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Duty To Warn 🔉@duty2warn·14m
Happening Today: New York AG Tish James' lawyers and Trump's lawyers go before Judge Engoran on a motion to compel the Trump family to testify, first hearing since Mazars. They made arguments; the Judge said a decision will come by 3P today. Follow @KlasfeldReports for more.
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riversedge
(70,182 posts)hoot
Replying to @duty2warn and @KlasfeldReportsInteresting legal arguments.
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(46,698 posts)riversedge
(70,182 posts)I'm not a lawyer, but based on her rant in a virtual courtroom just now, I'm not sure Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habbab is either.
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correction--last name if Habbba and he meant court clerk-not bailiff
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riversedge
(70,182 posts)the She is Habba--Trumps lawyer
She keeps trying to make the argument that the prosecution is invalid because Mr Trump is in a "special class" of person whose rights are protected, and the judge keeps saying, Wha?
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riversedge
(70,182 posts)Now she's arguing that the prosecution is invalid because its relying on the evidence of Michael Cohen, a convicted perjurer.
Judge: "Um, was he convicted for lying about Mr Trump's finances?"
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riversedge
(70,182 posts)Lawyer for AG James quotes former AG Morgenthau, who was accused of prosecuting Roy Cohn out of personal vendetta:
"A person is not immune from prosecution because the AG doesn't like him."
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riversedge
(70,182 posts)I am a bit concerned tho that parts of the rant, the Judge seemed to give some credence. He asked several times about the AG's statements during her campaign.
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2naSalit
(86,515 posts)For the AG.
riversedge
(70,182 posts)2naSalit
(86,515 posts)Blasted through all the appeals, I could be wrong about that. However, I suspect any subsequent appeals will be quickly dispatched.
riversedge
(70,182 posts)dalton99a
(81,432 posts)"Because many people ask me for my autograph all the time"
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)Here we see that either tRump is even more ignorant than that claim, or that he is lying to the courts. No other logical alternatives are available to be considered.
KS Toronado
(17,189 posts)on the 2016 campaign trail he said he was worth 11 billion $'s
modrepub
(3,493 posts)Would be nice if a court, any court, would send someone out to fetch this person and bring him in but that will never happen.
Justice for the rich and powerful is different than justice for the rest of us.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Ritabert
(666 posts)...if subpoenaed. Apparently the rule of law doesn't exist anymore.
spanone
(135,816 posts)UTUSN
(70,674 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,410 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)said the judge. That's a good indication that all that is needed is to write the judgement.