The judge in Donald J. Trump’s case closed off many avenues of appeal, experts said, though his lawyers might challenge the novel theory at the case’s center.
  • kmartburrito@lemmy.world
    65·
    5 months ago

    I saw somewhere he was going to try and focus his appeal on Stormy’s testimony. I think Judge Merchan was really smart to object on the Defense’s behalf and ask them why they weren’t objecting and if they were planning on objecting to her testimony.

    By doing that (choosing to not object), they kinda forfeited their ability to appeal on that part.

    I really hope Judge Merchan goes hard on the sentencing due to trumps public actions afterwards.

    I sure the hell wouldn’t want to put my foot in my mouth like that while sentencing loomed over my head, but I’m also someone that has never been convicted of a crime, and don’t have rabid supporters hanging on my every word and giving me millions of dollars in donations.

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      5 months ago

      I really hope Judge Merchan goes hard on the sentencing due to trumps public actions afterwards.

      Not just afterwards, but during as well. How many times was he held in contempt, warned, etc. And after Trump got nervous that he was going too far, he enlisted others to carry on attacks against the judge, prosecutors, jury, etc.

      IMHO (not a lawyer) I think the judge would be well within his rights to throw the book at Trump for all his behavior.

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        181·
        5 months ago

        I have no expectation that Trump will go to prison. I just think it’s bullshit that Cohen cooperated and got jail time, while Trump didn’t cooperate and will probably get a fine and probation.

    • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      18·
      5 months ago

      Trump has been pissing off Judge Merchan and badmouthed his daughter. Not to mention the dozen or so contempt warnings. I really hope the sentencing reflects that.

      • kmartburrito@lemmy.world
        22·
        5 months ago

        It was really weird, they objected so much for like every piece of evidence entered, but when her testimony veered they were completely silent. I wonder if the judge saw it for what it was and called it out.

        Here’s an article on it

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    49·
    5 months ago

    “I think that the justices on the court — I know many of them personally — I think they’re deeply concerned,” said Mr. Johnson

    kinda made me want to vomit a little

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      5 months ago

      That entire quote is proof that Mike Johnson believes that justice is for the poors, and rich, well-connected people have different rules than the rest of us. If, for some weird reason, the Court does find tortured logic to take up the case, there should be immediate hearings into what, exactly, Mike Johnson said to these justices to incentivize them to make them take up the case. After all, he is admitting to trying to sway their opinion on it.

    • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
      11·
      5 months ago

      Hey! Another first for him and America! And such a spectacular way to do it too! Nobody’s going to top that. He just keeps on winning!

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
    18·
    5 months ago

    And Who among has hasn’t written off a quarter million dollars paid to sex workers as expenses on the books?

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    “This is long from over,” Donald J. Trump, the former president and current felon, declared on Thursday, moments after a Manhattan jury convicted him on 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.

    Several legal experts cast doubt on his chances of success, and noted that the case could take years to snake through the courts, all but ensuring he will still be a felon when voters head to the polls in November.

    Former President Donald J. Trump faced 34 felony charges of falsifying business records, related to the reimbursement of hush money paid to the porn star Stormy Daniels in order to cover up a sex scandal around the 2016 presidential election.

    Mark Zauderer, a veteran New York litigator who sits on a committee that screens applicants for the same court that will hear Mr. Trump’s appeal, said that Justice Merchan avoided pitfalls that often doom convictions.

    To elevate the charges to felonies, Mr. Bragg argued that Mr. Trump had falsified the records to cover up violations of a little-known state law against conspiring to win an election by “unlawful means.”

    Justice Merchan, who began every trial day with a “good morning” for Mr. Trump, did occasionally scold him for misbehaving in the courtroom, or violating a gag order that barred attacks on witnesses and jurors.

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