Officials say Judge Christopher Cooper's ties to leading Democrats and key figure in discredited Trump-Russia probe should disqualify him from case of Michael Sussmann, lawyer who fed anti-Trump dirt to FBI while hiding connection to Hillary Clinton campaign.
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I think we're still living in a "Republic," though one which is a banana.
Boils down to this. I've been on two jury trials.
Both men I thought were likely guilty but, because I believe in innocent until proven guilty, the rights of the individual to be fairly judged, as well as my profession which entails detail I agreed to not pitch a hissy fit and try to get out.
One trial the defense cornered me at the end of trial and asked why we'd let him off. I explained to them that whilst I thought he was guilty of more than 2 beers during the golfing outing; the city had failed to provide any evidence and the evidence they showed actually showed that the cop who made the arrest (off-duty) was VERY biased. I told them he got lucky and if he was smart he'd go get help; but that we had followed THE LAW and looked at the evidence (thanks to my being foreman). Point being: Though most of us were biased to believe he was drunk - after all he refused the blow-meter - that the evidence and lack of any real evidence other than video showing he wasn't swaying, answered questions without slurring and 100000000% more clarity than Pedo Joe was NOT enough to convict. We judged based on what was presented and that alone (I had to correct people when they started saying "he looks guilty." ).
Trial 2. Guy was a real POS. We listened to the law. Had we not listened to the LAW he'd been out on the street again. But the LAW said he's as guilty as the people committing the crimes if he organized it, was on his from the crime seen as the crime as it happened, shared in the profits of said crime. Case closed. He did all of those, and we found him guilty.
WHY THE F We The People demand and expect less from judges, representatives, senators, and other elected officials is absolutely the reason this country is where it is. There are ZERO, NONE, NADA, ZILCH, ethics and morals with these people. NONE. They are worse than garbage. Garbage has value.