Posted on 05/03/2024 9:22:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
We were expecting this moment, and it came on Friday, the eleventh day of the Hush Trump trial in New York City.
It was the moment when Donald Trump's attorney looked at the judge and invoked the name of destroyed, defiant, and disgusting movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, the poster boy of the #MeToo movement. It was, in baseball parlance, a brushback pitch by the Team Trump.
Only last week, Weinstein's 2020 conviction on rape charges was overturned by a New York appeals court because the prosecution had piled on unaffiliated "evidence," resulting in an unfair trial. It was a reversible error. And, the vote may have been 4-3, but oh, boy, did they reverse it.
The New York Times reported that the "Court of Appeals agreed with Mr. Weinstein’s defense team that the trial judge who presided over the sex crimes case in Manhattan, Justice James Burke, made a critical error."
And what was that error? He let witnesses testify who gratuitously piled on Weinstein, prejudicing the jury when law enforcement were either unable or unwilling to bring charges against Weinstein based on their allegations. The Times reported, "[Burke] let prosecutors call as witnesses several women who testified that Mr. Weinstein had assaulted them, even though none of those allegations had led to charges."
"Under our system of justice," the ruling reads, "the accused has a right to be held to account only for the crime charged, and thus, allegations of prior bad acts may not be admitted against them for the sole purpose of establishing their propensity for criminality,"
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
From her mouth to Trump's ears.
Judge Juan Merchan has allowed extraneous information and prior bad acts into the testimony to “Get Trump” on something before the election. Merchant previously ruled that the notorious "Access Hollywood" video could not come into the trial — and why would it since it's not germane to this case? — but he allowed the transcript and a photo from the video to be introduced to the jury.
And you won't find them on this thread - unless they find something to sneer about.
Colombian cartel stooge Merchan steps on his own male appendage...
It’s GOT one . . . . ?
stooge Merchan steps on his own male appendage..
Is that a pecker tacker?
"pecker taker?" Are you talking testimony from David Pecker? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peckers Peter Piper picked? LOL!
That question should get the trial dismissed as a mistrial.
I would agree, except I’m wondering why a NY Judge was able to hold on to Mike Flynn for about eight months, even after the prosecution said we are dropping the charges case dismissed?
Judges just following orders from their paymasters.
Why not introduce evidence of bias by the presiding judge?
This ruling will be amended to read: ""Under our system of justice," the ruling reads, "the accused has a right to be held to account only for the crime charged UNLESS THE ACCUSED IS DONALD TRUMP.
Our justice system has perfected the art of pretzel making!
Pecker tacker
Been looking for decades for an excuse to use the phrase, derived from an overly endowed Santa Gertrudris bull that had an assisting surgery to prevent him stepping on his male appendAGE.
Obama: "So his lawyer brings up Weinstein? It doesn't get much better than this!"
Michelle: "You're one to talk with your paddle-boarding cook dude."
Obama: "Yeah but at least I am discreet unlike your parade of that thing between your legs. What is that thing anyway? Can't you get that thing properly dressed?"
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