Trump’s guilty verdict: A stress test for democracy
Historic … unprecedented … and guilty. You couldn’t escape those words this past week, after a former President of the United States was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York, a city he long called home.
But beyond all the drama, said CBS News legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe, was simply a jury of seven men and five women doing their duty – and honoring the dictum, “Nobody is above the law.”
“You can have all sorts of power, you can have all sorts of wealth, but when you’re in that courtroom, you’re just like anybody else,” said Roiphe. “Of course, there are some people who are going to look at this case and not look at it that way.”
Reality, as Trump supporters see it
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Source: cbsnews.com