So what? No matter what "side" happens to be in charge at any given time, sane people would never want to live in a country where serious concerns of due process could be dismissed as a "mere technicality". That's just a recipe for show trials.
So what? I didn't say he should go to jail or that the verdict should have been vacated... but I wouldn't have a lot of faith in the political process if a major political figure most likely only survived a criminal trial because of a due process issue.