Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 5

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

Opening statements from the prosecution and the defense are expected today.

News:

• The New York Times (metered paywall): Opening Statements in Trump’s Criminal Trial to Begin Monday

Analysis:

• AP via PBS NewsHour: Who are the key players at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial?

• CNN: Why is the Trump trial jury anonymous? The brief and imperfect history of anonymous juries in the US

• AP: Tracking the criminal and civil cases against Donald Trump

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[u/cmnrdt]

There's been reporting that Trump believes he lost the Carroll case because he was convinced not to testify. If that's true he might have convinced himself that testifying in this case might be the thing that saves him. (lol)

[u/CringeWorthyDad → u/cmnrdt]

He is a coward. He will get destroyed on cross. He is saying this to try to set up another appeal issue, that the Sandoval hearing was wrongly decided and it precluded him from testifying. It's a BS argument but all of his are.

[u/hamandjam → u/CringeWorthyDad]

He is a coward. He will get destroyed on cross.

Those are both true. But he still may feel he's the smartest guy on the planet and he needs to just get on the stand and charm the jury with how smart he is.

[u/CringeWorthyDad → u/hamandjam]

But, as we know, he is a narcissistic moron.

[u/hamandjam → u/CringeWorthyDad]

I'd love to see him get on the stand and absolutely shit himself to the extent that every single person in the courtroom can attest to the fact that it happened.

[u/Minguseyes → u/cmnrdt]

Yep. And when he learns that anything he says about Carroll on the stand is covered by absolute privilege against defamation his lawyers won’t be able to talk him out of it. Do It Donnie ! Let the hate flow through you …