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Thoughts for Trial Watchers for 2024, Part Two

Continuing the list from yesterday... I think I'll end with five.  4. Trump hush-money case, New York.   Of all the Trump litigation, this one holds a special place in my heart.  The indictments of the formet President have piled up over the last year, so it has become easy to forget that this one was the first.  It is a bit like a moment in Rocky IV (1985)  Rocky has had to resign as Boxing Champion in order to fight an unsanctioned match against Drago, a Soviet-trained monster of a boxer.  We can ignore the late-Cold-War context for now. The point to know is that it was part of the Drago mystique that he was an invulnerable machine, not a human.  In the second round of what turns out to be a very long fight, Rocky Balboa appears to have taken on more than he can handle. But then one of his punches lands, and cuts Drago. Shockingly, to the audience, blood is running down the 'machines' face. Back in his corner at the end of the round, Rocky hears...