Trump Trial Shows Legal System Infected by Partisan Politics, Trump Impeachment Attorney Says

Presuming that the public are bad people and treating them accordingly risks the demise of the principal of presumption of innocence, lawyer warns.
Trump Trial Shows Legal System Infected by Partisan Politics, Trump Impeachment Attorney Says
Former President Donald Trump (C) appears in court with his attorneys Emil Bove (L) and Todd Blanche (R) during his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on April 25, 2024. Mark Peterson-Pool/Getty Images
Beth Brelje
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As Pennsylvania lawyer Bruce L. Castor, Jr., watches former President Donald Trump on trial, he has been thinking about how the American legal system has changed.

Mr. Castor has represented the former president; he helped lead the team that successfully defended President Trump during the impeachment trial in 2021 before the U.S. Senate. He knows his way around a courtroom, having served as an assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, district attorney, solicitor general, special prosecutor for the Office of the Attorney General, and attorney general of Pennsylvania.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
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Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.