Because of this, I was curious as to why DJT actually entered a plea. I want to know why his lawyers didn’t explain to the judge that since the crimes are not stated in the indictment, no plea can be made.
Even the crime that they did reference: with the intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof, made and caused a false entry in the business records of an enterprise..
There is no mention of who he intended to defraud, and what he was attempting to defraud out of them. I’ve seen some cases cited that indicate NY has wide latitude for this i.e. defrauding can be just impeding some govenment function. But all those cases involved giving or submitting false documentation. No one a specified any entity to which those business records were submitted. Nor who or what function was impeded.
Also it seems that any good lawyer would immediately file a motion with federal court to stop this on those 6th amendment grounds.
It makes me wonder if Trump has more bad lawyers working for him, or if he figures dragging this out on his schedule will give him a political edge.
Any reply other than "not guilty" would have been twisted by the MSM and other propaganda organs as being a tacit admission of guilt and an attempt to weasel out of his deserved execution of justice, with the emphasis on execution.
It has less to do with bad lawyers and more to do with Deroy Murdock’s 15 mins of fame.
Are there any good lawyers anywhere?