wardorican
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Figured he has two major legal things going, this should get its own focus.
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I think it’s simpler than that.Trump's outbursts can only have one logic. He has to be gambling that he has to fight and act out to maintain support from his voters in order to win the election, regardless of whether it hurts his case. His gamble is that he will win re-election, and then he can make it all go away. He has to have concluded that he can't win the cases, so his only play is to be belligerent, possibly be punished for it, and then use that to maintain support.
If you're going to jail Trump, it needs to be for at least two weeks.Rolling Stone had a story that says the Trump legal strategy today is to provoke the judge into an outburst in court that could give them a chance to win an appeal and/or make the judge throw him in jail overnight which they think will be a fund raising bonanza. It was anonymously sourced so who knows. After reading what he said, though, it does seem likely.
I read that the judge let Trump speak for 5 minutes! Can he commit perjury during a closing statement, because I'm sure he must've stated many lies if he spoke for more than a minute?Trump rose to speak at the closing today in the NY fraud civil case. He wanted to make his own closing - but his attorney wouldn't (couldn't) agree to the judge's conditions that Trump's closing - like any attorney's closing - could only be about the case and the evidence, and could not be a political speech and could not attack the court or the other party. So of course Trump disregarded all of this and rose to speak anyway.
‘Control Your Client’
Donald Trump’s disrespect for the law was on prominent display in a Manhattan courtroom earlier today.www.theatlantic.com
I read that the judge let Trump speak for 5 minutes! Can he commit perjury during a closing statement, because I'm sure he must've stated many lies if he spoke for more than a minute?
So the question I have is, given that Trump did ignore the conditions for speaking, and did just go ahead and get up and speak anyway, are there any consequences?No, it's not sworn testimony.
Lawyers can get in trouble with the court during closing if they go too far afield of the facts, evidence, and issues before the court. A lawyer would never be able to say what Trump said. And represented parties don't typically get to just get up and speak - especially without leave of court to do so (which Trump's lawyer tried to get but the judge denied it because Trump wouldn't agree to conditions).
So the question I have is, given that Trump did ignore the conditions for speaking, and did just go ahead and get up and speak anyway, are there any consequences?
It seems a bit odd that someone can ignore the judge's terms, get up and rant for several minutes, and then just leave without anything actually happening (I mean, other than annoying the judge who's about to rule on your case). Wouldn't that be a contempt of court thing?