But the defence says the former president committed no crimes and calls star witness an admitted liar.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/wenmR
“He is cloaked in innocence,” he added.
The Emperor’s New Innocence.
“There’s nothing wrong with trying to influence an election,” Mr Blanche said. “It’s called democracy.”
“It’s called democracy.”
Only in banana republics.
Would this be an orange republic? Cheeto republic?
I actually need to look up the origin of the term banana republic now.
Oh look, the defense is equating two things that have the same outcome while ignoring the context.
Capaigning and spin are certainly things that have an impact on an election and could be called influencing if the term wasn’t already used to describe malicious behavior like Russia trying to influence the election.
It is like someone calling conjecture about bigfoot a theory in a scientific setting. No, that isn’t what the word means in this context.
Did sleepy Don stay awake for that bit?
