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JUST IN: President Trump Seeks Rare Legal Move In NY Trial
https://wltreport.com ^ | 4/15/2024 | kayley

Posted on 04/15/2024 6:42:24 PM PDT by bitt

Today was the first day of the ‘hush money’ trial in New York, and President Trump has already made an interesting, calculated move.

In an unusual maneuver, Trump is requesting to personally join sidebar discussions.

Typically, these are private, off-the record conversations between the judge and attorneys. They often contain sensitive or intimate information that they don’t want the jury or public to hear.

CNN had this to say about sidebars during the hush money trial:

The historic trial of former President Donald Trump is expected to include a lot of objections and sidebars, sources told CNN chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid.

Sidebar conversations are usually issues that attorneys want to resolve outside the presence of the jury or potential jurors, Reid explained. They are usually sensitive issues that could be related to evidence being brought up.

In this case, the defense are using sidebars because they are focused on preserving every issue for appeal, according to Reid.

Instead of having his lawyers do it for him, President Trump wants to participate in every sidebar himself.

It is extremely rare for a defendant in a case to do this. Traditionally, only attorneys attend sidebar conversations.

As part of jury selection, the judge can also use sidebars to ask potential jurors personal questions.

(Excerpt) Read more at wltreport.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: nytrial; presidenttrump; sidebar
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1 posted on 04/15/2024 6:42:24 PM PDT by bitt
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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2 posted on 04/15/2024 6:42:41 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

Don’t hold your breath…corruption runs deep and vile!


3 posted on 04/15/2024 6:49:51 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: bitt

I do not know what to make of this.


4 posted on 04/15/2024 6:50:58 PM PDT by Parley Baer (.)
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To: bitt

Was getting rid of the statute of limitations to prosecute one man a “rare legal move” ?

Was a state prosecutor undertaking the prosecution of a federal offense that the federal prosecutor declined to move on a “rare legal move” ?


5 posted on 04/15/2024 6:52:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: bitt

This is a big deal?

This guy’s lawyers suck. These cases should have been nipped in the bud.

Oh, you don’t think that’s possible?

Imagine for one minute how far a case would have gotten if a Southern DA and judge pulled this against Obama.

You think Obama would be on court everyday fighting for his freedom?

These cases are a joke - and his lawyers think it is a big victory if they can get Trump included on a sidebar?

These lawyers suck.


6 posted on 04/15/2024 6:58:33 PM PDT by Fido969 (Ia)
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To: bitt

Good. The defendant should be allowed.


7 posted on 04/15/2024 7:01:23 PM PDT by bgill (.)
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To: Fido969

Hey! What are you doing still posting all of your armchair QB legal advice, on FR, tonight?

I thought I asked you, earlier, to fly to NYC, to meet with Pres Trump’s legal team, Legal Beagle Fido.

🙃


8 posted on 04/15/2024 7:13:00 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Jane Long

If I did, I’d tell them to get their heads out of their butts, and stop sucking for a moment.


9 posted on 04/15/2024 7:16:19 PM PDT by Fido969 (Ia)
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To: Jane Long

Also explain to me how it was ANOTHER defense team that figured out the Fani Willis scam.

Trump’s guys couldn’t figure it out?

I listen to them spewing legal minutiae while being unable to get a handle on the big issues.

400 million dollar judgement? How could they have possibly done worse?

They suck.


10 posted on 04/15/2024 7:20:06 PM PDT by Fido969 (Ia)
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To: Fido969

Get up off of that couch and go help them, then!

Whining on this forum won’t get things fixed, Fido.

C’mon, man ... do it for the country!! They need you....they reeeallly, really need you.


11 posted on 04/15/2024 7:23:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Jane Long

Even if this is initially permitted, it will last only until the first time Trump complains about something that occurred during a sidebar on social media. Then the judge will ban him.


12 posted on 04/15/2024 7:27:36 PM PDT by TheConservator ( For Libtards, barring Trump from the presidency is worth destroying 235 years the rule of law)
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To: Fido969

Your comments and understanding of what’s going on is what sucks. It’s a kangaroo court and Merchan and Bragg are stacking everything against Trump. Your Obama analogy is not only ridiculous, it’s embarrassing. Trump’s best hope here is to find 1 juror that will vote to acquit, and absent that, having the entire conviction overturned on appeal.


13 posted on 04/15/2024 7:29:50 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: bitt

Trump dozed off in the court room. 🤣🤣. Mocking is what they deserve.


14 posted on 04/15/2024 7:32:42 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: TheConservator

You can’t ban him from participating in his own defense.


15 posted on 04/15/2024 7:36:33 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: bitt
I'm guessing that since the bulk of the charges are based on how Trump booked business records that Trump wants to be a part of the sidebar because he knows how his organization books business expenses and can find out a few seconds earlier where he prosecution is going with their questions?

Maybe he also thinks his own team aren't expert in how large construction companies book business expenses and he wants to make sure that sidebars that discuss the legal approach are made with proper subject matter knowledge about the charges being adjudicated?

-PJ

16 posted on 04/15/2024 7:45:05 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Fuzz

Ping


17 posted on 04/15/2024 9:37:53 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

Why?


18 posted on 04/15/2024 9:42:53 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: bitt
Just saw this article a short while ago:

Alan Dershowitz Reveals One Motion He Believes Trump’s Lawyers Must File ‘Immediately’

19 posted on 04/15/2024 9:59:43 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: usafa92

Stop making excuses for these guys charging outrageous amounts, diddling around and getting their butts kicked.


20 posted on 04/16/2024 1:11:06 AM PDT by Fido969 (Ia)
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