Prosecutors in hush money case plan to use quotes from Trump's books against him at trial, filing says

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Source: ABC News

February 29, 2024, 6:10 AM


Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal hush money case in New York plan to use the former president's own words -- including quotes from books like "Trump: The Art of the Deal" -- against him at trial next month, according to court filings.

The Manhattan district attorney's office provided Trump's defense team with a list of past statements made by the former president -- including four dozen quotes from books published between 1987 and 2015 -- which they plan to introduce as evidence during the trial, according to a recent defense filing.

The list of statements came from Trump books including "Trump: The Art of The Deal," his memoir that reached No. 1 on the New York Times best seller list, as well as "Think Like a Billionaire," "How to Get Rich," "Think Big and Kick Ass," and "Great Again."

Trump's attorneys have pushed back on the effort, saying that it risks prejudicing the jury while offering limited relevance to the alleged conduct in the case.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/prosecutors-hush-money-case-plan-quotes-trumps-books/story?id=107648232

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1. Words matter

Period

[Novara]

4. They do. It isn't a "hush money" case; it's ELECTION INTERFERENCE

Some news outlets get it right. Too many do not.

[claudette]

5. Yep

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[limbicnuminousity]

2. That could be fun.

I could see Trump losing his composure (what little he has) if confronted with his own "philosophy." Gordon Gecko speeches are far less impressive coming from a drug-addled aphasic with frontotemporal dementia.

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3. Sounds fair

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