A political trial is a criminal trial with political implications. A composite definition of a political trial might be "an examination before a court concerning the conduct of governmental affairs or somehow relating to government.
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Prosecutors conducted trial by press conference, denouncing victims on live television on what often seemed the flimsiest and most political of grounds.
检察官在新闻发布会上进行审讯，通过电视直播以根本不可信和对国家非常有害为由公开谴责受害人。
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Mr Bourgi's claims came just days before Mr DE Villepin was acquitted on appeal in the "Clearstream" trial, a political smear-campaign case, on September 14th.