Posted on 05/04/2024 12:26:19 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A disbarred, serial perjurer walks into a courtroom and asks to take an oath . . . No, seriously, this is not a joke. Michael Cohen will soon appear in a Manhattan courtroom in what is sure to be one of the most bizarre moments in legal history.
Cohen nearly comprises the prosecution’s entire case against former President Donald Trump under a criminal theory that still has many of us baffled. It is not clear what crime Trump was supposedly trying to conceal by making “hush-money” payments to former porn actress Stormy Daniels.
What is clear is that none of the witnesses called in recent weeks has had any direct involvement with Trump on the payments.
The witnesses had a lot to say about Cohen, and most of it was not good. They described an unprofessional, self-proclaimed “fix-it man” who created a shell corporation to buy out Daniels with his own money. The money was later paid back by Trump after the election, with other legal expenses.
So Cohen will now make the pitch to the jury that they should put his former client in jail for following his own legal advice.
This would be difficult even for a competent and ethical lawyer. For Cohen, it is utter insanity. But Bragg is betting on a New York jury looking no further than the identity of the defendant to convict.
Cohen has an impressive history of lies and exaggerations that may be unparalleled. Just weeks ago, another judge denounced him as a serial perjurer who was still gaming the system.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
...and the fact the jury will not be told about his habit of being a liar while under oath.
I believe the judge has said his past incidents of lying will not be permitted to be mentioned when the jury is present.
They want to be able to call POTUS45 a “convicted felon”.
Even a verdict that’s ultimately overturned would suffice.
The question is whether the Democrats are bold enough to try to jail Trump after the verdict or will be content with being able to say he is a convicted felon. That might cost Trump a few million votes.
All of the lawsuits against Trump is the Deep State trying to get him off the ballots for 2024 or not being able to campaign and hopefully Nikki Haley will step back in at the last minute and c=save the day ... by losing to Biden
Who actually believes that nonsense? I see stuff like that at BitChute often... posted either by people who are clueless about how things really work, or FOR people who are clueless about how things really work.
This is almost as bad as a serial liar President. /s
Where the case hinges
sends Bragg off to binges
His new courtroom plight
has caused him a fright
His driver repeats
“Off to All You Can eat?”
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🍚🍛🥣🍰🧁🥧🍨🍩
But hopefully the Federal appeals courts will apply law and not prejudice.
I haven’t been following the scam trial but..I wouldn’t doubt it.
Sums up the entire case.
Where do you get that from? It’s reversible error for the court not to allow a witness to be impeached by being cross examined regarding a felony conviction of moral turpitude. The nature of the offense and its distance in the past can attenuate that, but relatively recent conviction of perjury, of all things, relating broadly to this defendant is per se admissible. Marchand will not exclude that evidence. He can’t because there can be no doubt he’ll be reversed if he does
Secondly is the issue of bias of the witness. It isn’t necessarily as nefarious as it may sound. If, for example, your best friend happens to be standing on the sidewalk and witnesses you in a car accident, obviously as your friend he has a bias in your favor. Nevertheless, as the second to the last para of the article references, the law expects the witness to set aside his bias and tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In Bragg’s office they had to have a stroke when they saw Cohen’s videos in which he disclosed his extremely bitter bias against Trump. Those are going to be admissible, too. Between his conviction, his videos, and his then-lawyers’ letter to, I think the FEC professing Trump’s lack of wrongdoing , he’s leaving that courtroom in a bucket by the time the lawyers are done with him
Do you have a cite on that?
It gets even worse.
His case is based on side stepping the EXCLUSIVE authority of the Federal Election Commission’s authority to prosecute (which they choose not to) federal election crime in order to turn a misdemeanor into a felony. That was done to sidestep the state statutory statute of limitations.
In the trial of Jesus, they paid money to people to come and swear under oath. Maybe they need to offer more money to find better and newer liars.
When Cohen takes the stand and raises his right hand and swears to tell the truth, an honest judge would immediately charge him with perjury.
Heading out to Vigil Mass. I did find article that Trumps lawyers did not think Cohen should testify due to his record of perjury. Judge said his prior perjury shouldn’t preclude him from testifying. I’ll continue to search when I get home from Church.
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