Inside the Trump Plot to Turn His Jan. 6 Trial Into a ‘MAGA Freak Show’

[robosmith]

Inside the Trump Plot to Turn His Jan. 6 Trial Into a ‘MAGA Freak Show’

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Attempts to drag Nancy Pelosi into court to berate her on the stand and, hopefully, on live TV. Claims that the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was an FBI frame job, with an assist from Antifa. Conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was indeed ‘stolen,’ supposedly backed up by still-classified documents. Unhinged assertions that President Joe Biden is now secretly, personally orchestrating an unprecedented act of political persecution. Calls to publicly unmask the federal officials and lawyers investigating the former (and perhaps future) president of the United States. Efforts to blame any illegality on some of the ex-president’s closest confidants and former legal allies. Insinuations of election meddling by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

These are just some of the items that former President Donald Trump and his lawyers have been discussing and planning to deploy when he goes on trial for his efforts to steal the 2020 election. The brewing defense strategy is outlandish and feral, even by Trumpland standards, to the point that it’s baffling some of the ex-president’s former lawyers and senior administration officials.

One person with knowledge of these strategic and legal discussions bluntly describes the plans as a blueprint for staging a ‘MAGA freak show’ at Trump’s federal election subversion trial. 

Of course. Why would Trump start showing ANY respect for the law now? That boat left LONG AGO.

 

 

[robosmith]

Trump Legal News: Born under a Bad Sign

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It flew under the radar a bit, thanks to the holidays, but Jack Smith filed another motion with Judge Tanya Chutkan on Dec. 27. And it's yet another one that makes clear that Donald Trump is up against a real pro.

The focus of the motion is exactly what evidence Trump can, and cannot, introduce at trial. In short, what Smith is asking is that Chutkan proactively prohibit the defense from introducing irrelevant political issues or arguments, such as the deep state is behind this or 1/6 was the fault of Nancy Pelosi or George Soros is paying for the government to conduct this trial. Smith observes that such assertions are invalid, and unsupported with evidence, but could still be prejudicial with the jury.

It is already against the rules for attorneys to make claims in court that they conjured up out of thin air; Smith knows this and Chutkan knows this. What Smith has done is comb through Trump's public statements, and identify 10 lines of attack that Trump has raised and that are not legally valid. What the Special Counsel wants is for the judge to preemptively warn the defense that those 10 subject areas are a waste of the Court's time, and will not be tolerated.

This is a very shrewd move by Smith, since it's likely Chutkan will make a pre-trial ruling in support of his position. And even if she doesn't, then everyone involved is nonetheless on notice as to exactly what distractor arguments the defense is likely to make. That will tend to make those distractor arguments less effective, and harder to get away with. It is also the case that even though the Washington trial is technically on hold, while the question of presidential immunity is dealt with, Smith is still making progress.

For the next several months, Trump's calendar is going to constantly jump back and forth between court dates and primaries/caucuses. And we're only talking cases where he is the defendant; not the procedural matters that the Supreme Court will be dealing with.

There is not much that can pierce Trump's teflon, however, if any voters are having doubts about the former president because of his legal woes, those doubts are going to be reinforced on a daily basis by headlines about this trial or that one. 

Of course none of the right wingers here knows what "prejudicial to the jury" means.

Long ago, I was asked to testify as a character witness for a friend in an attempted murder trial.

The judge disallowed evidence in his favor that the victim had filed an insurance claim saying it was an accident.

I asked the judge why the evidence was disallowed, and guess what she said....
 

[CdnFox]

55 minutes ago, robosmith said:

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Of course. Why would Trump start showing ANY respect for the law now?

 

ROFLMAO - only a deranged democrat stooge blinded by his own hatred like Robosmith would actually say that calling witnesses for your own defense at a trial is 'disrespectful of the law'

What?!?!? The republican defendant is mounting a DEFENSE!!?!?!  What kind of monster thinks he's entitled to DEFEND himself at trial, we've already DECIDED he's guitly!:!:!!   (reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!)

 

[Legato]

15 hours ago, robosmith said:

Inside the Trump Plot to Turn His Jan. 6 Trial Into a ‘MAGA Freak Show’

Of course. Why would Trump start showing ANY respect for the law now? That boat left LONG AGO.

 

 

You're just upset because the prosecution isn't calling you as a witness.

If the defense calls you, you're defense will be "I plead insanitary".

[robosmith]

1 hour ago, Legato said:

You're just upset because the prosecution isn't calling you as a witness.

If the defense calls you, you're defense will be "I plead insanitary".

As usual ^this post contains nothing but DRIVEL.

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, robosmith said:

As usual ^this post contains nothing but DRIVEL.

He's writing for his audience