Biden's remarks on Chauvin trial could cause it to be overturned on appeal

 The Hill:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Tuesday that President Biden's comments on the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged with the death of George Floyd last year, could lead to a mistrial in the case.

The Texas senator's remarks came after Biden commented on the trial during questions he fielded in the Oval Office earlier Tuesday.

“I'm praying the verdict is the right verdict,” Biden said.

“Which is — I think it is overwhelming in my view,” he added.

The jury set to decide Chauvin's fate is currently sequestered and deliberating a verdict. Chauvin faces three criminal counts — second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Cruz seized on the president's comments later in the day, saying Biden's remarks on the case could derail the judicial process or leave a potential conviction open to an appeal.
"Joe Biden decides that Maxine Waters shouldn’t be the only politician foolishly providing grounds for a mistrial or a possible basis on appeal to challenge any guilty conviction," Cruz said in a tweet Tuesday afternoon.
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Some of Biden's comments after the verdict were just as bad.  Biden falsely claimed that the trial exposed "systemic racism."  If you followed the trial, that issue never came up and there was no evidence suggesting it.  While there was a racial reaction to the events which precipitated the trial, at no time was any evidence introduced that the defendant acted out of racial bias. None.  Biden was just pandering to the mob.  Biden should not be throwing gasoline on a volatile situation.

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