Gurule said courts are hamstrung in trying to punish Trump the way they would normal defendants because of his position and personal wealth.
Donald Trump isn't accustomed to restrictions. That's beginning to test the legal system
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The defendants can still be convicted of conspiring to obstruct Congress even if the plan was formulated only moments before they stormed the Capitol, said Jimmy Gurule, a former federal prosecutor who’s now a professor at the University of Notre Dame law school.
Prosecutors struggle with consistent story in Jan. 6 cases
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