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ariadne0614

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12. I'm not a lawyer, but

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #9)

Fri May 10, 2024, 06:29 AM

May 2024

. . .it crossed my mind that the OT’s attorneys only agreed to do it his way if he signed a waiver going in.

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OMG LAWRENCE! HIS AND MERCHAN'S BRILLIANCE! [View all] ancianita May 2024 OP

He knocked it out of the park. GoodRaisin May 2024 #1

Right out of New York! ancianita May 2024 #2

Epic and riveting DaBronx May 2024 #3

I think this is the video SouthBayDem May 2024 #4

Thank you. ancianita May 2024 #13

I missed this episode, Thanks for posting it. riversedge May 2024 #15

Wow. That was quite a watch. underpants May 2024 #18

Thank you! jrthin May 2024 #29

Recommended. H2O Man May 2024 #5

Catching this on the re-broadcast. 3catwoman3 May 2024 #6

So true. ShazzieB May 2024 #22

The judge was great Pompoy May 2024 #7

Sounds like the IQs of the attorneys are not any higher than the Orange Turd's. wnylib May 2024 #8

Yes Trump is forcing his attorneys to do stupid things. Irish_Dem May 2024 #9

Yet, in claudette May 2024 #11

Unless it is a deliberate strategy to win on appeal. Irish_Dem May 2024 #16

I've read the lawyers would have to be drunk or asleep for that to work Kaleva May 2024 #30

These attorneys are so bad I would not rule out drugs or booze. Irish_Dem May 2024 #32

One other major consideration is that it's not because they're so bad, but that the prosecution is so excellent ancianita May 2024 #34

I think it's both. TSExile May 2024 #37

In tandem, yes. ancianita May 2024 #38

No, that is not the reason. Irish_Dem May 2024 #39

Agree that they're bad in THIS case, against THIS judge and prosecution, but they've got good reps for a reason. ancianita May 2024 #40

Their excellent reputations are now shattered. Irish_Dem May 2024 #41

So true. By the time Smith enters a courtroom, he'll mop whoever's left in America who'd ancianita May 2024 #42

TSF has the reverse Midas touch. TSExile May 2024 #43

Yes he does. Irish_Dem May 2024 #44

I'm not a lawyer, but ariadne0614 May 2024 #12

Signing a document stating you are going to be a bad lawyer? Irish_Dem May 2024 #17

Oh. ariadne0614 May 2024 #21

Trump would not sign such a waiver, ever. Irish_Dem May 2024 #25

Yes, but the good news is he'd be just as stupid during his appeal ecstatic May 2024 #19

But he will have a different judge. Irish_Dem May 2024 #31

Totally agree. ancianita May 2024 #14

And Trump uses the same style of learning about the law wnylib May 2024 #20

"Trump Revealed" teach1st May 2024 #24

Yes, that's the book. Thanks for the memory jog. wnylib May 2024 #26

Yep.A kid like that is definitely one to have a Roy Cohn later as his chosen father who taught him that approach to law. ancianita May 2024 #35

He's always telling us that he knows more than anybody about everything. ShazzieB May 2024 #23

Brilliant. Perfect. PCIntern May 2024 #10

How about Stormy's brilliance? BeyondGeography May 2024 #27

Indeed. She was also part of the masterful prosecution team that's winning. ancianita May 2024 #36

He was in court and observed it. LiberalFighter May 2024 #28

Orange Turd is in the trial transcript LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 #33