“And I predict there’ll be some convictions. I think the strategy is to get bad convictions, but to get them fast in New York, in Florida, in Washington, and in Fulton County, then they’ll be reversed on appeal, but they’ll be reversed on appeal after the election,” Dershowitz explained.

“That’s why everybody’s rushing to get these cases tried. We now know that they want it tried within six months in Georgia. They want a trial in January in Washington, D.C. They want a trial in May in Florida. And New York has been willing to put it off. But they’re going to get on the bandwagon too. Everybody who was going after Trump, the whole ‘Get Trump’ approach is to get him before the election, convict him before the election, and he wins on appeal. All right. That’s tomorrow’s news,” Dershowitz concluded.

[Color me skeptical about the prospects for speedy trials in most of these cases. The federal classified-material case might be the easiest to start relatively quickly, and I’d guess that the Alvin Bragg charges get dismissed before trial. But Jack Smith’s J6 case and especially this one will be too complicated to move that quickly. The Fani Willis case has 19 defendants, all with their own motions, legal issues, discovery needs, etc etc etc. If this comes to trial before November 2024, I’d be shocked. — Ed]