NY: Trump on Trial!

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That's what Maggie gets for being his most loyal stenographer a decade now.

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https://twitter.com/DrewSav/status/1782639275957203226

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You all missed the most important part of today's testimony.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1782878474086109219

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Trump has been effectively gagged in some appropo karma for farting up the courtroom and making everyone else gag.

He should probably have the same treatment as Bobby Seale in the Trial of the Chicago Seven.

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I think you're giving him too much credit. He simply can't help himself to be a combative, obnoxious d***weed.

Seriously, how many times a juror has reacted because the defendant was rude to them?
Has there even been such cases?

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I still don't believe this case ultimately ends up before the jury. Either Team Trump finds something that ties the judges hands and forces a mistrial or there's a plea down to misdemeanors.

And I believe that one day I'll end up marrying Sofia Vergara.

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Well the goal isn't just to get him on anything. He (allegedly) broke the law to illegally influence the election and that is a crime worth prosecting, for the deterrent effect if nothing else. Who cares if it's technically illegal that he cheated on his wife?

My God, you are incredibly dense. Surprised you don't have a red avatar. No, this is absolutely not a "crime worth prosecuting". it's making a mountain out of a mole hill and is so obviously a political hit job. Bragg is a far left elected official. Colanegelo is a former Biden administration official. These are not good faith actors. They are hacks utilizing a novel legal theory to go after the Democrats chief political rival. All surrounding a frivolous event from nearly a decade ago.

Here is what any ethical, good faith prosecutor would do - ignore it. Move on. Who gives a bleep? Nobody was harmed, and zero evidence this would've swayed the election. People have know for years Trump is a philanderer and almost no one would've been surprised to find out he had an affair with a porn star. People just don't care about that stuff anymore.

Cope.

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Well the goal isn't just to get him on anything. He (allegedly) broke the law to illegally influence the election and that is a crime worth prosecting, for the deterrent effect if nothing else. Who cares if it's technically illegal that he cheated on his wife?

My God, you are incredibly dense. Surprised you don't have a red avatar. No, this is absolutely not a "crime worth prosecuting". it's making a mountain out of a mole hill and is so obviously a political hit job. Bragg is a far left elected official. Colanegelo is a former Biden administration official. These are not good faith actors. They are hacks utilizing a novel legal theory to go after the Democrats chief political rival. All surrounding a frivolous event from nearly a decade ago.

Here is what any ethical, good faith prosecutor would do - ignore it. Move on. Who gives a bleep? Nobody was harmed, and zero evidence this would've swayed the election. People have know for years Trump is a philanderer and almost no one would've been surprised to find out he had an affair with a porn star. People just don't care about that stuff anymore.

Cope.

Wow, what a comeback.

The one you deserve Trump "hater".

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Yeah, he TOTALLY cared about Melania's feelings.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1787864173356917152

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Adams with his sub-30% approval rating in NYC ... someone ought to tell the genius about the odds that Trump will go to Rikers, even if convicted

Are you implying that he will get preferential treatment?

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This man is unwell.

https://twitter.com/KGreenberg_/status/1788605974674104511

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The real question is why Trump's side doesn't use Weisselberg as a defence witness.
If everything is a lie isn't he the only one who can deny what Cohen testified and exonerate Trump? At least that's what I'd think if I were a simple person following this affair.

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Maggie Haberman of the NYT got outed as a Trump lackey in court by Cohen. Cohen basically said (with text messages to prove it) that Haberman wrote whatever Trump and Cohen told her to write

Haberman is the poster girl of access journalism and why it has failed the American public. She should have been ostracised from the journalistic community after she openly admitted that she had damaging information on Trump before the election but kept it secret because she wanted to include it in her book.
The New York Times and CNN ought to be embarrassed for still employing her.

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Blanche then asks if Cohen has called Trump a "Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain."

"That also sounds like something that I said," Cohen says.

I'm dead. 

Rick Wilson has the copyright on Cheeto Jesus.

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https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon/status/1790535811638652970

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Defense not bringing a case would really be a major issue for jurors imo. I've been a part of a jury before, and people take seriously the overarching things like that - which side presented more evidence than the other. The fact that the prosecution has had numerous witnesses and then the defense just kind of sits it out will be a key factor I think, and telling. Prosecution always starts from a better place just because of how trials are situated, but a defense without almost anybody gives them even more disadvantages.

Not a lawyer but doesn't it seem like a no brainer for the prosecution to mention that fact?
So many people were involved in this case and yet nobody stepped up to defend Trump and explain why he is innocent.

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But that's not what a criminal trial is about. No juror is going to be asked to decide if Trump was "innocent." The question is guilty or not guilty; the focus is not on the defendant but on the prosecution's case. Since a criminal trial is about only whether the State has met its high burden of proof, unless very specific defenses (which are not relevant here) are put forward the defense does not have to prove anything. If the prosecution tried to argue that nobody was being presented to defend Trump the result would be a swift mistrial charged against the prosecution for improperly shifting their  burden to the defense.

That's all very nice in theory but if I were a juror in a serious case like this it would have certainly raised an eyebrow if the defendant didn't have a single person as a defence witness.

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I'm sure all blue avatars will just ignore this matter like they did with the millions Clarence Thomas got from his billionaire friends with cases before the SCOTUS.
Amirite?

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Why are Trump cultists celebrating that Merchan's behavior guarantees a Trump conviction will be overturned by an appeals court?
Was it really that unprecedented and out of line what he did with Costello?

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They’re already rolling out the “bias Democratic Manhattan jury” excuse.

Didn't Trump just claim that he was going to win New York?

But the jury isn't from the entire New York state you see, it's from Manhattan.