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This legal maneuvering seems like a distraction from the real issue—justice. While it’s crucial to ensure a fair trial, these tactics feel like gamesmanship rather than genuine concern for impartiality. We need to return to principles where the truth takes precedence over legal trickery.
Legal hearings usually follow a strict script, but Friday’s session went off-book immediately. Defense attorney Richard Novak argued that the Utah County attorneys shouldn’t even be allowed to argue against their own disqualification. He demanded the Utah Attorney General’s office step in to handle the dispute.
The prosecution was visibly frustrated. They labeled the move an “ambush,” noting they had no prior warning this argument was coming. They accused the defense of using procedural hurdles as a stalling tactic to delay the trial.
After a brief recess to cool the temperature in the room and review the law, the judge sided with the prosecution, allowing the hearing to proceed without bringing in the Attorney General.
Why is the defense trying to kick the prosecutors off the case? It comes down to a concept called “conflict of interest.” In the American legal system, prosecutors are supposed to seek justice, not vengeance. If a prosecutor has a personal stake in a case – like a family member being a victim or witness – it can be argued they are too emotionally compromised to be fair.
In this case, the defense points to the fact that a prosecutor’s child was present at the rally when the shots were fired.
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Goes to show how far they’ll go to protect the corrupt establishment! America sees through it!