The Trump ally's acknowledgment came in a filing Tuesday related to the 2020 election workers' lawsuit about baseless claims of fraud that he made against them.

The Trump ally’s acknowledgment came in a filing Tuesday related to the 2020 election workers’ lawsuit about baseless claims of fraud that he made against them.

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    11 months ago

    If they find him guilty why couldn’t that be used in future cases? I don’t see the functional difference between pleading “innocent” and being found guilty versus “no contest” with the same outcome.

    • admiralteal@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      They aren’t finding him guilty. If you offer no contest, there is no trial.

      The prosecution plantiffs COULD reject the no contest bid and pursue the trial anyway. Which is why I said earlier you should think of this as a plea bargain of sorts.

      • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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        11 months ago

        Forgive my ignorance but even without a jury trial there must be some verdict handed down from the judge, no?

        • admiralteal@kbin.social
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          11 months ago

          Nope. That’s what it means for a no contest bid to be accepted. It means a sentence/award without a verdict.