Texts Show Witness Readily Helped Build a Case to Disqualify Trump Prosecutors

[Novara]

3. I think he initially had revenge on his mind ...

... and so he texted with Merchant promising to reveal all sorts of dirt. Remember, he was accused of some sort of sexual assault or harassment or something and so he and Wade had a bitter falling-out. But the dirt he was shoveling wasn't based on fact.

And I think when the judge declared that his knowledge was not covered under attorney-client privilege and he had to testify, he realized that if he repeated the made-up dirt, he'd be in a hell of a lot of trouble because it's lies.

I'm not sure if he really couldn't recall any dates, but to protect himself he knew he couldn't repeat lies that might prove he would have committed perjury.

Merchant was visibly frustrated. She tried like hell to get him to admit the dirt he previously texted to her was real and he wasn't going to allow himself to be boxed in on the stand. And so the "gotcha" she tried so damn hard to prove amounted to nothing.