Donald Trump Has Been Indicted And Yes Arrested; Four Times Now And Counting. I was Right
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Chris Christie is a worthless fat fuck of a Bushite.
Add another one to Teds's list of favorite people.
How's that Presidential run going for you, Chris?
Still under 1% are you?
Pence has 1.5% and he dropped out.
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Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
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Donald Trump’s testimony turns heated in New York civil fraud trial
By Joshua Chaffin and Joe Miller in New York an hour ago
https://www.ft.com/content/1c247874-bca4-408d-a539-93f5f113ce0b
Donald Trump played down the importance of the financial statements at the centre of a civil fraud lawsuit as he began a tumultuous turn on the witness stand that provoked several rebukes from the judge and turned a New York courtroom into a rambunctious political theatre.
At one point, an irritated Judge Arthur Engoron threatened to remove the former president, telling his attorney: “I beseech you to control him, if you can. If you can’t, I will.”
Trump’s lawyer Christopher Kise said he thought the court “should grant the former president of the US . . . a little latitude to explain himself”. Amid the chaos, Trump shook his head and declared: “This is a very unfair trial. I hope the public is watching.”
Wearing a dark suit, white shirt and blue tie, Trump took the stand just after 10am for the most anticipated moment of a civil trial that began a month ago in the lawsuit brought by New York attorney-general Letitia James.
The judge has already concluded that the ex-president committed fraud by persistently inflating his net worth to secure bank loans and insurance policies for the Trump Organization on advantageous terms.
At stake in his testimony is whether Trump will be forced to pay crippling penalties upwards of $250mn and be stripped — along with his adult sons, Donald Jr and Eric — of the ability to operate a business in New York.
Trump set the tone early, responding to “yes or no” questions with expansive lectures about the art of real estate valuation, digressions and diatribes about the legal cases against him.
By turns haughty, cool and aggrieved, he used the witness stand to lash out at his adversaries and discredit the process.
“People don’t know how good a company I built because people like you go around and try to demean me,” he said, referring to the state’s lawyers. On another occasion, he wagged his finger at the judge and fumed: “‘He called me a fraud, and he didn’t know anything about me!”
On the substantive issue of the financial statements, Trump dismissed their importance and minimised his involvement in their preparation.
“I would look at them. I would see them. Maybe on occasion I would have some suggestions,” he replied when asked by Kevin Wallace, a lawyer for the New York attorney-general, about his involvement in their preparation.
For lenders, “they were almost valueless”, he admitted, because they carried a legal disclaimer that indicated they should not be relied upon. Even so, Trump said, his brand was worth far more than stated in the reports.
The image of a former president sworn under oath and seated in the witness stand offered a vivid reminder of the legal problems besetting Trump as he plots a course back to the White House.
The leading contender for the Republican nomination is facing three criminal trials in the coming months stemming from his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his handling of classified documents after he left office. He has been charged in a fourth criminal case, brought by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, with masterminding hush money payments to a porn actress with whom he allegedly had an affair.
Trump has denied wrongdoing in all matters, and dismissed the cases as partisan witch-hunts meant to end his political career.
The former president was a scowling presence in the early days of the New York civil fraud trial, using a phalanx of cameras outside the courtroom to broadcast to his supporters during breaks in the action and attack the state’s attorney-general and the judge.
He sat briefly in the witness chair when the judge halted the proceedings a few weeks ago to question Trump about disparaging comments he had made about a law clerk in violation of a partial gag order. The judge deemed the former president’s testimony “not credible” in that instance. In total Trump has been f
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Quote:Trump is a fatso and he is crazy, unlike Christie:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Chris Christie is a worthless fat fuck of a Bushite.
New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron pointedly urged Donald Trump’s lawyer to control his client, repeatedly asking the former president to stay on topic and avoid making long-winded political statements during his testimony.... “Mr. Kise, can you control your client?” Engoron said. “This is not a political rally. This is a courtroom.”
....Kise took a $3 million retainer to join Trump’s legal team and made sure he was paid upfront. He has clashed with other Trump lawyers. He’s largely been quiet as his client has attacked the judge and court staff. It will be challenging now to rein Trump in.
Whatever else you can say, Trump's sure isn't helping himself with his testimony. He just can't stand being in a situation where he can't just say and do anything he wants.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Trump was unhinged in court today. Completely unhinged.
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Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President. 
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Quote:Really? This brings to mind some dialogue between the Operative and Mal in the movie Serenity:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President.
You really believe that?
I do.
You willing to die for that belief?
I am. Of course, that ain't exactly Plan A...
https://imsdb.com/scripts/Serenity.html
I don't think Trump has a Plan A, B, or C. Rather than plan ahead, Trump is placing his life in the hands of voters to overwhelmingly elect him. Maybe Trump’s Not Trying to Win His Civil Trial in New York:
At one point in the trial, the judge asked Trump’s lawyer, ‘Could you please get your client under control?’ The response was, ‘I will not violate my client’s First Amendment rights,’ which is such an absurd response. In the courtroom, there’s no First Amendment right to say whatever you want to say. You’re under oath to answer questions truthfully.
Trump’s testimony this week could also give us an indication of how he may act in the four criminal cases ahead of him.
“This is really all just a performance for Donald Trump. This is a show to provide a false narrative to his supporters that he is a victim, that he is being railroaded by prosecutors in the courts, and that he will continue to show that he is above the law,” McQuade said. “I think he anticipates that he will lose this case. And this way when he loses, he will be able to say to his supporters, ‘See, I told you all along they had it in for me.’ It really does make me wonder whether he won’t use the same strategy in one or more of his trials. Maybe all four of them.”
Barbara McQuade is a law professor at the University of Michigan and a former U.S. attorney for Michigan’s Eastern District.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/donald-trump-civil-trial-m
anhattan-new-york-testimony-fraud-case-strategy.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President.
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Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
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