Legal challenges that others cannot afford are pursued by Donald Trump. Equal justice for all is the promise of the American legal system, but as evidenced by the former president Donald Trump’s flurry of motions and appeals in his criminal and civil cases, powerful interests can tip the scales considerably.
Nearly all criminal defendants plead guilty rather than fight charges at trial. But Trump’s fundraising of tens of millions of dollars has paid lawyers to argue all the way to the Supreme Court that charges in his federal election interference case should be dismissed.
“Everyone is intended to be afforded equal justice, however, the reality is you receive as much justice as you can afford,” said Tim Parlatore, a lawyer who represented Trump during the early phases of the classified documents and election interference investigations.
Trump has been indicted on 88 felony counts in four separate cases. He was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York.
