Trump Savagely Dragged by Another Hush-Money Trial Juror | The potential juror made a hilarious but inaccurate comparison to Trump.

https://newrepublic.com/post/180819/trump-dragged-hush-money-trial-juror

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  2. > The former president reminded him of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

  3. “During jury selection at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial on Thursday, a potential juror was excused for making an apt comparison: The former president reminded him of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

    The man, who is originally from Italy, said it would be “hard to be fair and impartial” because of the similarities.

    Berlusconi and Trump do have some things in common: Both were business professionals who went on to be elected to political office, and both faced (and continue to face) criticism for unethical business practices, both in and out of office.

    The major difference, though, is that Berlusconi seems to have been far more successful politically, as well as financially. He served as prime minister in four different governments for nine years, and he was the third-wealthiest person in Italy with a net worth of $6.8 billion when he died in 2023. His holdings included real estate (like Trump), the largest media company in Italy, and the soccer club AC Milan.

    Like Trump, Berlusconi was also in legal trouble due to his business activities, with a long list of charges including fraud, false accounting, soliciting prostitution, bribery, and defamation. Unsurprisingly, he called these charges “judicial persecution” and said the goal was “subverting the votes of the Italian people.”

    Trump, however, has never been upfront about his net worth, remarking in the past that it changes based on his daily mood. Lately, though, it seems to be dropping.

    So far, Trump has only been elected to office once, and he didn’t even win the popular vote. And while Trump’s legal cases have only just begun, he can’t pretend to have the wealth and influence that Berlusconi used to skirt any serious legal consequences, regardless of the Republican Party’s influence over the Supreme Court.”

  4. If he said Mussolini instead, Reddit would have melted down.

  5. Many jurors have been dismissed merely for stating facts.

  6. This article goes out of its way to try to make them sound different- seems like a pretty apt comparison to me. Two POS assholes who got away with being criminals because they had money.

  8. I can’t wait till Matt Gaetz is in prison for his role in planning the Jan 6th attack on the Capitol.

  11. Feels like money and power were both their get-out-of-jail-free cards. Spot on comparison, indeed

  13. So what’s the inaccuracy? I suppose they have different Nationalities.

  14. An Italian juror in New York who may know a thing or two about mob mentality?

  15. God damn if you ever needed an example of how Reddit is full of neck beards you need only look at the comments on this post

  16. The only real difference is ones above ground and ones below.

  17. “wanted to remind anybody who has not been in combat and held his friend’s hand as they died being shot by the enemy”

    -Walter Sobchak

  18. “Trump, however, has never been upfront about his net worth, remarking in the past that it changes based on his daily mood. Lately, though, it seems to be dropping.

    So far, Trump has only been elected to office once, and he didn’t even win the popular vote. And while Trump’s legal cases have only just begun, he can’t pretend to have the wealth and influence that Berlusconi used to skirt any serious legal consequences, regardless of the Republican Party’s influence over the Supreme Court.”

    Hafiz Rashid with the 🔥

  20. Inb4 donnie and Aron rogers orgy that involves Vince. Brett paid an extra hundred to watch

  21. A jury of your peers is an insult to the jurors in a trump case

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