excalibur
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As I said a few months back, when Bragg calls Michael Cohen as a witness, he will be suborning perjury.
And no doubt that judge Merchan was fully aware of Cohen's lies, yet permitted calling him as a witness. Thus permitting the suborning of perjury in his courtroom.
Did either expect anything different? How could they have?
It is within a judge’s authority to declare a witness so inherently unreliable that no reasonable juror could accept as true beyond a reasonable doubt any testimony offered by that witness.
If that witness is the only source of evidence on one or more elements of the offense, such a finding would lead to a directed verdict of acquittal.
And no doubt that judge Merchan was fully aware of Cohen's lies, yet permitted calling him as a witness. Thus permitting the suborning of perjury in his courtroom.
Did either expect anything different? How could they have?
It is within a judge’s authority to declare a witness so inherently unreliable that no reasonable juror could accept as true beyond a reasonable doubt any testimony offered by that witness.
If that witness is the only source of evidence on one or more elements of the offense, such a finding would lead to a directed verdict of acquittal.