Ex-Prosecutor Breaks Down Possible ‘Calculated’ Move From Trump’s Legal Team
7 months, 1 week ago

Ex-Prosecutor Breaks Down Possible ‘Calculated’ Move From Trump’s Legal Team

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Thursday explained why he believes Donald Trump’s legal team made a “calculated” move in not objecting to the more salacious details that adult film actor Stormy Daniels gave in testimony about having sex with the former president. Trump lawyer Susan Necheles is “really experienced,” Weissmann told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. They wanted this to be as salacious as possible, because they don’t have a case, and they want to bring in all of this stuff.’” “That’s why you heard about condoms. It’s not a bad strategy, per se, and they “have to do something,” Weissmann acknowledged.

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'Weird': Ex-prosecutor flags 'oddity' in Trump legal team's newest argument in Jan. 6 case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Weird': Ex-prosecutor flags 'oddity' in Trump legal team's newest argument in Jan. 6 case

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's legal team made an argument in the latest hearing in the former president's criminal case involving Jan. 6 that one ex-prosecutor labeled "weird." Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance spoke with those in the courtroom and read a transcript of the scheduling hearing, and concluded that Judge Tanya Chutkan's handling of the case was "reassuring" compared to that of …

Ex-Prosecutor Points Out 1 Crucial Thing Trump ‘Doesn’t Realize’ About His Rants
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Prosecutor Points Out 1 Crucial Thing Trump ‘Doesn’t Realize’ About His Rants

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner thinks former president and current GOP nominee Donald Trump’s latest controversial comments about his myriad legal woes could come back to seriously haunt him. In a recent interview with Fox News’ Mark Levin, Trump declared: “Whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election, where you have every right to …

Why Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche messed up his final arguments.
54 years, 11 months ago

Why Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche messed up his final arguments.

Slate  

Yesterday saw closing arguments in the Manhattan trial of Donald Trump for falsifying business records, the first-ever criminal trial for a former president. He methodically connected the evidence to each element of the crime and reminded jurors how it all supported the prosecution’s theory of the case: “The defendant used his own business records as the vehicle to disguise the …

'Not sure what the strategy is': Tactics of Trump legal team leave legal analyst confused
7 months, 1 week ago

'Not sure what the strategy is': Tactics of Trump legal team leave legal analyst confused

Raw Story  

Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen appeared on the stand for the first time in the hush money case Monday — and at least one legal analyst was shocked by some of the tactics being used by Trump's lawyers. Speaking to MSNBC during the afternoon session, legal analyst Danny Cevallos said he was shocked that Trump's lawyers are raising few …

Stormy Daniels 'unflappable' in face of hostile Trump lawyers: legal reporter
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Stormy Daniels 'unflappable' in face of hostile Trump lawyers: legal reporter

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys on Thursday tried to get under adult film star Stormy Daniels' skin -- but legal reporter Adam Klasfeld says that those efforts were largely unsuccessful. While watching Daniels undergo hostile cross-examination during the former president's Manhattan hush-money trial, Klasfeld observed that "Daniels is a lot more confident, wry, and controlled during this cross-examination than when …

Law Professor Shows How New Trump Trial Tactic Could Backfire In 2 Big Ways
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Law Professor Shows How New Trump Trial Tactic Could Backfire In 2 Big Ways

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING New York University law professor Ryan Goodman on Wednesday explained how an expected change in tactics from Donald Trump’s legal team in his hush money trial could ultimately backfire on the former president. CNN’s Erin Burnett noted how Trump’s attorneys are reportedly considering conducting a more intense and thorough cross-examination of porn actor Stormy Daniels when the …

Trump’s lawyer presses Stormy Daniels on day 14 of hush money trial
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s lawyer presses Stormy Daniels on day 14 of hush money trial

Al Jazeera  

Defence team questions adult film star over hush money payment at heart of case against former US president. Donald Trump’s defence team has finished its cross-examination of adult film star Stormy Daniels, the most high-profile witness to testify so far in the former United States president’s New York criminal trial. No knowledge of business records In the New York hush …

What The Stormy Daniels Testimony Can Tell Us — And What It Can't
7 months, 2 weeks ago

What The Stormy Daniels Testimony Can Tell Us — And What It Can't

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Before she even stepped into the courtroom, Trump’s attorneys implored the judge to put strict limits on what Daniels could say in front of the jury. Daniels’ story, if made public, would undermine Trump’s claim that his comments on the tape merely represented “locker room talk.” Daniels could …

CNN Legal Analyst Spots ‘Disastrous’ Moment For Prosecutors In Trump Trial
7 months, 2 weeks ago

CNN Legal Analyst Spots ‘Disastrous’ Moment For Prosecutors In Trump Trial

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LOADING ERROR LOADING CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig on Tuesday explained why he believes the cross-examination of Stormy Daniels in Donald Trump’s hush money case didn’t go so well for the prosecution. Daniels’ testimony on the stand about their alleged sexual encounter was “plausible,” acknowledged former assistant U.S. attorney Honig. Her responses were disastrous.” Daniels’ admission that she hates …

Inside the courtroom where Trump was forced to listen to Stormy Daniels
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the courtroom where Trump was forced to listen to Stormy Daniels

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels described the unexpected sex she says they had nearly two decades ago, saying she remembered “trying to think of anything other than what was happening.” It was a story Daniels has told before. Then, when the judge asked for the prosecution’s next witness, Assistant …

Damning evidence in Trump trial could be gleaned from previous Stormy Daniels lawsuit: report
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Damning evidence in Trump trial could be gleaned from previous Stormy Daniels lawsuit: report

Raw Story  

Former top prosecutor and law school professor Andrew Weissmann pointed to another case in which Donald Trump gave a deposition confessing to reimbursing hush money payments paid to cover up an affair — and argued it could be damning evidence in his latest trial. Trump sat in a New York courtroom for the 13th day of trial Tuesday, accused of …

'Yuck': Defense lawyer thinks Stormy Daniels' testimony grossed out jury
7 months, 2 weeks ago

'Yuck': Defense lawyer thinks Stormy Daniels' testimony grossed out jury

Raw Story  

Stormy Daniels went into great detail about her two-hour meeting with Donald Trump while she testified in his criminal trial Tuesday — and one expert thinks it might have been too much. Daniels said that Trump asked her about her girlfriends and whether they had sex outside of "work," and if she could call one of them on the phone. …

Trump criminal trial: How the former president’s tendency to act like a mob boss is being revealed.
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump criminal trial: How the former president’s tendency to act like a mob boss is being revealed.

Slate  

Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial here. In previous testimony in Trump’s civil fraud trial, Cohen described Trump as directing his minions much like a “mob boss.” Daniels has asserted that she and her daughter were threatened to keep quiet about her affair with Trump as far back in 2011, by someone she said she assumed …

'It was weird': Lawyer's opening statements in Trump trial trashed by legal experts
8 months ago

'It was weird': Lawyer's opening statements in Trump trial trashed by legal experts

Raw Story  

In his opening statements during Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial this Monday, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche portrayed adult movie star Stormy Daniels as a liar who sought to "extort" Trump and his then-lawyer Michael Cohen. According to reports, most of those objections were sustained by Judge Juan Merchan, including Blanche's claim that there was nothing illegal about …

Ex-Prosecutor Spots A Big 'Oops' In Trump's Likely Legal Defense
8 months ago

Ex-Prosecutor Spots A Big 'Oops' In Trump's Likely Legal Defense

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Sunday suggested Donald Trump will contradict himself with a defense in his hush money trial. “Oops,” Weissmann wrote on X of what he predicted would be a faux pas from the presumptive GOP nominee’s legal team. He said: “Trump’s latest defense, which we will see at trial I’m sure, that the …

'Oops': Ex-prosecutor flags flaw in Trump's 'latest defense' in criminal hush money case
8 months ago

'Oops': Ex-prosecutor flags flaw in Trump's 'latest defense' in criminal hush money case

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's current defense to allegations in the criminal business records falsification case he's facing undermines his original arguments, a legal expert said on Sunday. Trump is set to begin his trial in the case, in which the former president has been charged with more than 30 felonies in connection with purported "hush money" payments made to adult film star …

Ex-Prosecutor Rips Trump’s Latest 'Laughable' Legal Move
1 year ago

Ex-Prosecutor Rips Trump’s Latest 'Laughable' Legal Move

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance isn’t buying Donald Trump’s latest argument against being subjected to gag orders. Trump’s lawyers responded to efforts to prohibit the former president from attacking prosecutors, judges and courthouse staff in his criminal and civil cases by suggesting “he is not to blame for what other people do,” Vance explained in the latest …

Ex-Prosecutor Spots ‘Softball’ Trial Question That Donald Trump Completely Flubbed
1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-Prosecutor Spots ‘Softball’ Trial Question That Donald Trump Completely Flubbed

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said on Tuesday that Donald Trump did himself absolutely no favors with his botched answer to what should have been a “softball” question in his civil fraud trial. When Trump was asked if he could say if all his financial statements were true and accurate, Weissmann said the former president basically replied: …

Veteran jurist picked to weigh moving Trump’s criminal trial
1 year, 7 months ago

Veteran jurist picked to weigh moving Trump’s criminal trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A judge known for his care and cautiousness in presiding over litigation in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks was selected Friday to decide whether Donald Trump ’s criminal case proceeds in state or federal court. Alvin Hellerstein, a Manhattan federal judge for a quarter century, picked up the case after it was originally assigned to a …

Stormy Daniels is willing to testify if there’s a Trump trial: ‘I have nothing to hide’
1 year, 8 months ago

Stormy Daniels is willing to testify if there’s a Trump trial: ‘I have nothing to hide’

LA Times  

Stormy Daniels said she would be willing to testify if called on in the criminal trial against Donald Trump. Stormy Daniels said this week that she would be willing to testify if called on if the criminal case against Donald Trump goes to trial. And, you know, you can’t shame me even more.” Politics Trump charged with 34 felony counts …

Trump ally to appear before US grand jury eyeing charges
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump ally to appear before US grand jury eyeing charges

Al Jazeera  

Robert Costello will raise questions about the account of key witness Michael Cohen in the hush money case, reports say. The New York probe centres on a $130,000 payment that Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, said was made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the waning days of the former president’s 2016 campaign. Trump said on Monday that …

Trump nearly got charged in Stormy Daniels case -- here's why prosecutors backed down
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump nearly got charged in Stormy Daniels case -- here's why prosecutors backed down

Raw Story  

Federal prosecutors considered charging Donald Trump on his way out of office over hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, according to a new book. Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York found substantial evidence against Trump during their investigation, which resulted in charges against his former attorney Michael Cohen in 2018, but did not consider charging …

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