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Judge floated brutal theory about controversial Trump case he just tossed out: expert

What happened

RawStory reports that U.S. District Judge Todd Edelman raised the possibility that the Trump administration’s prosecution of Olympic athlete David Hearn was politically driven in part because Hearn was represented by Norm Eisen, a longtime legal adversary of President Donald Trump. Legal journalist Adam Klasfeld highlighted the judge’s warning about another potentially “meritless, politically driven prosecution.”

Jeanine Pirro’s U.S. attorney’s office charged Hearn in July 2026 with felony destruction of government property, alleging that he violently damaged the newly renovated…

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