Nader said things that he knew were not true and sold stock into the resultant pop in price, according to the government allegations. The actual facts seem to corroborate this. A defense based on testimony by highly paid hired guns that this is “normal behavior” and that the public should know better than to rely on what a CEO says? ? ? ? This is absurd and I can’t imagine even the most unsophisticated jury member buying those arguments.

Is this a jury trial or a bench trial?