For those of you who are wondering why Trump seems to get so much leeway, this is why. The prosecutors and judge have to be perfect in their process and their treatment of the defendant, otherwise a conviction can be thrown out like this.
And for those of you complaining about the two-tier justice system, you’re 100% correct. Because if someone without the resources of Weinstein or Trump were in a similar situation, they probably wouldn’t be able to appeal at all.
At least in Weinstein’s case , he won’t be released right away, since California has also convicted him. And this is, ironically, a good thing for Trump, also, because he now has something to talk about that won’t run afoul of the gag order.