RIGHT/TRITE

Thing is, Reagan and Bush aren't on trial, so this isn't a matter of degrees of guilt.

Right now, Cohen is killing the defense ~ and this is only the first full day of Cohen's testimony. So far, it's all been softball stuff that could be found in the books Cohen has written. In fact, I'm almost falling asleep. I hope the balance of Cohen's testimony today ends with a cliffhanger. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's testimony landing the knockout blow.

What I really want to see is Trump knocking over the Defense table and lunging at Michael Cohen.

Keeping my fingers crossed ~ LOL.

"None of this would matter if Donald Trump was smart enough to know better"

#13 | POSTED BY LEE_THE_AGENT

That true, But Trump isn't "smart." He's clever, manipulative, scheming, and insecure in his manhood.

But that's not smart. Smart is underplaying your hand so you don't get caught.

Trump overplayed his and this is where it landed him. And if there's a God it won't be the only time.

NIXON

"You think that bloated sack of rapist triglycerides can lunge?"

Yeah, he could try. I was thinking about the dramatic effect of knocking over the Defense table would have on the jury ~ attorneys jumping out of the way, papers and chairs flying all over the place, the cops tackling Trump to the ground before he made two steps, the screaming, and then ~~ there's all that red meat for SNL.

BTW, Nixon

Did I mention that I sent an email to Todd Blanche suggesting that he put a copy of Trump's fake bible out on the Defense table?

I know, I know, not very helpful.

I just hoping to watch it burst into flames.

"Mr Weisselberg is conspicuous by his absence."
#6 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Waste of time. He'd just take thr Fifth.

And his jumpsuit would clash with Trump's face.

LAMP

S'OK. Tomorrow they'll get into Weisselberg's handwriten 'note to file' with a breakdown of all the money. That'll do it.

RIGHT/TRITE @ #27

Are you drunk?

LFTHNDTHRDS @ #32

If you have to resort to unproven and irrelevant character assassinations to distract from the facts under discussion, you've already established yourself as a loser.

The prosecution is doing such a masterful job of shutting down the Defense, I'm beginning to think this trial is going to go to the jury a lot sooner than expected.

LFTHNDTHRDS @ #39

As I said, irrelevant.

REIN

"When is the smelly------------- going to testify?"

He's probably itching to get up there and try to fast-talk his way out of this self-inflicted wound.

But, in this case, Trump's faith in his own unfathomable power of persuasion would probably be his death knell. I'm just not sure if his attorneys can talk him out of it.

For one thing, he'd have to lie under oath which would get him a 35th count of perjury.

REIN

"When is the smelly------------- going to testify?"

As the thunderclouds loom darker over Trump's head, he might try to fire his attorneys to delay the verdict and buy time, but I seriously doubt if Judge Merchan would fall for that ploy.

I think Trump is going to go down for the count on this one.

What I see as a problem for Trump is finding a top-notch appellate attorney to take on his appeal.

Surely this group he has now just want to get paid and cut a rug out of there.

Trump has been bad for their reputation.

GAL @ #48

Thank you, GAL. I envy your tenacity.

REDIAL @ #48
RE: PERJURY

"Like he cares. Did the first 34 do anything to him?"

Not yet, the case hasn't even gone to the jury.

But a perjury charge certainly wouldn't help his prospects for an appeal.

AU

"I'm no lawyer, but what defense can Trump's team offer?"

It's a guessing game. I can't think of anything either. They'll try to blow holes in Cohen's testimony but, as you said, the Prosecution has made Cohen, the lynchpin of the whole case, practically bullet proof.

Even character witnesses must be few and far between. Trump's reputation precedes him.

I can't see them resting without a defense, so I guess we'll all just have to wait and be surprised.

From what I see, escape is futile!

BTW, I can't see Melania crying. Calculating yes, but not crying.

AU

Still not able to get that bond? I've been wondering about that lately. Seems to me a couple of deadlines have already come and gone.

DANNI

According to Forbes, the legal fees for Trump's hush-hush money trial is being bankrolled by Trump's Save America PAC. The FEC claims that so far the PAC has paid out $6 Million dollars and, at the end of March, the FEC reported, there was an outstanding balance due of $50,000.

So, once again Trump is fleecing his flock to pay his bills.

I don't think all those donations to Trump's PAC are coming from Joe Lunchpail. Lately Trump has been begging for money from his more wealthy corporate supporter who are in need of "favors" if Trump gets re-elected.

MSNBC reported this morning that Speaker Mike Johnson is going to show up at the courthouse today to show his support for Trump.

Yesterday, it was J.D. Vance and Tommy Tubberville in front of the courthouse, supposedly subbing for Trump to say the things that Trump wasn't allowed to say. However, the most they could muster was comments about the depressing courtroom which they claimed was purposely set up that way to wear on Trump's psyche. So much for profiles of courage.

So today, it's Speaker Johnson to the rescue. Maybe he'll be brave enough to not worry about a gag order on himself ~~ unlike Vance and Tubberville yesterday.

Speaker Johnson and his entourage did not return to the courtroom after lunch break.

If Michael Cohen's testimony in this trial serves no other purpose than to serve as a warning to others how dangerous it is to be caught up in the cult of Trump, he has paid his dept to America.

I wonder how many Trump gang members, already in prison, are having second thoughts about their own allegiance to a man who has, much like Michael Cohen, thrown them to the wolves.

Just as we suspected, the Defense does not appear to have any witnesses to counter the allegations for which Trump is being prosecuted.

Their whole case is about punching holes in Cohen's testimony. So far, Blanche has failed miserably (and embarrassingly) to lay a glove on Michael Cohen.

If Blanche had a rabbit to pull out of a hat, he would have opened with it. Instead, he opened with making his case about Cohen's bias against him, personally. For which he got scolded by the judge.

Bottom line, there is no rabbit. The Defense rests.

I can't speak for causing people to live on the street but Trump's shady bookkeeping certainly caused some important causes in New York City to be underfunded.

Not to mention getting himself included in the Millionaire's Club. Trump is a "let them eat cake" kinda guy. A sociopath without a conscience. A grifter and a narcissist who steals from children's and veteran's charities. A racketeer. A user and an abuser. A liar and a thief. A con artist. A shameless self-promoter. A shyster. A traitor. A man who destroys lives and careers. A man consumed with hate and revenge.

The real crime is that the only thing he's being charged with is illegal bookkeeping.

Take a hint, all you Trump lovers out there. Trump's daughter and son-in-law certainly put some distance between Trump and themself. They're smarter than you.

AU

Repeating the charges to the deaf, dumb and blind is an exercise in futility.

CLOWN

Ivanka and Jared sure buggered out of sight in a hurry.

RSTYBEACH

They knew when the jig was up, which makes them smarter than the MAGA hanger-onners that keep posting on this site.