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BREAKING: Judge Merchan drops a bombshell on Donald Trump in his criminal hush money trial, reveals a slew of damaging information that prosecutors can mention.
This is it the worst case scenario for Trump...
If Trump takes the stand, the judge has ruled that prosecutors can mention six crucial court determinations from four different proceedings.
1. The $354.9 million fraud case he lost in New York in February for inflating his net worth.
2. Trump was fined $5,000 for refusing to remove a lie-riddled post about a law clerk.
3. He was fined $10,000 for violating a court order by smearing a court clerk.
4. He lost his first E. Jean Carroll defamation case for $5 million. The jury ruled that he defamed and sexually abused her.
5. Trump lost a second defamation against Carroll after he smeared her again. He owes $83.3 million.
6. The case New York Attorney General Letitia James brought against him that showed that the Trump Organization repeatedly engaged in fraud.
Any single one of these would be devastating if mentioned in front of a jury. All of them presented together would be an utter disaster for Trump. They prove that he is a habitual, unrepentant criminal..............
Link to tweet
Ocelot II
(115,984 posts)wnylib
(21,779 posts)Trump felt compelled to testify in order to intentionally have those cases brought up and air his grievances about them in court?
Kid Berwyn
(15,060 posts)I'm so glad.
Raven123
(4,932 posts)patricia92243
(12,607 posts)present the current charges, then go home at the end of the day.
onenote
(42,831 posts)republianmushroom
(13,857 posts)senseandsensibility
(17,224 posts)The only one I don't see is the Hillary Clinton case. But I'm not following it that closely.
Mr.WeRP
(108 posts)He must take the stand to contest Cohens testimony. If he doesnt, the defense cant deny the events Cohen testifies to and that becomes fact evidence. The only way to really defend against Cohens testimony is to have Trump tell the jury himself his side of the story.
Silent3
(15,433 posts)
that can lead to some or all of this coming out in court, because Trump taking the stand is about as likely as Trump suddenly making all of his tax returns public.
Perhaps certain lines of defense can also trigger this if attempted?
AllaN01Bear
(18,781 posts)AllyCat
(16,263 posts)Just love this for him.
bdamomma
(63,961 posts)looks so evil, he looks like a snake.