• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    Trump logic.

    The courts won’t let me speak and tell my side of the story.

    I don’t want to testify under oath

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    It would be the absolute stupidest thing he could do. The fifth amendment is waived if he takes the stand meaning the jury is allowed to assume the worst if Trump refuses to answer tough questions.

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      Can you explain why? Is it because he’s not required to be a witness in his own trial? So that’s the fifth right there and by taking the stand you’re functionally waiving the fifth?

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        The prosecution generally can’t call you as a witness in your own trial. The defense could, but if the defense does then the prosecution is allowed to question you.

        Apparently it’s complicated, but if you answer some questions and then stop answering questions, it could put you in a week or legal position than if you had stayed off of the stand to begin with. According to the below website, it’s possible that the judge could order you to answer questions if you tried to stop halfway through. But even if they didn’t, once you’ve gotten on the stand and remain silent, the prosecution is allowed to comment on your refusal to testify, and the jury might take that into account when it deliberates.

        From a practical standpoint, trying to get on the stand and answer some questions but then stop before saying anything that could theoretically be incriminating is incredibly difficult to do. Even things that you don’t think might make you look bad could somehow make you look bad in certain circumstances that you cannot predict, and it’s difficult to say exactly the right thing in unambiguous terms when you’re in a highly stressful environment like a trial.

        https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/your-fifth-amendment-right-against-self-incrimination.html

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    “There is no case”

    Whats the odds trumps lawyers said this, meaning “trump has no case” and this mongoloid took it the complete opposite way

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    I thought that fad of Japanese men doing their hair like Elvis would never catch on…

    Then there’s that picture.

    Lock this slumlord up already.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The former president called in to Newsmax on Thursday night after the conclusion of day seven of his historic trial, where he was asked by anchor Greg Kelly about his intentions to testify in his own defence based on what he had seen of the proceedings so far.

    Mr Trump went on to cite conservative lawyers Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Turley and Mark Levin to back up his baseless insistence that the legal establishment is almost entirely in agreement with him about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg having no case against him.

    Mr Bragg charged the former president with 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to suppress allegations of an affair ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

    So far in the trial, jurors have heard from testimony from David Pecker, former publisher of tabloid giant The National Enquirer, who has described a months-long scheme to “catch and kill” embarrassing stories about Mr Trump’s alleged affairs.

    He testified that he vowed to be the “eyes and ears” of the Republican’s campaign, going beyond what he called “chequebook journalism” to give Mr Trump a direct line to a media apparatus to influence the outcome of the 2016 vote.

    On Thursday, Mr Pecker testified that then-president Trump had later thanked him for handling Ms McDougal’s contract and “the doorman situation” after he entered the White House.


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