Portside

Today a jury found ex-president Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an effort to subvert the 2016 election. Trump called it a rigged trial, by a corrupt judge. He also called the 2016 and 2020 elections rigged.

Instead of protecting defendants’ right to have their guilt or innocence decided by their peers, judges routinely punish defendants for exercising that right.