Mister caverler was not present at the trial some time ago. He decided that he would not attend in person. In his closing statement, speaking by vidiolink,. called the case a judicial assassination. The most damning evidences they found were wire tapped phone calls which documented mister cavala's plans to provide protesters with plastic table and some pastries. So that flimsy evidence, this what you call a farcical trial.
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