The key issue in this trial was the veracity of the suspicion of drinking in the prosecutor's office raised by Lee Hwa-young, former vice-governor of Gyeonggi Province, and the court ultimately found him guilty of perjury and sentenced him to four months in prison. The court judged that while the statements of those involved were consistent, the defendant's claims were unreliable, and accepted a guilty verdict of 4 to 3 from the public participation trial jury. However, the Democratic Party is emphasizing that 3 out of 7 jurors found not guilty, and is countering that the general principle of criminal law, ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt,’ was not followed. They claim that although there is external evidence to prove the circumstances of the alcohol import, the court did not sufficiently reflect it, and they are maintaining a strong stance that they will definitely receive an acquittal at the appeals court.

On the other hand, another point worth noting in this ruling is the unanimous acquittal on the charge of violating the political fund law, which was also indicted by the prosecution, and the decision to dismiss the indictment on the charge of abuse of power related to business with North Korea. In particular, the part where the court explicitly pointed out that the prosecution's indictment on charges of abuse of power was an 'abuse of the power of public prosecution' caused a big stir in the political world. The Democratic Party argued that this was judicial confirmation that the prosecution's investigation was a targeted investigation aimed at eliminating political opponents, and strongly argued for the prosecution's leadership's apology to the public and the justification for the introduction of a special prosecutor. This case, in which the judiciary put a brake on the prosecution's right to indict, is expected to serve as a key justification for the Democratic Party to pursue a special prosecution in the future.

The perspective of the ruling party, including the People Power Party, is 180 degrees different from that of the Democratic Party. They are criticizing that the fact that he was found guilty on the charge of perjury is in itself conclusive evidence proving that the ‘manipulated investigation frame’ that the Democratic Party has been claiming so far was a fiction. The ruling party ruled that former Vice Governor Lee's lies were a high-level political plan to taint the entire Ssangbangwool remittance case to North Korea, and urged the Democratic Party to immediately stop its actions of shaking up the judicial system. In particular, the ruling party is raising its voice saying that the Democratic Party has been using false propaganda to defend itself against judicial risks, and that this ruling should be used as an opportunity to apologize to the public for its past judicial violations.

This battle in the political world clearly shows the ‘cherry-picking’ phenomenon of interpreting different parts of the ruling. While the Democratic Party emphasizes the illegality of the prosecution by focusing on the ‘essence’ of acquittal under the Political Fund Act and dismissal of indictment, the People Power Party is focusing on breaking down the Democratic Party’s frame of manipulation through the ‘result’ of being guilty of perjury. Both sides are waging a battle of public opinion by selecting only the fragments of the ruling that are favorable to them. This subversive interpretation ultimately projects the reality that even the judiciary's judgments are used according to political advantages and disadvantages, clearly proving that the extreme political polarization in our society has invaded the realm of the judiciary.