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Yeah I've say on a jury before and hated it. Judge wanted a unanimous decision there too.
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Yeah but if this drags on some, it gets past the midterms and if the counsel still is ongoing then a much weaker house (if the GOP even retain control) will make it easier for Mueller to maneuver. Trump won't be able to issue pardons, as long as the IC / SP remain at the helm. Judges tend to stick to just the case itself, as they should - if they chose to play politics with it all then in situations like this they would drag it all out - not look for a quick verdict by pressuring jurors etc.
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I don't think the government will retry the other cases. They got enough to put him to jail for life and there is another, more serious, case to come.
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The problem is that with DJ, they decide to forgo any possible attempt to re-try at a later date then so they may as well take it now. Add on as many charges as possible, in the hope of an original sentence being long enough, case the second judge makes the sentences concurrent, not consecutive. (We are all pretty much accepting that he will be found guilty at this point).