Trump just said alleged NYC terrorist should be killed. That may hurt the case against him

by Dramelin 2:00 AM 0 comments

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the man alleged to have perpetrated a terrorist attack in New York City "should get death penalty.
" Yet by weighing in on his preferred outcome for the case, Trump may have made the job of prosecutors more difficult.
The attack Tuesday left 8 people dead.
The suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, was apprehended by police and charged Wednesday with one count of providing material support to terrorists and one count of violence and destruction of a motor vehicle causing death.
Within minutes of Trump`s tweet, lawyers on social media began to comment on what impact it could have on Saipov`s prosecution.
President, we all know he should get the death penalty.
But when *you* say it, it makes it harder for DOJ to make that happen," wrote former Chief Asst.
Attorney Andrew McCarthy on Twitter National security lawyer Mark Zaid wrote, "This is called potentially tainting jury pool & could impact alleged perpetrator`s ability to secure fair trial.
SMH #Unpresidential Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti accused Trump of helping the alleged terrorist.
Wednesday`s tweet was not the first time that Trump had commented on the case against Saipov.
During a Cabinet meeting earlier in the day, Trump said that the U.
justice system was "a joke and it`s a laughingstock" because it did not deal more harshly with terrorism suspects.
"We also have to come up with punishment that`s far quicker and far greater than the punishment these animals are getting right now.
They`ll go through court for years.
And at the end, they`ll be — who knows what happens," Trump said.
"We need quick justice and we need strong justice — much quicker and much stronger than we have right now.
Because what we have right now is a joke and it`s a laughingstock.
" The president also said he would support trying Saipov in the military justice system, which typically processes foreign terrorism suspects, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Despite Trump`s derisive comments about the civilian criminal justice system, Saipov was charged in civilian court.