In the context of the US, you have no rule of law. There is no such things as law, justice, courts, judges, prosecutors, defendents, trials etc… The US uses the words borrowed from real justice systems to legitimize the American mafia state and whatever we want to call the shitshow that substitutes for justice.

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Just some examples, beyond Donald Trump not being in prison, but OJ Simpson, Steven Donziger, Kids for Cash, and countless other examples, all prove Wilhoit’s law:

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

You ask if you can use a certain defense, why or why not? Wilhoit has your answer. Are you an in-group, or an out group. The rest doesn’t matter.