• Trump's Lawyers Trip Over Trump's Dick

    From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 10 14:53:27 2024
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | ...
    | This could not be going much worse for the defense. Not
    | only is Merchan signaling that he will almost certainly
    | reject their mistrial motion, but he's dressing down their
    | lawyering in front of their client, the former president.
    | ... <https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/09/nyregion/trump-trial-stormy-daniels> (Volatile URL)

    | ...
    | Trump's lawyers staked their case on Stormy Daniels' story
    | being a lie. They promised the jury in their opening
    | statement that none of it was true. But they didn't
    | deliver. Stormy Daniels did. That means the defense's
    | credibility with the jury is low as they head into the
    | critical stage of the trial where the government must prove
    | that Trump knew about the whole deal.
    | ...
    <https://joycevance.substack.com/p/getting-to-michael-cohen>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 14 11:23:10 2024
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | This could not be going much worse for the defense. Not
    | only is Merchan signaling that he will almost certainly
    | reject their mistrial motion, but he's dressing down their
    | lawyering in front of their client, the former president.

    | ...
    | Put simply, 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.
    | ... <https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/14/trump-trial-lawyers-mistakes-00157734>

    --bks

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