Dude, did we hear "Bookkeeping Error" until now? It's a new lie/tactic.

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

Some Trumpbots are asking why the jury was allowed to go home over the last week. Normally I ignore Trumpbots, but I have to join them for this one question. Isn't there any concern (amongst thinking people too) that the jury will become influenced by all of the available media, family, friends, etc etc...?

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

Trump just "truthed" out how unfair it is that the prosecution gets to go last (rebuttal to defense closing arguments) in presenting their closing arguments. Does he really think that he's being singled out here?

"Why can't the defense go last? Big advantage, very unfair. Witch hunt! DJT"

(except in all caps)

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"Go yell at an M&M"

As always, either he is an idiot, thinks his followers are, or both. I'll go with both.

Is it also correct that he posted that the jury is going to have options (three?) about what he could be convicted for (it isn't "all or nothing") which he probably would have been told by his lawyers who say the judge's instructions?

If that is correct, that is bad news for Trump.

If he’s acquitted on any of the charges he will claim it was “TOTAL EXONERATION!!!”

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

That has been a risk throughout the trial. Maybe the risk of chatting with friends and neighbors is greater over a long holiday weekend. But, if we trust the jurors for the first 5-6 weeks of the trial, we might as well trust them over this long weekend.

Also, while I don’t know if Judge Merchan even had the power to sequester them, he might have had a near mutiny if he did. Taking all those days off — especially over the past two weeks — probably sits well enough with the jurors since they can go home each night. It would sit quite poorly if suddenly they were confined over the holiday weekend. It would be dubious, for example, to let Trump attend Barron’s graduation but then force all those jurors to spend the long weekend in some hotel sequestered from their own families.

A problem with sequestered juries is that they get to know each other and can start to discuss the evidence or deliberate in advance, which ca lead to mistrials, appeals, and new trials.

“either he is an idiot, thinks his followers are, or both. I'll go with both. “

He’s a clever idiot and he knows his followers are willful idiots. How else could he put out two tweets on Memoral Day, one griping about his own self inflicted wounds and another quoting the Bible about the nobility of laying down you life for another, as a draft dodger himself, and expect it to count in the plus column for him.

His followers are manipulable tools and he knows it. He depend on it. He literally banks on it.

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The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W

Another problem is that it is even harder to get people to serve on juries if they think they might get sequestered for a potentially lengthy period.

Chadrick, you missed the 4 highlighted in pink words above. Let's go ahead and give it another try.

I have not followed the closing instructions. Was the death penalty one of the instructions, betting you could get a couple "yays" to that.

Reading comprehension is one of Tyler’s many weaknesses.

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Slowguy

(insert pithy phrase here...)

I dont really know how the records were not false....

Trump's defense has also claimed that there wasnt a meeting between stormy daniels and trump, and that Cohen is a liar.

Live coverage

https://www.nytimes.com/...gSource=articleShare

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clm
Nashville, TN
https://twitter.com/ironclm | http://ironclm.typepad.com

They have never let him down.

Well, ChadTri did in the last election but he's back on board. Hard core.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

How will trump feel about his attorney calling cohen a GLOAT(greatest liar of all time) in closing argument? When obviously he leads in this category though many on lesser scale because he refuses to testify or take the 5th.

Blanche couldn't get through closing without pissing off the judge. He asked the jury not to send his client to prison.

“Making a comment like that is highly inappropriate,” the judge said. “It is simply not allowed, period. It’s hard for me to imagine how that was accidental.”

Apparently he also reminded Blanche that he was a prosecutor long enough to know better. The jury will have to receive some curative statement from the judge.

I doubt the defense cares.

Earlier I made the argument that it made no sense that defense is claiming that Cohen stole money from trump because Cohen was paid retainer, and you couldnt steal as part of your retainer. YOU COULD steal if it was a reimbursement.

The prosecution is hammering this. The issue with trump's arguments is they dont make any logical sense.

t;ftfy?

Biden Harris account with a harsh burn on the Orange Idiot.

https://www.threads.net/...fQBU7msKbrDHKw0Rza0Q

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Fucks News online talking heads making lots of claims about procedural unfairness during closing.

Says all one needs to know about where they understand the merits - and the verdict - are heading.

Careful. I've consistently said in this thread that any shot-calling is super sketchy. None of us really knows what life is as one of the jurors, nor the dynamic among the jury.

That said, Fox News doesn't care. Making claims of procedural unfairness is win-win for them. If Trump is guilty - well it's because of procedural unfairness. If Trump is not-guilty, it's clearly because the jury saw through the prosecutorial incompetence and their unfairness.

It's just like MAGA/Trump already claiming the 2024 election is fraudulent/rigged. It's win-win.

I wasn’t commenting on where I see the merits are going; just where it looks like Fox thinks they are going.

As you say, shitting on the procedural fairness is a win-win for them for the reasons you identify.

After Fox called AZ for Biden in 2020 they started receiving death threats. Because there are GOP voters stupid enough to mistake a TV show for the election. They thought that the Fox call was actually affecting the actual election results, Instead of seeing a bunch of data nerds crunching numbers and trying to make a prediction.

So you see, there could be a simpler explanation. Fox doesn't want to take the blame again for a negative outcome?