Good ol' Trump, loyal only to himself, and always stepping on his own wanker...   

Rep. Bob Good endorses Trump after DeSantis ends his campaign

https://cardinalnews.org/2024/01/21/rep-bob-good-endorses-trump-after-desantis-ends-his-campaign/

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Kerri Urbahn slams Trump’s NY trial: ‘Pretty disgraceful’

Fox News legal editor appeared on The Story from outside the Manhattan courtroom Monday, calling the N.Y. v Trump case "pretty disgraceful," as closing arguments were underway.

"We're finally finding out what the underlying crime is halfway through the closing argument. I mean, that's pretty disgraceful just as far as fundamental notions of due process," Urbahn said.

"In this country, the accused has the right to know what they're being accused of. These are fundamental concepts enshrined in the 5th and 6th amendment of our constitution. And yet here we are learning, basically on the fly, what exactly the prosecution has been doing for all of these weeks," she said.

"As far the election law violation is concerned, you know, keep in mind, it seems like they're really pointing to a federal election law crime. How they're doing that is unclear to all of us considering we're not in federal court," Urbahn added.

"This is not their jurisdiction," Urbahn said, noting that Justice Department declined to bring the case.

Trey Gowdy inside court: Long closing arguments risk being boring and condescending
The reason this closing is longer than "In Search of Lost Time" is because the prosecutor is the records custodian for ATT. This has to be tedious and boring for the jury. Do it as a narrative, not a line by line exercise.

Juries are fully capable of drawing the same inferences the rest of humanity draws. They do not need to be spoon fed minutiae. In fact, juries like making some steps and leaps themselves. Otherwise it risks being simultaneously boring and condescending.

--Trey Gowdy, “Sunday Night in America” host and former federal prosecutor
Posted by Emma Colton

Andy McCarthy inside court: Prosecution assumes Trump knew requirements for opening a bank account
 Steinglass just basically testified that Trump had to have known the requirements for opening a bank account and that Cohen would have to give a purpose for opening the account. The purpose of this argument is to attribute to Trump the fact that Cohen had opened the account through an LLC to avoid having his name attached to the NDA. I do not believe there is any evidence in the record about what Trump knew about the mechanics of bank accounts. Steinglass is asking jury to assume a level of knowledge there is no evidence he has about how Cohen opened the account. Steinglass basically said: Trump is a savvy businessman so he must have known.

--Andrew McCarthy, former assistant U.S. attorney and FNC contributor
Posted by Emma Colton

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