[ZULU]

Unless the prosecutor is actually poking holes in her narrative, i have to agree with the d*****-bag DemocRat Wallace so far.

A lot depends on what happens this PM.

Also, d*****-bag Grassley might postpone hearings further so the Dems can present more well coached perjured witnesses.

[PUGACHEV]

There are different styles of cross-examination which you adopt based on the type of hearing. For instance, if it is a jury trial, your cross will be more theatrical and to the point, because jurors don't always dig deeply into the testimony, but often just listen for take-a-ways. If it is a bench trial, and particularly before an experienced judge, you are going to be far more methodical, as you know the judge is taking notes and looking for patterns. If you are the prosecution in a bench trial, you are typically even more subdued, because you are only trying to give the judge the facts as clearly, if not as blandly, as possible.

I think that is what we are seeing here. So little as I have heard of the hired prosecutor's cross, she is proceeding as if she is before an experienced judge who usually rules on facts almost mechanically, and is often prejudiced in favor of the prosecution. This sort of record looks good in a cold transcript, but lacks the emotional punch that the public was perhaps expecting.