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Merchan to sf's lawyer: "You're losing all credibility." (Original Post) mobeau69 Apr 23 OP
there is literally no loss there. Voltaire2 Apr 23 #1
It's okay, "Team Trump"(tm) wasn't using it anyway. Hugin Apr 23 #2
...and these are the 'good' lawyers. spanone Apr 23 #3
Well, more likely PatSeg Apr 23 #10
Total nightmare spanone Apr 23 #17
Can you imagine what the bad lawyers would have been like? Irish_Dem Apr 23 #12
No kidding. spanone Apr 23 #18
Speaking of Alina Habba, I miss her. Wish she was working on this trial. Irish_Dem Apr 23 #29
And we haven't even begun the FIRST full day of testimony. Wednesdays Apr 23 #4
Showing up late for the 1st day of the trial, threatening the judge's daughter, and trying to walk out of Botany Apr 23 #13
Trump might look a normal person without the makeup and strange hair do. Irish_Dem Apr 23 #26
more telling.... getagrip_already Apr 23 #5
Great maneuver by the judge. TheRickles Apr 23 #8
How does the judge prove perjury? Irish_Dem Apr 23 #14
The judge is a finder of fact.... getagrip_already Apr 23 #15
So the judge can listen to Trump and make a decision himself if Trump is telling the truth or not? Irish_Dem Apr 23 #16
Yes.... getagrip_already Apr 23 #20
Got it thanks. Irish_Dem Apr 23 #21
Yeah, lets hope the reason he is holding his opinion... getagrip_already Apr 23 #22
Telling the SS to pack their bags for a jail assignment. Irish_Dem Apr 23 #23
Following the updates on CNN, the judge sounds like he's about to lower the hammer bearsfootball516 Apr 23 #6
Yep, he said that blogslug Apr 23 #7
How does one lose something they never had in the fist place? caballojm Apr 23 #9
I am so f*****g tired of watching this psychopath blatantly thumb his nose at all authority. sop Apr 23 #11
Well there's stern words coming from the judge. triron Apr 23 #19
Those stern words will certainly frighten Trump and his attorneys. Irish_Dem Apr 23 #27
Alina Habba: "No one ever told ME I was losing credibility with the court!" (Hair flounce; duck lips) NBachers Apr 23 #24
I miss Alina. I wish she was the one talking to the judge in this trial. Irish_Dem Apr 23 #28
Ann Darrow to King Kong: "You're getting very hairy." lindysalsagal Apr 23 #25

PatSeg

(47,613 posts)
10. Well, more likely
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 11:49 AM
Apr 23

The only lawyers he could find willing to take him as a client. I can't imagine having Trump as a client, what a nightmare he must be.

Irish_Dem

(47,453 posts)
29. Speaking of Alina Habba, I miss her. Wish she was working on this trial.
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 02:00 PM
Apr 23

It would have been better than any SNL skit.

Botany

(70,589 posts)
13. Showing up late for the 1st day of the trial, threatening the judge's daughter, and trying to walk out of
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 11:55 AM
Apr 23

…. court before the judge or jury had left the court room had him on a short leash from the get
go. Time for him to get some slap downs by the judge and send him to the lock up. The man has
needs to have his wig, skin paint, clothes, and freedom taken away from him and we all need to see
the pictures of what he really looks like. The man is hell on earth who was a big part of the 14
million dead from C-19 (real #).

Irish_Dem

(47,453 posts)
26. Trump might look a normal person without the makeup and strange hair do.
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 01:39 PM
Apr 23

Regular clothing.

Not looking like a bizarre clown.

getagrip_already

(14,838 posts)
5. more telling....
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 10:50 AM
Apr 23
Judge wants to hear assertion under oath that Trump believed he wasn't violating gag order

Judge Juan Merchan said he wants to hear an assertion under oath that Donald Trump believed he wasn't violating the gag order when he made the posts in question.


Under oath. If trump says he wasn't in violation, then merchan can find he perjured himself. If he agrees he violated it, then he can just pass sentence. If he takes the fifth, the judge can still rule on the evidence.

Irish_Dem

(47,453 posts)
14. How does the judge prove perjury?
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 11:56 AM
Apr 23

Trump will just lie.

He may have an assistant type out the actual words when he texts?

getagrip_already

(14,838 posts)
15. The judge is a finder of fact....
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 12:08 PM
Apr 23

He just finds it as such. He isn't attaching penalties as in felonies, just establishing a finding of fact.

Irish_Dem

(47,453 posts)
21. Got it thanks.
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 12:54 PM
Apr 23

Of course we don't need to wear a robe to know that Trump is lying.

We know that Trump and his attorneys have no credibility with the judge anymore.
He has come right out and said that.

getagrip_already

(14,838 posts)
22. Yeah, lets hope the reason he is holding his opinion...
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 01:02 PM
Apr 23

Is something dreamy, like he is having a cell prepared.

Hey, hope is something.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
6. Following the updates on CNN, the judge sounds like he's about to lower the hammer
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 10:50 AM
Apr 23

He's not buying a single thing Trump's team is trying to sell.

blogslug

(38,018 posts)
7. Yep, he said that
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 10:55 AM
Apr 23



Inner City Press @innercitypress

Trump's lawyer Blanche: Here's a post from Jesse Watters, saying the same thing -
Justice Merchan: Three hours after your client posted what he posted. Anything else?
Blanche: We are trying to comply with this gag order
Justice Merchan: You are losing credibility

9:39 AM · Apr 23, 2024

sop

(10,265 posts)
11. I am so f*****g tired of watching this psychopath blatantly thumb his nose at all authority.
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 11:53 AM
Apr 23

And I am so f*****g tired of him getting away with it.

Irish_Dem

(47,453 posts)
28. I miss Alina. I wish she was the one talking to the judge in this trial.
Tue Apr 23, 2024, 01:42 PM
Apr 23

Judge Merchan would lose his mind on the hour.

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