus, it will cause a rift between the convict and his legal team who allowed him to interfere with his own defense.

Bias of the judge—absolutely no evidence to support this and a great deal of evidence to refute it.

Outside political influence—(see Bias of the judge, above).

The defense advanced no counter theory. They have very little to work with.

Presidential immunity—ha! He wasn’t President when he committed these crimes.

It will have to be some procedural issue and there certainly aren’t any that would rise anywhere near the level to reverse the verdict.

Expect jail time at Rikers, tRump! Good to know that the prison authorities are already hard at work with the Secret Service to arrange that.
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trollslayer · 46-50, M
Exactly. The GOP knuckle draggers have no idea how appeals work. You can't just appeal because you think the decision is wrong. You would have to prove that something unethical was done, the jury was corrupt, new evidence, evidence suppressed, etc.
@trollslayer Well, they have 30 days to file their appeal and they are certain to come up with something, but if tRump calls the shots, it might be dismissed as frivolous.

I think it will have to be a technical issue—maybe challenge the venue again, but that’s almost certain to fail.