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re: Trump Barred From Making Closing Arguments.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:51 pm to TDTOM
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:51 pm to TDTOM
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So he could talk, he just couldn't talk about certain things that would help his case. Got it.
If this has been characterized correctly Trump would have been limited by the same boundaries that I am every time I make closing arguments. While litigants acting pro se are given some level of latitude (especially in a bench trial) because judges aren't interested in teaching a trial advocacy class they still put the bumpers up when they are straying too far.
Trump chose not to avail himself of the right to testify and doesn't get a bite at the apple without cross, this is true for everyone. There are specific rules to what you can say in closing and I am not sure what the issue is with someone being held to those rules irrespective of what transpired earlier in the case.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 5:19 pm
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:27 pm to Obtuse1
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Trump chose not to avail himself of the right to testify and doesn't get a bite at the apple without cross, this is true for everyone
Bingo.
You cannot say, if asked to testify "oh no no, not me, no way, no sir, no no". and then ask to make a big speech later at the ending. It doesn't work like that.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:36 pm to Obtuse1
Stop making sense. The Cult will run with Trump being wrongly persecuted.
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