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getagrip_already

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5. more telling....

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2024, 10:50 AM

Apr 2024

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.

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Merchan to sf's lawyer: "You're losing all credibility." [View all] mobeau69 Apr 2024 OP

there is literally no loss there. Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #1

It's okay, "Team Trump"(tm) wasn't using it anyway. Hugin Apr 2024 #2

...and these are the 'good' lawyers. spanone Apr 2024 #3

Well, more likely PatSeg Apr 2024 #10

Total nightmare spanone Apr 2024 #17

Can you imagine what the bad lawyers would have been like? Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #12

No kidding. spanone Apr 2024 #18

Speaking of Alina Habba, I miss her. Wish she was working on this trial. Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #29

And we haven't even begun the FIRST full day of testimony. Wednesdays Apr 2024 #4

Showing up late for the 1st day of the trial, threatening the judge's daughter, and trying to walk out of Botany Apr 2024 #13

Trump might look a normal person without the makeup and strange hair do. Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #26

more telling.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #5

Great maneuver by the judge. TheRickles Apr 2024 #8

How does the judge prove perjury? Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #14

The judge is a finder of fact.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #15

So the judge can listen to Trump and make a decision himself if Trump is telling the truth or not? Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #16

Yes.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #20

Got it thanks. Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #21

Yeah, lets hope the reason he is holding his opinion... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #22

Telling the SS to pack their bags for a jail assignment. Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #23

Following the updates on CNN, the judge sounds like he's about to lower the hammer bearsfootball516 Apr 2024 #6

Yep, he said that blogslug Apr 2024 #7

How does one lose something they never had in the fist place? caballojm Apr 2024 #9

I am so f*****g tired of watching this psychopath blatantly thumb his nose at all authority. sop Apr 2024 #11

Well there's stern words coming from the judge. triron Apr 2024 #19

Those stern words will certainly frighten Trump and his attorneys. Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #27

Alina Habba: "No one ever told ME I was losing credibility with the court!" (Hair flounce; duck lips) NBachers Apr 2024 #24

I miss Alina. I wish she was the one talking to the judge in this trial. Irish_Dem Apr 2024 #28

Ann Darrow to King Kong: "You're getting very hairy." lindysalsagal Apr 2024 #25