The lawyers for trump are digging a YUGE hole for themselves. Here's another terse exchange:
"Take this moment, in which Blanche repeated a line used by his client: “He (trump) is very frustrated with the two systems of justice happening in this courtroom.”
“You think there are two systems of justice in this courtroom?” Merchan asked."
Judge Merchan is pissed off at the defense lawyers, this doesn't seem like a good tactic for them.
Thanks for making it possible to avoid reading a lot about this gashead.
Now, if we could just train the media to stop calling it a hush money trial and calling it the election fraud trial that it is, I'd be one step closer to sanity.
I love the part about Trump just signing the check without really looking at it ... even a check for $420,000????
For a guy who pinched every penny, and generally didn't pay contractors their full amount (as his Dad did to my Dad!!) that's just one more piece of the strategy that no one will believe ....
Thank you, Jay. Just thank you. I pray some of his cult following will FINALLY hear the truth and understand what an insatiable liar he is. Maybe the smell in the courtroom is from his burning pants.
Thank you once again for providing those of us non-legals with your expertise.
The interplay and contrast between Trump's enforced courtroom demeanor and his press statements once outside are going to stretch ever more tightly, potentially to a snapping point. I cannot help but transpose that to a televised Georgia trial in which Trump or his lawyers say one thing in front of the cameras inside the courtroom and then try to reframe it fifteen minutes later outside of the court. It was the pitiless eye of the camera on Joseph McCarthy's hearings that splintered his narrative and cost him his hitherto strong public support. Perhaps that will be what it takes to maroon Donald Trump on his island of lies.
Jay, I so appreciate how you layout the facts! Now, when I hear my Trump-loving family regurgitate the media headlines, I’ve got the facts to dispute them. Funnily enough, they are not as vocal about their love for Trump lately. I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and maybe some of them are slowly starting to try and save face. I’ll let them.
Denying the tryst makes no sense legally or politically. We know he cheats on his wives; that's how he became a nationally known celebrity. Legally, as Jay points out, it's risky because when the jury doesn't believe him it makes it easier to believe he's lying about other things. Politically, claiming he was taken advantage of makes him look weak. If he's that easy to blackmail he would be a huge national security risk as president.
"that when he signed checks he did so because he was the signatory on the account, not because he knew what was what." That implies that djt was stupid and signed whatever piece of paper was put in front of him.....
"Trump may have forced his legal team to stand by his absurd claims that none of the sex with Stormy Daniels ever happened, the payoff to cover that non-event was never reimbursed, that Cohen only received legal fees, and that everyone else but Trump is lying"
tRump to this day, in the matter of E Jean Carroll, maintains that: (1) he never met her, nor knows who she is, and (2), he never sexually assaulted her. All this *despite* jury verdicts to the contrary.
So, seeing how well THAT approach has worked [sarc], little wonder that he's reprised it in the matter of Stormy Daniels: "I never had sex with that woman", and "I don't even know her".
As you point out, Jay, it's all very tRumpian, and ultimately self-defeating, as the moron simply can't judge that what he rants about in public has ZERO purchase in a court of law.
Jay Kuo: How do people FALL for such a fraud, an Orange Bottomfeeder?
Look at the case of Michael Cohen, Esquire, whom Trump evidently didn't pay, or at least pay on time:
"The first is the idea that Cohen would take out a home equity loan and use a shell company to pay off Daniels for something that didn’t happen and that she couldn’t prove. If it never happened, that number would likely be far, far lower or zero."
It boggles my mind that Orange-Flatus could have such a hypnotic effect upon Cohen that Cohen would take out an equity loan on his home for "His Master's business."
Just boggles the mind.
And look how Cohen is trashed for it.
Look at what a SYCOPHANT was the Honorable Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions, III, former U.S. Senator from Alabama, who sucked deeply of the orange undersides and staked his whole reputation upon Orange, only to be humiliated over and again by Trump. And where is Jeff Sessions now?! What did HE gain from kneeling before . . .?!
Wait until blanche later finds out how THE ALWAYS-WHINING, BIG FAT, CORRUPT, DEMENTED, INCOMPETENT, RACIST, SEXIST, SERIAL ADULTERER, LYING RAPIST, AND NAZI blames his lawyers for his troubles.
He’ll probably still get a mistrial due to some juror hold out who was paid off on the sly—remember he got off of being impeached for his insurrection activities event though he was obviously guilty…. It only takes one!
This is from today's contempt hearing:
"As Blanche flails, Merchan spells it out: “You’re losing all credibility with the court.”
Blanche continues to claim that he had no idea that the gag order applied to reposting content."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/trump-faces-sanction-hearing-over-allegations-he-violated-gag-order?entry=1486779
The lawyers for trump are digging a YUGE hole for themselves. Here's another terse exchange:
"Take this moment, in which Blanche repeated a line used by his client: “He (trump) is very frustrated with the two systems of justice happening in this courtroom.”
“You think there are two systems of justice in this courtroom?” Merchan asked."
Judge Merchan is pissed off at the defense lawyers, this doesn't seem like a good tactic for them.
Thanks for making it possible to avoid reading a lot about this gashead.
Now, if we could just train the media to stop calling it a hush money trial and calling it the election fraud trial that it is, I'd be one step closer to sanity.
I love the part about Trump just signing the check without really looking at it ... even a check for $420,000????
For a guy who pinched every penny, and generally didn't pay contractors their full amount (as his Dad did to my Dad!!) that's just one more piece of the strategy that no one will believe ....
Thank you, Jay. Just thank you. I pray some of his cult following will FINALLY hear the truth and understand what an insatiable liar he is. Maybe the smell in the courtroom is from his burning pants.
Just remember, it doesn't matter if he actually had sex with Stormy. That is not a crime. Nor is the payment to her. Its the falsification of records.
Thank you once again for providing those of us non-legals with your expertise.
The interplay and contrast between Trump's enforced courtroom demeanor and his press statements once outside are going to stretch ever more tightly, potentially to a snapping point. I cannot help but transpose that to a televised Georgia trial in which Trump or his lawyers say one thing in front of the cameras inside the courtroom and then try to reframe it fifteen minutes later outside of the court. It was the pitiless eye of the camera on Joseph McCarthy's hearings that splintered his narrative and cost him his hitherto strong public support. Perhaps that will be what it takes to maroon Donald Trump on his island of lies.
In honor of Shakespeare’s birthday today: “Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” :)
Jay, I so appreciate how you layout the facts! Now, when I hear my Trump-loving family regurgitate the media headlines, I’ve got the facts to dispute them. Funnily enough, they are not as vocal about their love for Trump lately. I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and maybe some of them are slowly starting to try and save face. I’ll let them.
Denying the tryst makes no sense legally or politically. We know he cheats on his wives; that's how he became a nationally known celebrity. Legally, as Jay points out, it's risky because when the jury doesn't believe him it makes it easier to believe he's lying about other things. Politically, claiming he was taken advantage of makes him look weak. If he's that easy to blackmail he would be a huge national security risk as president.
Irony died in 2016 as we're reminded yet again, this time with Blanche arguing that election interference is part of democracy.
"that when he signed checks he did so because he was the signatory on the account, not because he knew what was what." That implies that djt was stupid and signed whatever piece of paper was put in front of him.....
"Trump may have forced his legal team to stand by his absurd claims that none of the sex with Stormy Daniels ever happened, the payoff to cover that non-event was never reimbursed, that Cohen only received legal fees, and that everyone else but Trump is lying"
tRump to this day, in the matter of E Jean Carroll, maintains that: (1) he never met her, nor knows who she is, and (2), he never sexually assaulted her. All this *despite* jury verdicts to the contrary.
So, seeing how well THAT approach has worked [sarc], little wonder that he's reprised it in the matter of Stormy Daniels: "I never had sex with that woman", and "I don't even know her".
As you point out, Jay, it's all very tRumpian, and ultimately self-defeating, as the moron simply can't judge that what he rants about in public has ZERO purchase in a court of law.
He toast.
Jay Kuo: How do people FALL for such a fraud, an Orange Bottomfeeder?
Look at the case of Michael Cohen, Esquire, whom Trump evidently didn't pay, or at least pay on time:
"The first is the idea that Cohen would take out a home equity loan and use a shell company to pay off Daniels for something that didn’t happen and that she couldn’t prove. If it never happened, that number would likely be far, far lower or zero."
It boggles my mind that Orange-Flatus could have such a hypnotic effect upon Cohen that Cohen would take out an equity loan on his home for "His Master's business."
Just boggles the mind.
And look how Cohen is trashed for it.
Look at what a SYCOPHANT was the Honorable Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions, III, former U.S. Senator from Alabama, who sucked deeply of the orange undersides and staked his whole reputation upon Orange, only to be humiliated over and again by Trump. And where is Jeff Sessions now?! What did HE gain from kneeling before . . .?!
Except it will work with about 40% of the electorate. They will vote for TFG.
There is no fix for stupid.
Wait until blanche later finds out how THE ALWAYS-WHINING, BIG FAT, CORRUPT, DEMENTED, INCOMPETENT, RACIST, SEXIST, SERIAL ADULTERER, LYING RAPIST, AND NAZI blames his lawyers for his troubles.
He’ll probably still get a mistrial due to some juror hold out who was paid off on the sly—remember he got off of being impeached for his insurrection activities event though he was obviously guilty…. It only takes one!