Damning testimony in Trump Hush Money Trial

[john doe 101]

Trump is innocent, just like your favorite football player OJ Simpson.

We'll see how innocent he is in about a week, traitor.

 

[bripat9643]

Trump has retained competent defense counsel whose incompetent defense of the sexual abuser/business fraud is being dictated by the sexual abuser/business fraud.

Trump’s legal team has made several considerable, and at times baffling, missteps over the course of the trial that have increased the odds of a conviction.​

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Trump’s lawyers are pursuing a flawed and risky strategy. Why? Most likely it’s not them, but him... this team has managed to stay on Trump’s good side by indulging — perhaps necessarily — his worst traits and instincts. It may be their downfall.​

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Most devastatingly, lead attorney Todd Blanche, in his opening statement, repeated Trump’s claim that he never had a sexual encounter with Stormy Daniels. That was followed by days of testimony last week that — if you believe Daniels’ very persuasive account — effectively demonstrated that a central plank of Trump’s defense is a lie and has been a lie for years, and that the jury cannot trust even Trump’s lead counsel to tell them the truth.​

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Prosecutors had no choice but to put Daniels on after Blanche affirmatively called her a liar in his opening statement, and they had to elicit considerable detail about the sexual encounter in order to establish her credibility in response to Blanche’s attack inside the courtroom and Trump’s years of attacks outside of it. Not only was that the appropriate way for the government to defend the integrity of its investigation and its witness, it was also an unmissable opportunity for them to tank the credibility of Trump’s entire legal defense.​

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Another major misstep occurred in the form of defense lawyer Susan Necheles' cross-examination of Daniels. Necheles went to considerable lengths to suggest that Daniels had changed her story over time and had been motivated by money when she agreed to keep her story quiet in the run-up to the 2016 election. None of that matters much under the circumstances, since the only thing that the jury really had to take away is that Daniels and Trump had sex.​

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It is also very bad when the witness manages to embarrass the cross-examiner, as Daniels did on multiple occasions. Trump’s legal team appears to have assumed that Daniels was dumb. What emerged instead from Daniels’ time on cross-examination was a woman who is resourceful, sharp and quick-witted. She effectively turned the tables on Necheles, likely making her more sympathetic and credible in the eyes of the jury.​

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Even the lawyers who have joined Trump’s legal team ... have ultimately been disappointed, diminished or both. They routinely leave or are fired. In the last year alone, these include: Tim Parlatore, Jim Trusty, John Rowley and Joe Tacopina.​

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[https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/14/trump-trial-lawyers-mistakes-00157734]​

Trump may not have a man cave big enough to display the heads of all the lawyers whose careers he has destroyed - Giuliani, Eastman, Ellis, Wood, Bobb, Clark, Powell, Chesebro, Cohen, Habba, Mitchell, etc., etc., etc,

As they accumulate, he may need to store some of them in his Mar-a-Lago bathroom.

You're delusional. None of that matters because none of the testimony was about anything illegal.

You're an imbecile.

 

[Clipper]

1. The bookkeeping misdemeanors expired
2. There is no other "crime" being covered up, it was not specified in the indictment nor the Bill of Particulars
3. This trial is nonsense. Trump is not guilty of anything.

Sure he is. That's why his lackeys like Johnson are showing up & soiling themselves on camera to impress their leader.

Btw, is Trump now telling his toadies how to dress ? Christ, he's even telling them what to say to reporters.

 

[kyzr]

Sure he is. That's why his lackeys like Johnson are showing up & soiling themselves on camera to impress their leader.

Btw, is Trump now telling his toadies how to dress ? Christ, he's even telling them what to say to reporters.

Got a link, or are you hallucinating?
Biden shits himself regularly, not Republicans.

 

[bripat9643]

Sure he is. That's why his lackeys like Johnson are showing up & soiling themselves on camera to impress their leader.

Btw, is Trump now telling his toadies how to dress ? Christ, he's even telling them what to say to reporters.

What law did Trump break? You keep avoiding the an answer to that question.

 

[Clipper]

What law did Trump break? You keep avoiding the an answer to that question.

Falsifying business records for one.

 

[kyzr]

Falsifying business records for one.

1. the bookkeeping "crime" is an expired misdemeanor not a felony.
2. the bookkeeping crime becomes a felony only if it was used to cover up another crime, that "other crime" is what we are arguing about.
3. There is another thread that specifies a few "theories" as to what that "super-secret other crime" is.
4. Is it not reporting the $130,000 NDA payment to Stormy as a campaign contribution to himself?
5. Is it as Jake Tapper said "keeping information from voters", meaning NDAs are illegal.
6. Is it a tax violation?
7. Is it a Federal election Law violation?

Alvin Bragg said in an interview that the NY LAW doesn't say that he needs to specify what the "super-secret crime" is.

So you want to convict Trump on a "super-secret" crime felony?

 

[schmidlap]

You're delusional. None of that matters because none of the testimony was about anything illegal.

You're an imbecile.

I could respond in kind: You're a poo poo head!

In denying reality, you are accusing Trump and his legal counsel of imbecility for their impotence in calling for the dismissal of the criminal case against the sexual abuser based upon his alleged crime not being a crime.

Allow the jury of his peers to decide.

 

[bripat9643]

Falsifying business records for one.

The haven't provided any proof of that. So let me restate the question, what law did Trump break that they have supported with evidence?

 

[bripat9643]

I could respond in kind: You're a poo poo head!

In denying reality, you are accusing Trump and his legal counsel of imbecility for their impotence in calling for the dismissal of the criminal case against the sexual abuser based upon his alleged crime not being a crime.

Allow the jury of his peers to decide.

Deciding whether the charges are an actual crime isn't their job, moron.

 

[bripat9643]

Falsifying business records for one.

That's obviously not what he did.

 

[schmidlap]

Deciding whether the charges are an actual crime isn't their job, moron.

If you prejudice and paranoia causes you to believe that a jury is not capable of recognizing what a crime is, I'm not surprised that you express contempt for American jurisprudence.

 

[SeaMajor7]

If you prejudice and paranoia causes you to believe that a jury is not capable of recognizing what a crime is, I'm not surprised that you express contempt for American jurisprudence.

Soviet Show Trials are NOT American jurisprudence.

 

[schmidlap]

Soviet Show Trials are NOT American jurisprudence.

Haters of American democratic elections and justice system whine that they are "Soviet!" when they don't fit their agenda.

Such contempt for the foundational institutions of the United States is unfortunate.

We can't have Cry Baby Losers inciting their goons' attacks on Congress every time they lose.

 

[SeaMajor7]

Haters of American democratic elections and justice system whine that they are "Soviet!" when they don't fit their agenda.

Such contempt for the foundational institutions of the United States is unfortunate.

We can't have Cry Baby Losers inciting their goons' attacks on Congress every time they lose.

Tell us more about your acceptance of political LAWFARE.

 

[schmidlap]

Tell us more about your acceptance of political LAWFARE.

Please explain where I have indicated acceptance of whatever it is that you call "political LAWFARE."

Does that mean criminal indictments being recommended by grand juries based upon substantive evidence and sworn testimony whenever you worship a politician as being above the law?

 

[SeaMajor7]

Please explain where I have indicated acceptance of whatever it is that you call "political LAWFARE."

Does that mean criminal indictments being recommended by grand juries based upon substantive evidence and sworn testimony whenever you worship a politician as being above the law?

What's the felony?

 

[kyzr]

What's the felony?

It's a SECRET. Only commies can know.

 

[cnm]

Btw, is Trump now telling his toadies how to dress ?

Did you notice Johnson's ambivalence?

 

[Clipper]

Did you notice Johnson's ambivalence?

Yep, but that's his problem. He's SOTH, 2nd in line to the W.H. & he should act like it instead of being a follower behind Trump patsies like Gaetz, Boobert, Vance & a few others.