"The former president is pleased there won't be witnesses at the trial."

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Jim Acosta
@Acosta
According to a source close to Trump legal team, the former president is pleased there won’t be witnesses at the trial.
The source added that the legal team views the democrats‘ decision to not call witnesses as a clear victory.
11:43 AM · Feb 13, 2021

[choie]

1. So glad he's' happy

and that the rethugs believe the Dems folded.

[TwilightZone]

2. Only because he admitted he didn't care about the riot and wasn't going to do anything about it.

That's not exactly a win, Donald.

[servermsh]

3. That's because it was a clear victory for Trump. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. No, it was not. Raskin played chicken with the Trump team and won

by getting the stipulation he wanted without giving the Trumpers the opportunity to amplify the big lie during the examination of witnesses.

[TwilightZone]

10. Nope.

We got exactly what we wanted out of it without calling McCarthy as a witness.

Wasn't necessary, because Trump's team acknowledged that the call went exactly as described. Trump, in the middle of the riot, said he didn't care, supported the insurrections, and said he wasn't going to do anything about it.

The fact that Trump is proclaiming victory should have been the first clue that it's not.

[justhanginon]

11. Would that be the same trump that declared victory after losing the general election?

[underpants]

4. Again, get Trump out of the news. Acosta is there to report on Trump....

basically like Maggie Haberman holding on to her hey day.

As I posted earlier:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215104704

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. So he says. But I'll bet kruggerands to kroner that he's disappointed

because he'd have loved to have seen the circus his dipshit lawyers would have made of the proceedings by amplifying his lies during cross-examination (which wouldn't be constrained by the normal rules of trial procedure).

[global1]

6. Not Even Acquitted Yet And He's Taking Bows.....

Let the gloating begin!!!!

How soon will we see him come out from his cloister at Mar-A-Lago with him touting his exoneration?

[cry baby]

8. Of course he's going to spin it that way. nt

[abqtommy]

9. This is too funny! I guess we gotta teach tRUMP and his "Legal Team" the true meaning

of "VICTORY"!