You're on here telling one of the few people who's actually qualified to talk about this why he's wrong.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Assuming your curiosity is legit (which I'm skeptical), I've followed it closely enough to realize the defense strategy to create reasonable doubt is to argue that Cohen was a cowboy. While Trump may have stuck his dick in anything that will stand still, knew about the NDAs and the catch-and-kill deals, he didn't instruct the falsification of records (which is the criminal charge).

That's the defense.

Cohen and Weisellberg are the two who can definitely say Trump instructed the falsification of records. Weisellberg's not there and Cohen blew himself up yesterday.

If I missed what else (something not circumstantial) that directly connects Trump to the falsification charge, please indulge me.

I haven't read 4 weeks of transcripts so I really don't know. There is the letter from Wesselberg and testimony from various Trump staff members. There may not be connections but from what I've seen reported, I don't feel like I can declare that there is no other evidence that he knew.

You are missing Gary Farro, Jeffrey McConney, Rhona Graff, Hope Hicks, David Pecker, multiple documents including some with handwritten notes, and an open mind.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

As I said just above, many of the false records are checks written by Trump. That puts the pen in Trump’s hand. As others here have noted, there are other facts further drawing the link. But, that is the simplest and clearest one.

You clearly haven't followed it "closely enough" to know that Trump's legal team denies he "stuck his dick in" anyone but his wife. They say Stormy is lying. If you followed it "closely enough" you would know the falsifying business records is a misdemeanor. The criminal charges are about election interference. Connecting the two may result in the falsifying business records being criminal as they were done in the furtherance of a crime.

It is clear to anyone who has been following this "closely enough" that Trump is guilty of falsifying business records. That he did this to aid a criminal election interference effort may be a bit of a stretch. There is also the chance that Trump will only be found guilty of the misdemeanors and not a felony.

It was pretty unanimous yesterday across all news stations I saw ( MSNBC, CNN, hell even Lawrence O Donnell) that Cohen went down in flames and came across as a self-serving liar with an axe to grind against Trump. DA surely must have someone else to rely on for what they needed from Cohen.

Even talk the DA may be in trouble for suborning perjury from Cohen as they knew he was lying. What a bad day in Court.

"Well" "I guess" "I've been" "mistaken" "then".

Why does any of that matter when you say, "It won't matter anyway right? This trial was over before it started. Guilty on all counts. Let's see what the punishment is."

Why do people pretend like they can predict the future? Not to worry, I'm sure president Desantis will pardon him.

Oh it doesn't matter. He will be found guilty for sure. This is all just performative in an attempt to sway some voters and then get a conviction for something, anything. No doubt he will be found guilty.

I disagree, I think you are reading what you want into what was said. He has admitted that he had an axe to grind. What I heard was they were unable to rattle him. Besides that, trumps attorney lost all credibility the minute he started the cross by asking cohen if he called him a whiney bitch and cohen admitted it sounded like something he would say.

Think of the person who would want to hire a known self-serving liar and pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars over more than a decade.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

For placing responsibility on Trump, that responsibility can come from illegal instructions, but I assume it can come from ratification? Even if Trump didn’t say “fix the business records to hide my misdeeds,” Trump is responsible if he asks his fixer to fix things and then he knowingly writes a check that contains false information or will be used to falsify business records. His knowing approval for the illegal business records is damning when the buck stops with him because they are HIS business records (or business records for which he is ultimately responsible.)

It is naive to think Trump can escape responsibility for fraudulent business records because we don’t have a written document signed by him in front of a notary with instructions for the fraudulent records. His responsibility comes from his instructions, approval, ratification, etc.

Yes. Trump surely knows that checks are recorded in the ledgers. The checks themselves are (false) business records and they inevitably create additional (false) records when they are reflected in the ledgers.

Sure, because that is the only clip on Lawrence O'Donell. Ha. nice try. It was last night after yesterdays afternoon session. Try again.

Or you could just go to CNN where Anderson Cooper was raging about how bad Cohen had done.

So as to not be confused with what clips you are referencing, how about you just link them for us?

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Here's what the New York Times said about Cohan under cross;

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Cohen kept his cool.
He has been called a liar, a loser and a money-grubber in court. Through all of these attacks, Mr. Cohen has remained mostly calm, soft-spoken and deliberate on the stand.
Mr. Cohen also appeared unfazed as Mr. Blanche brought up slights and humiliations after Mr. Trump won the election in November 2016, potentially to provide a motive for Mr. Cohen’s testimony. But the witness largely stood firm, saying at one point that he was pleased with being Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and that it was “the role that I wanted.”
The back-and-forth appeared to frustrate Mr. Blanche, who at one point rubbed his forehead after one of Mr. Cohen’s answers.

I looks to me like Donnie's lawyer was the one losing his cool!

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''Sweeney - you can both crush your AG *and* cruise in dead last!! 😂 '' Murphy's Law

I can't wait to see who the Defense calls. Anyone? Covfefe Himself?

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I only swim.
I used to run. (31:09 10k.)
I never did Triathlon. (Sue me.)

I am somewhat confused about the argument as to "cohen stole from trump."

According to trump, trump paid a retainer of 35,000 per month to cohen.

According to trumps lawyer, part of this money was supposed to go to paying a third party - and cohen pocketed some of this money.

How do you steal from the money that was part of your retainer?

Sure, Ill spot you while your Google is down. The first hit for free, but the next time you beep me you betta have 20, G...

"I think its devasting, I mean, for Michael Cohen's credibility... This guy's making it up as he's going along..."


https://youtube.com/...;si=lvvx2igtEvmxB7XC

From CNN:

"No," Cohen again testifies that $420,000 was not related to legal services
"Did 420,000 have anything to do with legal services" in 2017, Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked.
"No," Cohen said.
When you submitted each of your 11 invoices to the Trump Organization stating each was for services rendered pursuant to a retainer, was that true or false, Hoffinger asked.
"False," Cohen said."
Seems he's admitting to erroneously billing against the retainer and 'stole' (embezzled might be a better term) $420k. I didn't see any further details so perhaps my interpretation is incorrect.

Cohen is the new Michael Avenatti... why does leftist media crush out on corrupt lawyers...? Because they talk shit about the orange dude. Wonder what Avenatti is up to these days...

https://youtube.com/...;si=Jx8Rnl9ZSSQU8HdK

But wasnt the retainer agreement made before all of the invoices sent? I dont know how Cohen could have sent 11 invoices for his retainer agreement, when the retainer agreement was set before these invoices were sent.

The timing of it doesnt make sense to me. from trumps arguments the stance is:
1. Cohen paid off stormy daniels because he loved trump.
2. Trump / cohen made retainer agreement set in January,
3. Part of this retainer agreement was for cohen to pay a third party X dollars - but not as a reimbursement?
4. Cohen paid third party y amount, and pocketed the rest.
5. Trump signed checks for retainer agreement for the retainer agreement.