Legal analysts say Trump admitted that the intent in financial representations he made was to convince lenders to loan him money.

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      11 months ago

      A plausible sounding article I read stated that his lawyers knew from the start that they didn’t have a chance of winning anyway. This whole thing is just theater to try and stall as long as possible to buy time until the election.

      I’m sure they’ve already got plans to cheat their way to a “victory” on that front as well.

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        11 months ago

        But also taking time to give him a proper trial ensures that the final ruling is constitutional and can’t risk being declared a mistrial later on.

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          This is a civil, not criminal trial. Can’t self incriminate if it’s not a criminal trial, so the 5th amendment doesn’t apply (not sure how it works if there’s other trials ongoing with cross interest in testimony).

          • The fifth Amendment would not apply to the allegations in the civil complaint. It’s still applies to his testimony with regard to uncharged criminal conduct. In other words, he cannot be required to testify in the civil case to something that would incriminate him in an uncharged criminal matter. At least that’s my understanding as an attorney, however, I admit I never have to deal with this issue and the one time it almost came up, the other lawyer never asked my witness the right questions.

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        11 months ago

        Narrator: “they didn’t.”

        (Which really goes to show how incompetent they are.)

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        11 months ago

        People keep saying this but honesty if you dont have anything going for you… Why not do it for free?

        I know bugger all about law but surely everyone will know you in the profession, and if you mange to do anything close to a good job, then you get some kind of credibility from it?

        Seems like a yolo opportunity for anyone wanting to make a name for themselves.

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          Sure, that’s already happened. Watching Trump jeopardize Chris Kise’s legal career with games on the stand tho… This may be the first time a defense attorney just pops a blood vessel wanting to scream “SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU’RE MAKING IT WORSE YOU RIDICULOUS FUCKNUT”