Judge Beryl A. Howell wrote that there is a strong danger Giuliani is likely to hide his assets from plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss and is unlikely to succeed in having last week’s the jury verdict overturned or cut down on appeal.
Serious question: Why are so many of these trials starting with the judge deciding guilt before any evidence or testimony? I mean, obviously, Fuck Giuliani, but this is not the way I remember due process working, and I would hate for it to become normal to go... "Ehh, we're sure enough that he's guilty, so we don't have to decide that at trial." There are so, so many cases where that's the wrong answer, and it's not obvious until evidence comes out at trial, and this kind of "the judge thinks you're guilty, so fuck you" process is only one step removed from "the cop told the judge you're guilty, so fuck you."