Defense counsel is instructing their client to violate a court order so they can bill hourly defending him? That IS a bold strategy.
I don't think he understands that the jury is the only ones making a decision. He's more than welcome to take the stand and defend himself.
He'd freak the fuck out if he had to defecate in a steel toilet without a seat ring instead of his golden shitter. I know I would.
Here's the menu if anyone is interested: https://doccs.ny.gov/statewide-facility-food-menu tonight's dinner: BAKED SALISBURY STEAK WHIPPED POTATOES SEASONED GRAVY STEWED TOMATOES WHITE BREAD / MARGARINE CHOCOLATE PUDDING LEMON BEVERAGE
That makes perfect sense and I have nothing else to add. Gallant Knight actually I do. It’s a question. Can overall gag orders be set for the media? Maybe they have, but to me, even interviewing people who were dismissed is a bad look. I know nothing about this process (despite what Trump thinks about black folk) but there are no cameras, so there isn’t really a chance to leak info unless it’s from the inside, right?
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Sorry Mittens I have to pay women to not have sex with me all the time but that’s because I’m built different
Of all the backward bullshit the lawyers do in the name of tradition and symbolism, still having a human use chalk to draw what’s happening in a courtroom is the most absurd.
that stack of papers he brought to the courthouse today were probably the missing TS docs from his Mar-a-lago shitter
I think it's too far personally and we should have someone whisper to us what the scene looked like in a dark room
"I have a camera right here. It's on my phone." "No you can only draw it and it better not be realism"
Yeah my understanding was that 1) the $1000 amount is so that the lawyers can't argue that a higher amount is excessive and only being done because of who he is and 2) As they stack up it's justification for a larger punishment down the road.
This is accurate and his failure to comply with the gag order, regardless of the severity of the penalty levied, can be considered in sentencing if he’s found guilty. Meaning it would weigh against any leniency within the judge’s discretion. Still, a $1k fine is a joke considering almost anyone else, and def anyone who isn’t wealthy, would be jailed for doing what he’s done.
So to clarify, there aren’t limitations or precedent for revoking this right in cases where jurors are significantly compromised by the accused?
They wouldn't take his right to a trial by jury away but in the most extreme cases I would assume they could jail someone and take all communication devices away for the duration of the trial. But I'm not a lawyer so I'm sure one of the big brains will chime in.
A big problem is no one has seen anything like this even at the highest levels. He's like a child that wont take a hint but because he is a former president, current nominee, and has 20 million crazy people willing to do whatever he says, it's a bit of a pickle.
So why does the option of incarcerating someone for contempt or tampering exist if not for exactly this? Fuck this system. Nothing will come of anything
Seems like the strategy of going soft and continuing to fine him tens of dollars is going great. Jail the motherfucker. His SS can wipe his ass for him like always.
I want him jailed, but ive seen judge after judge err on the side of caution with pro se litigants (yes, I know Trump is not pro se but he's such a a dumbass he's compromising his own trial like he is). I suspect here the judge thinks trump is dead to rights and wants the trial to go forward without any grounds for delay or appeal. But I'm just a dumb country lawyer.
I wonder if anyone else has ever thought they had Trump dead to rights with a mountain of evidence before. He's gonna monkeywrench this shit like he always does. He wins by no one calling him. For 78 years.
Has anyone with secret service protection been in court on a criminal trial? This is all new ground here, there doesn't have to be precedent for this stuff.