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 I gather Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, is presenting Trump's "They're Out To Get Me" defense. 

It won't work, of course.

It also cynically assumes that everyone (or lots of people). commit fraud and poor Trump is the one being picked on by the government. 

"If they get me for defrauding the government out of a billion dollars they can do it to you! They're not after me. They're after you! I'm just standing in their way!" 
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Somehow, I’m totally fine with also prosecuting anyone else who’s defrauded the government out of billions of dollars. 
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Judge : "Wow for someone just out to get you they sure have a ton of irrefutable evidence they somehow managed to fabricate...." 
 @e184fd3c Please refresh my memory: what is Habba's experience with handling high-end financial fraud cases?