How Trump's deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing

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How Trump's deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing
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Maybe not, but the application of the rules certainly seems to change.

Fact is the rules of the criminal courts process didn't change, nor the application of those rules.

Like contempt and gag order violations?

He was fined repeatedly for those at the maximum amount possible

He received a warning after ten violations, which would land a normal schmuck like you or me in jail several times over.

Never mind that a fine for a wealthy person is not justice.

One of the purposes of being thrown in jail for contempt is so there is a method to punish the wealthy when monetary fines aren't a deterrent. Fining Trump $10k for ten different violations is a prime example of this -- Fining him $10k is like fining you and me a nickel. It's not a deterrent in any form. Especially in a case like this where any one of those violations could have cost someone their lives, he should have been thrown in jail.

And there's not a chance in hell that anyone else would still be walking free after violating a court order ten fucking times.