Posted on 05/07/2024 11:47:36 AM PDT by thegagline
Porn star Stormy Daniels is on the stand at former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial in New York today — a pivotal moment in the case.
Daniels is describing their alleged sexual encounter, at times in so much detail that Judge Juan Merchan scolded the prosecution, saying the nitty gritty was “unnecessary.” *** “In fairness to the people, I think the witness was a little bit difficult to control the witness," Justice Merchan said***
Trump attorney Todd Blanche moved Tuesday for a mistrial, citing what he called Stormy Daniels' "prejudicial" and salacious testimony about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.
Daniels mentioned some details about her alleged tryst with Trump — like that there was an "imbalance of power" between her and the real estate mogul — that could unfairly "inflame the jury," Blanche argued.
“It’s extremely prejudicial to insert safety concerns in a trial about business records," he told the court.
“The issue is she has testified today about consent, about danger – that’s not the point of this case. That’s not the point of her testimony," he added.
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Blanche also accused Daniels of changing her story about the encounter over the years.
Judge Merchan declined to grant the mistrial, but said he agreed with Blanche "that there are some things that would have been better left unsaid."
In fairness to the prosecutors, though, he added, "I believe that the witness was very difficult to control."
Donald Trump appeared to write a note on a legal pad as the judge tossed his attorneys' move for a mistrial.
He then passed the legal pad in the direction of Todd Blanche, his attorney.
“I was surprised there were not more objections to this testimony," Justice Juan Merchan says, after Trump attorney Todd Blanche moved for a mistrial.
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>> The judge admonished the defense counsel for their lack of objection in response to their request for mistrial.
You choose your words like the Trump-hating progressive that you are.
No, Wetback Cur did not “admonish” them for their lack of objection.
He “deflected” THEIR admonishment of HIM with that lame excuse, after ADMITTING that the witness gave inappropriate testimony and long after DENYING defense’s request that he not seat the witness, after defense predicted exactly how it WOULD unfold.
Wetback Cur will be brutally curbstomped upon appeal for this and many other failings, but let’s pray it doesn’t get that far. Oh nevermind, you’re not one of us, joesucks, you’re an American hating progressive.
>> Being a prosecutor or defense attorney requires understanding trial gamesmanship.
“Trial Gamesmanship” is all the justice system means to you? Oh yeah, I keep forgetting you’re a progressive Trump hater, so yes, that’s all you got. To hell with good old simple justice and righteousness, right joesucks?
Duplicitous prog website, duplicitous prog POV. Thanks, but no thanks, I get what the progs are saying. But that’s not truth, it’s “tawking points”.
I think you misspelled my name. It’s joescucks.
I spelled it truthfully.
That Democrat joescucks guy never quits.
We should take bets when his next "Trump-hate timeout" occurs.
Maybe I should make him defend that greasy pimple Andy Weissmann, who believes that Trump has to prove his innocence.
Some spell it "joesFRdemocratoperative".
Your pantz-shizzing Tater, Joe Biden, thanks you for defending his greasy stooge-"judge", Wetback Cur.
“Duplicitous prog website, duplicitous prog POV.”
Those prog Business Insider “reporters” are some real beauties.
I guess joesucks likes to switch off Nicolle Wallace and PMSNBC occasionally to get the printed “straight dope” from Laura Italiano.
https://freerepublic.com/tag/jacobshamsian/index
https://freerepublic.com/tag/lauraitaliano/index
https://freerepublic.com/tag/nataliemusumeci/index
>> Some spell it “joesFRdemocratoperative”.
And “Joe’s Bucks” are paying his/her/their troll a$$, so joesbucks is more or less accurate too. Perhaps not as colorfully descriptive as your spelling though. :-)
The more ‘details’ were given, the more people close to Trump especially his wife can see the lies. She said he had Old Spice cologne in his bathroom…. Trump would never use that.
President Trump is being held accountable for a bookkeeping error committed by someone who works for him, while none of the Bidens are being held accountable for taking millions of dollars from China.
Kangaroo court on steriods.
Vile. You need to ride the zot lightning.
“Trying to influence a federal election?
Whoops!
State of New York - prosecuting a federal crime?”
“Some of the charges against Trump are related to that Bragg’s team does not have to prove Trump violated the statute but merely demonstrate that he was falsifying internal Trump Organization records as part of a broader scheme to improperly influence the 2016 election.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/06/trump-hush-money-trial-election-law/
NeverTrumper joesbucks apparently didn't learn his lesson from his last go-around with you, and has apparently been out of the penalty box long enough to start getting "frisky" with his FR NeverTrumping again.
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-von-shitzinpantz-has-formally-been-entered-into-the-record-2024-5
You just can't help your NeverTrumping, can you, Tommy?
Why avoid the question? Is something that happened at the trial off limits?
I’m hoping not. His previous adulterous relationships gave the DNC plenty of fodder.
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