Feels like kind of a weird "trying to avoid sounding biased" add-on to say he gave the delay a thought after just previously calling the idea a non-starter.
Not that a Trump testimony is really going to add anything credible to his case at this point whether he were gagged or not, this just spares everyone his useless and endless process complaints.
Not that a Trump testimony is really going to add anything credible to his case at this point whether he were gagged or not, this just spares everyone his useless and endless process complaints.
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Lisa Rubin actually spoke to Kise yesterday about this ....
View: https://twitter.com/lawofruby/status/1732124254030921745
View: https://twitter.com/lawofruby/status/1732124254030921745
Pausing the trial to hear an appeal of a gag order that will surely fail anyway is definitely a non-starter. That says Kise can't trust his defendant to not violate the gag order under testimony - which would surely yield objections from the state anyway if he starts going off topic.
As Engoron said to Kise earlier in this proceeding, "Control your client!"
And if he can't be controlled, don't call him to the stand.
I wonder how much they'd be inclined to just let him rant, seeing as it's all on record.
I feel like Trumps strategy has been so much geared towards pissing off judges for a mistrial, this might have actually been planned.
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We've wrapped early today. And as Eric Trump is, a bit surprisingly, not going to testify for the defense we get tomorrow off. Court resumes Thursday.
(They probably reckoned that Eric would not stand up well under cross examination.)
(They probably reckoned that Eric would not stand up well under cross examination.)
Sounds like Trump saw that interview and said, hey that sounds like a great idea! Do that.
The best way to appeal-proof a bench trial is to just let everyone talk and sort out what actually matters from there.
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By my reckoning, the defense has two expert witnesses left. Eli Bartov and Gregory Christovich. They've used very few of their fact witnesses, and those that have appeared have done them little good. So probably just those two and Trump to go, if Trump shows at all.
We're pretty close to the end here.
We're pretty close to the end here.
TRIAL - Day 41, accountancy professor
His fine should be based on how much taxes he would owe over the last 30 years if Mar-alago was worth $1.5 billion...
How much would it cost to insure a $1.5 billion complex in a hurricane zone in the current mess in Florida?
How much would it cost to insure a $1.5 billion complex in a hurricane zone in the current mess in Florida?
Because the assessment is a damaging blow to his self image and ego. Someone in a position of authority dared to say that one of his prized possessions that he brags about isn't worth anywhere near what he says it is, and it eats him up inside. He can't have people thinking he's anything less than the greatest.
Wrong thread? The only jury in this civil trial is the judge.
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This may have got lost in the shuffle..
So much for saying he "won" on appeal level..
View: https://x.com/TeaPainUSA/status/1732843950694682702?s=20
"MSNBC legal reporter Lisa Rubin tweeted that appellate judges denied Trump's request to stay (or halt) Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling in favor of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who won a summary judgment in September in her initial claim that Trump committed "pervasive, widespread fraud in financial statements." She linked to a copy of the appellate judges' ruling in the initial post."
So much for saying he "won" on appeal level..
View: https://x.com/TeaPainUSA/status/1732843950694682702?s=20
"MSNBC legal reporter Lisa Rubin tweeted that appellate judges denied Trump's request to stay (or halt) Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling in favor of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who won a summary judgment in September in her initial claim that Trump committed "pervasive, widespread fraud in financial statements." She linked to a copy of the appellate judges' ruling in the initial post."
Is that it or are there more appeals to come for that ruling?
I think New York Court of Appeals is in fact the highest NY state court (weirdly the NY state supreme court is lower), so if I'm understanding right, given this is entirely a NY State civil matter, this is literally it. Trump org is toast, no more, do not pass go, decision is final.
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God…big "no u" energy with him using the word "fraud" like that. We get it, you are the fraudster.
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There's still this appeal!
This is only a ruling on the defendants' motion to stay things pending appeal, it's not a final determination of the appeal itself.
Where we are now is that cancellation of the business certificates is still stayed pending appeal (because it isn't reversible, or not easily), but the rest of the things asked for (I can't quite remember what they are, but they include things like nominating potential receivers, and reporting requirements, and restrictions on moving assets out of state and so on) are un-stayed.
Thanks! I think I get it now.
What's the big deal about a few extra "zero" adjustments among accounting friends...they do it all the time! It's like totally normal judge!
The switch from a FOX NEWS ALERT to his low-level mumblings is just straight comedy.
He's been burning through his campaign funds to pay his legal fees actually.
Lawyers, Trump and money: Ex-president spends millions in donor cash on attorneys as legal woes grow
Trump’s Save America political action committee has paid nearly $37 million to more than 60 law firms and individual attorneys since January 2022, records show.
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And with the cases ramping up next year, he's not gonna have much left.
Isn't it possible one of these cases will hit him for wire fraud too and freeze/damage his ability to fundraise significantly?He's been burning through his campaign funds to pay his legal fees actually.
Lawyers, Trump and money: Ex-president spends millions in donor cash on attorneys as legal woes grow
Trump’s Save America political action committee has paid nearly $37 million to more than 60 law firms and individual attorneys since January 2022, records show.
And with the cases ramping up next year, he's not gonna have much left.
Let's effing hope so. A lot of the grifted have to be getting dry by nowHe's been burning through his campaign funds to pay his legal fees actually.
Lawyers, Trump and money: Ex-president spends millions in donor cash on attorneys as legal woes grow
Trump’s Save America political action committee has paid nearly $37 million to more than 60 law firms and individual attorneys since January 2022, records show.
And with the cases ramping up next year, he's not gonna have much left.
Why yes, that is the point.
Edit: oh wait, he's saying everybody else too? lol