Apparently the proverb was right: familiarity does breed contempt.
Has anyone mentioned the court room sketch artist’s take on the scene? If you haven’t seen the renditions, check out the cover of the New Yorker. That is a sketch for the ages.
Thanks for this.
I’m getting a very Jabba the Hut vibe.
Or maybe the Grinch.
If anyone at the White House ever bothers to hang an official Trump portrait, there it is.
I’m not sure it’s possible to beat this sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell. Notice that Ghislaine is drawing the sketch artist.
Jabba the Grinch
Grinch the Hutt
Trump now suing Michael Cohen in a blatant attempt to silence him.
Link.
SLAPP meet deserving SLAPPEE. TFG that is.
MeidasTouch covers how he just screwed himself (For multiple reasons) with that lawsuit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVlTYbY57KI
How about wire fraud? (so many to choose from). Glenn Kirchner
For one, by filing a civil suit you open yourself up to “discovery”, which is evidence gathering. This includes answering written questions under oath (called interrogatories), having to admit or deny certain facts (called requests for admissions), produce requested documents (requests for production), and sit for depositions.
Sure, he doesn’t necessarily need to answer every question posed - he can take the 5th. But he is subjecting himself to grilling, under oath, by even more attorneys.
But in a civil case, the jury is allowed to make conclusions about civil liabilty based on a witness’s choice to take the fifth (I am not a lawyer).
I don’t think there’s a jury if the case is immediately dismissed, as I expect this will be.
Also, I wonder if this latest kerfuffle warrants its own thread (though it’s clearly related to this one, since the new lawsuit is a reaction to this case).
And if he doesn’t comply with discovery requests he can be hauled up before the judge on a motion for sanctions.
Yet more evidence that being a Trump lawyer must be a pain in the butt. Surely they advised against this lawsuit?
I’m thinking an omnibus T**** Trial Thread is needed.
That or a whacking big spreadsheet.
How about a little belated March Madness!
Ladies and gentlemen…
Honored guests…
Dear friends…
We are gathered here…to say good-bye to a, uh…
A great man.
Not only was he a model politician, a brilliant businessman
Admired and respected by his fellow lawmakers…
And all those who were fortunate enough…
Enough…
Enough to know him…
He was above all else…a modest man.
His kind will not pass this way again…
And our loss is surely…
Heaven’s gain.
Federal judge denies Manhattan DA’s request to block House GOP subpoena of ex-prosecutor
New YorkCNN —
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office for a temporary restraining order to stop a House Judiciary Committee subpoena of former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz.
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“There’s politics going on on both sides, let’s be honest about that,” she said.
But the judge, who was appointed to the bench by Trump and confirmed by the Senate in 2019, said she views her task narrowly as determining whether there is valid legislative purpose for the Judiciary Committee’s subpoena of Pomerantz.
Gee, what a surprise.
Of course, he won’t. Unfortunately, I don’t think there is anything the DA can do about it.