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Should Trump pull an EWE and not offer a defense?
Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:36 pm
Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:36 pm
Just move straight to closing arguments?
This post was edited on 5/19/24 at 11:41 pm
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Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:40 pm to prplhze2000
only sheep would pull an ewe
Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:42 pm to prplhze2000
Andy McCarthy has been arguing that Trump's team should bring in Bob Costello because he's a sharp and seasoned defense attorney and would play well. And maybe try again to put up former FEC commissioner Bradley A Smith as well as an expert witness, even though the partisan hack judge didn't allow that to happen previously.
Eta: sorry I meant Bob Costello not Michael Cohen previously
Eta: sorry I meant Bob Costello not Michael Cohen previously
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 7:39 am
Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:46 pm to Kafka
ISWYDT
Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:56 pm to prplhze2000
Until I heard Robert Costello’s testimony, I would’ve said yes. I think Costello moves the case from a hung jury to an acquittal. He’s a very credible and compelling witness.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:26 am to prplhze2000
Trump is not as smooth as EWE
Meaning he doesn’t have a favorable Louisiana jury
Meaning he doesn’t have a favorable Louisiana jury
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:32 am to Kafka
Ewe gotta be kidding me with this, man. That’s just baaad.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 2:12 am to Riverside
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Until I heard Robert Costello’s testimony, I would’ve said yes. I think Costello moves the case from a hung jury to an acquittal. He’s a very credible and compelling witness.
this - I think after his testimony, they could ask for a directed verdict of not guilty.
make the judge show his cards on this
does the jury get to hear the request for a directed verdict? or is that done with them out of the court?
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 2:14 am
Posted on 5/20/24 at 3:15 am to prplhze2000
My Father was a defendent in that EWE trial. The move to not present a defense, which almost killed my mother, as it was a RICO prosecution and we would have been left with basically the clothes on our backs, and my Father in prison for 250 years, was as much about it being a second trial with an 11-1 not guilty vote in the first, as it was about EWE being a bigger than life figure to the jury...
In hindsight, the move as brilliant. One, because it worked, and two because the jury was already exhausted of months of complicated business data that I don't think they fully understood.
I am not sure the Trump trial is similar enough in "scope" to do this.....building hospitals and nursing homes versus paying off gold digging porn stars to shut up.
Similar charismatic defendents, not similar crime content.
In hindsight, the move as brilliant. One, because it worked, and two because the jury was already exhausted of months of complicated business data that I don't think they fully understood.
I am not sure the Trump trial is similar enough in "scope" to do this.....building hospitals and nursing homes versus paying off gold digging porn stars to shut up.
Similar charismatic defendents, not similar crime content.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:09 am to prplhze2000
Not offering a defense means anything they could have argued on appeal not already raised goes away IIRC.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:10 am to Tigahs24Seven
Yeah, after hearing Costello, they better put him on for dang sure, he has all the inside knowledge of how corrupt the prosecution was here, and all the excluded exculpatory evidence the Grand Jury never got to hear,
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:59 am to Riverside
quote:save Costello for appeal just in case jury is "get Trump", which is possible.
Until I heard Robert Costello’s testimony, I would’ve said yes. I think Costello moves the case from a hung jury to an acquittal. He’s a very credible and compelling witness.
Because he appeared before grand jury and has made public statements he wouldn't be ex parte.
Because he is connected to Guiliani you don't want to give a show trial more to show. Judge already allowed unrelated porn star testimony. If he's called as a defense witness judge will let prosecutors to go in all directions, related or not, on cross.
ETA: and you want Costello"s testimony "virgin" for Braggs suborning perjury case. Which the feds should pursue as part of election laws if Trump wins
You always risk getting hit in the nuts when you spike the football.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 6:03 am
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:15 am to ChineseBandit58
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I think after his testimony, they could ask for a directed verdict of not guilty
If they put up a defense (presuming a DV motion is denied after the state rests), it goes to the jury.
That said, I am sure this has been a hot discussion among his defense team.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:41 am to LatherZap
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What the hell is EWE?
You have to know your Louisiana history to know...
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:02 am to LatherZap
quote:One of the reasons I quit reading Jackson Jambalaya
What the hell is EWE?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:04 am to I20goon
If he doesn’t testify at trial, his evidence isn’t available for an appeal.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:19 am to prplhze2000
I know this is a spin off topic, but what would EWE think of Trump this time around and the long knives out to get Trump from all sides?
I know he was a diehard democrat but his wife was a Republican. Leading to one of his trademark sayings, I have finally found out what you can do with Republicans, sleep with them.
I know he was a diehard democrat but his wife was a Republican. Leading to one of his trademark sayings, I have finally found out what you can do with Republicans, sleep with them.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:46 am to Diamondawg
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What the hell is EWE?
One of the reasons I quit reading Jackson Jambalaya
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Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:55 am to I20goon
quote:I think I’ve seen SFP say if the testimony isn’t presented at trial, it’s not admissible appeal.
save Costello for appeal just in case jury is "get Trump", which is possible.
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