Posted on 05/10/2024 6:50:59 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
It was a category 5 storm yesterday for a certain porn star.
Yea, I didn’t feel like typing for an hour
There are two lawyers on the jury. Neither of them specialize in criminal law to the best of my knowledge, but they should still have a fair grasp of the issues in this case. I'm hoping at least one of them has enough integrity to vote for acquittal.
Good thought, but any juror in Manhattan knows that their life is over if they hold out for acquittal IMO.
Brilliant and elegant.
“they haven’t presented any evidence a crime was committed.”
The State haven’t even revealed what comprises the felony violation required to extend the statute of limitations on the misdemeanors they haven’t proved.
The State is betting everything on Michael Cohen, convicted perjurer and fraud.
He has no way of knowing anything about how Trump’s controller booked the NDA expenses. The payments to Cohen for the NDAs were in fact “legal expenses”. If Trump puts up a defense, he should call 2-3 accounting experts to testify 1) that booking them as legal expenses was acceptable practice, and 2) that any related public filing or disclosure was not due until well into 2017. Thus Trump had no motive to use how the expense was characterized in the books and records to influence the Oct 2016 election. That kills ALL the misdemeanor charges.
If Trump is somehow found guilty, this whole shame of a trial needs to be appealed. That judge is a crook, pure and simple.
Amen.
So true, and the stakes for the accused involve a max prison sentence of 136 years. Basically, a death sentence.
Bingo.
Agreed. I can’t recall if the the juror who said he reads the NYPost is one of the lawyers. Do you know?
No doubt. Could be grounds for divorce.
Excellent points.
Oh, I’m sure defense has an appeal ready to roll.
Whoa, so there are still smart people around, respect, I thought I was going mad the level of drivel from MSM and talking heads.
There is no case here, but a partisan use of judicial system for political ends...the only thing keeping this alive is the partisan jury...but I hope there are some non-partisan there, who can use their brain
This case is not even close to being proven...in fact, if the prosecution rest after Micheal Cohen testimony, the judge should dismiss the case without it even going to jury.
I’m probably in the minority but I agree with you. I think there’s a reasonable chance that even a Manhattan jury might acquit, simply out of a sense of fairness. I don’t think it’s likely but I think it’s at least possible. The prosecution didn’t do themselves any favors bringing Daniel’s to the stand. A number of jurors were visibly turned off by her testimony according to various reports.
That would be a pure blessing. But the judge would have some serious 'splainin' to do all around, and there hasn't been a hint of that bent so far.
Still, hope springs eternal.
>> Stormy claims to be a registered ‘Republican’!
Guess Mia Farrow will now shut her piehole
I don’t know for sure if one of the lawyers reads the Post, but think you are right.
It’s a Murdoch outlet, but it’s been pretty critical of the trial and the whole lawfare exercise.
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