Instead, the Defense just sat there and let Stormy say anything she wanted to say. The Judge did nothing. He just sat there like a buffoon.
Generally, in order to have an appealable issue your objections must be timely or you risk waiver. In addition, an attorney who intentionally engages in ineffective assistance of counsel is engaging in a very dangerous game.
I agree.
The issue is...why is Stormy there?
Trump has publicly acknowledged a Non-Disclosure Agreement was signed, and that money changed hands.
Beyond those two facts, no other Stormy testimony is necessary to prove - or disprove - the criminal charges.
Case closed. Trial over.
By objecting to her giving ANY testimony prior to it - which Judgey-boy denied - objections stood by. The jury could get antsy if every single inquiry was met with an individual objection.
Since the defense objected to the testimony before any of it was given, doesn’t that make any subsequent appeal of that testimony seem timely? In other words, if they objected to the entire thing, why would they have to keep objecting throughout to specific things?