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It's a state case, so the DOJ can't do anything with it.
Some of the counts were committed before he gained the position of king can do no wrong. The ones that were committed while he was sitting on the throne would assuredly test whether there is anything a king can do that is not official duty (Roberts, J., "It is clear from the history of the Constitution that the framers would have considered reimbursement of hush money payments to be well within the ambit of the duties of the office, even if not precisely within the core duties"
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In the normal world, a dismissal N.O.V. happens when there is clearly a lack of evidence to support the jury's verdict. That's a pretty hard sell on this one.
As far as I can see, the only reason you might believe he has a decent chance of dismissal is because his lawyers say so, and even filed a motion saying that!
Obviously, in these troubled times, any prediction is subject to the looniest outcome. Even so, Merchan has not thus far taken kindly to the Trump team's shenanigans.
What's more, the Supremes just denied a whine from the Trump gang asking that he be allowed to badmouth everyone involved in the case. So they're not down with the idea that Merchan has fucked it all up.
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