re: Trump's position for the 2020 election will be incredibly unique and strong

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Perhaps the US Attorney's Office prosecuting the Enron cases was so very motivated by hate that they risked a future reversal on appeal just to get a slam dunk conviction today using faulty jury charges?

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Its hard to know how the jury charges in Enron got through without seeing what position the defense had taken. But, the faulty jury charge dealt with intent and was pretty clearly wrong.

I think political motivation of prosecutors may have an effect on their action during prosecution, but I believe self interest is even a bigger factor, especially with Federal prosecutors. They get noticed by big name convictions, which move them up in the ranks and also feed the political ambitions that many of them have (e.g., Chris Christie).