Friend, 

Well, the hardest part is done, and it didn't even take that long. We thought that finding 12 people with no opinion on the orange lunatic who led the worst administration of all time would take at least a few more days. But it didn’t, the work is done, and the stage is set.

This is a good sign. Trump wasn’t able to stall here. It could be because he was asleep during the selection, but it’s much more likely because he’s just being treated as every other criminal in this country.

So, he can whine and whine all he wants when he staggers out of that courtroom fully rested. He can cry witch hunt, political persecution, and deranged Trump syndrome until his bleach blonde hair turns gray (if that’s even possible anymore). The fact of the matter is that he had an affair with a porn star, got his henchmen to pay her off, and then lied about it.

That right there is the bottom line. He lied to the American people. He lied to every last one of us. And even though a lot of us can see through his orange-faced lies, there are still a lot of people out there who believe in him and want him to be our next president. 

So, while we hope this trial ends with Trump doing the rest of his strange campaign videos from a prison cell, we realize it’s unrealistic. But we can make sure of something. We can make sure that when Trump is found guilty, he won’t be able to pardon himself. We can make sure that he is punished to the full extent of the law. We can make sure that he isn’t our next president. Help us keep him in the courtroom and out of the Oval Office >>

-The Lincoln Project