▲ 537 ▼ Trump’s Idiot Lawyers Just Shared Faulty Evidence in Fraud Trial (newrepublic.com) submitted 2 years ago by CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 10 points 2 years ago (4 children) I’ll bet their plan is to be so incompetent he can get a mistrial. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 13 points 2 years ago Being terrible at their job isn't grounds for mistrial. People are entitled to a defense, not a good defense. But they probably don't know that, since they're terrible lawyers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago LOL if that were true half the prison population would be on the street right now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Too late for that. The Trump organization has already been found liable. This is the damages phase. They're doing everything they can to say "okay, it was fraud, but not that much fraud" at this point and the Trump family are all trying to claim they had no idea what happened in their own company. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frezik@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago They're filing for a mistrial, anyway. Which is probably their best move at this point. It probably won't work, but it's their best move. permalink fedilink source parent [–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to do that repeatedly until they scored a bribable judge. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 13 points 2 years ago Being terrible at their job isn't grounds for mistrial. People are entitled to a defense, not a good defense. But they probably don't know that, since they're terrible lawyers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago LOL if that were true half the prison population would be on the street right now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Too late for that. The Trump organization has already been found liable. This is the damages phase. They're doing everything they can to say "okay, it was fraud, but not that much fraud" at this point and the Trump family are all trying to claim they had no idea what happened in their own company. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frezik@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago They're filing for a mistrial, anyway. Which is probably their best move at this point. It probably won't work, but it's their best move. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago They're filing for a mistrial, anyway. Which is probably their best move at this point. It probably won't work, but it's their best move. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to do that repeatedly until they scored a bribable judge. permalink fedilink source parent