Trump’s defense team has moved for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels’ testimony
“We move for a mistrial based on the testimony this morning,” defense attorney Todd Blanche said following the lunch break.
“The guardrails by this witness answering questions by the government were just thrown to the side,” Blanche said.
“There is no remedy that we can fashion … to unring this bell,” Blanche said about the impact of Daniels’ testimony.
Blanche argued the prosecutors wanted to embarrass Trump and inflame the jury and was far afield from a case about falsification of business records.
“She talked about a consensual encounter with President Trump that she was trying to sell,” Blanche said. “We heard a completely different story.”
Blanche argued that the testimony regarding condoms, being “blacked out” and and the “power dynamic” prejudiced the jury.
“This has nothing to do with the reason why we’re here,” Blanche said. “How can you un-ring a bell?”
The prosecution pushed back.
“Her account completes the narrative that precipitated the falsification of business records,” Hoffinger said. “It is precisely what the defendant did not want to become public.”
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I was gonna say, that’s hilarious but nah. I think that’s what the judge thinks as well.
Legally speaking that’s some bullshit.
“I don’t believe we are at the point where a mistrial is warranted,” Merchan said.
I have a feeling he doesn’t have the best lawyers representing him.
“I was surprised that there were not more objections,” from the defense team he added. “At one point, the court … objected, because there was no objection coming from the defense.”
Either they are bad lawyers or they were strategically withholding their objections in order to file the mistrial motion. I fully expect this to be brought up again in an appeal, assuming Trump loses the case.
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Objection!
On what grounds?
It’s devastating to my case!
“Your Honor! How can my client possibly get a fair trial after the jury has heard what he did? This bell can not be unrung!”
–Trump’s Laywers, probably
| Trump’ lawyers actually
I’m not a lawyer, so interested in learning…
Isn’t this what the purpose of objecting is? If the defense fails to object while it’s happening… Isn’t that kinda on them?
Yes. The judge pointed it out to them:
“I was surprised that there were not more objections” from the defense team, the judge added.
“At one point, the court … objected, because there was no objection coming from the defense,” he said
Is the second quote saying that the judge stepped in because the defense was being so shit?
Yes
Yes. Mistrial is only even something irreversible happens and the trial became unfair. If you didn’t call bullshit at the time, you are not allowed to complain about everything later. And because you didn’t object, there’s also no preserved issue for appeal.
Btw I think the judge would be able to base their opinion in latches. But I might be wrong.
If you object and stop it you can’t ask for a mistrial.
Delay, delay, delay, delay, …
Interesting. Harvey Weinstein’s conviction in New York was thrown out over something like that. He is likely to be retried there though, and his California conviction still stands.
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I think you misheard something. It resembles a truffle. Not a truffle hog.
Tastes fantastic and is very expensive?
Very expensive for the minuscule size, and most people tolerate it at best while pretending that it’s God’s gift to humanity.
Oh so it’s more like truffle oil?
Stinky, and a-morel?
You heard it here everyone, SatansMaggotyCumFart is hopeful about the remote possibility that Trump’s dick tastes fantastic and is very expensive.
Relative to an ant?
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