He's Ba-aaaack: Alberto Gonzales Defends Trump On Judge Smear: He Has 'Right To A Fair Trial’

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By Allegra Kirkland Published June 4, 2016, 1:11 PM EDT

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Gonzales acknowledges Trump’s ethnicity-based explanation at the start of his op-ed, then launches into a list of reasons why Trump may legitimately feel that Curiel won’t give him a “fair trial.”

According to Gonzales, one reason, which Trump’s own aides have floated, is that Curiel is a member of La Raza Lawyers Association, a Latino lawyers group. Gonzales floats their unsubstantiated claim that the group is tied to La Raza, a non-profit Latino advocacy organization that has spoken out against Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric.

“The two groups appear to be unaffiliated, but Trump may be concerned that the lawyers’ association or its members represent or support the national advocacy organization,” Gonzales suggested.

Another cause for suspicion, Gonzales said, is that Curiel appointed a law firm whose head has donated to Hillary Clinton to represent the plaintiffs in the Trump University case.

“It might not be unreasonable for a defendant in Trump’s position to wonder who Curiel favors in the presidential election,” Gonzales wrote. “These circumstances, while not necessarily conclusive, at least raise a legitimate question to be considered.”

Gonzales, whose family also immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, did note that Curiel’s Mexican heritage “would not be enough to raise a question of bias.”

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[elleng]

1. No, REALLY, a FAIR TRIAL???

[edhopper]

2. Torturer says what?

[sinkingfeeling]

3. So, based on this logic, then no black, Native American, or

Latino can have a white judge in their cases? Maybe women shouldn't have male judges and vice versa?

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Fucking, REALLY, Alberto?

He's the ONLY Repig to defend Drumpf on his attack on a Federal Judge. The ONLY one I've heard.

Guess he's not getting an invite to the Bush Clambake in Kennebunkport this year.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. Blast from the past