Going Rogue
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I don’t think they could have gotten it from Donna’s phone, because they didn’t seize it until after her arrest, which was after Charlie’s conviction. But- they were monitoring both phones since the bump, and they did have other texts between them going pretty far back, about Harvey’s birthday, etc. Maybe they got them from Charlie’s phone, since they were between them it’s hard to tell. But maybe that’s why we didn’t see them until Charlie’s trial.
Even if they had the text as early as 2016, that text by itself is not enough to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt and I don’t see any valid argument that can be made that the state acted in prejudice or in bad faith by delaying Donna’s arrest. You can make the argument the delay was an injustice and they should have not waited, BUT that’s different than with prejudice or in bad faith. There is a big distinction between those two concepts.