Trump trial set for opening statements as his legal fees eat into campaign funds: Live

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After a tense week of jury selection, Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial truly gets underway in earnest on Monday morning with opening statements from the prosecution and defence. The 12 jurors and six alternates will then begin hearing evidence against the former president and his counter-argument before ultimately deciding his fate. 

 

The defendant spent much of the weekend complaining about the case on Truth Social and angrily posting his presidential immunity claims — on which the Supreme Court will hear arguments this Thursday. He was also forced to cancel a planned rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, due to bad weather while his wife Melania Trump returned to the campaign trail, helping a conservative LGBT+ group raise $1m at a Mar-a-Lago dinner.

 

Meanwhile, figures released by the Federal Election Commission on Saturday revealed that legal fees had eaten up three-quarters of the cash brought in by the pro-Trump Save America PAC, a key fundraising group.

 

Elsewhere among the myriad legal issues engulfing the former president, Monday will also see a hearing on whether to cancel Mr Trump’s $175m bond to appeal the civil fraud trial ruling and the public filing of witness statements in the classified documents case.

 

 

2024-04-22

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[Tug]

Oh well you reap what you sow comes to mind hey here’s an idea stop all the delay tactics that should speed things up and save lawyer fees humm??he could save a bundle and if he’s innocent as he claims then he would be vindicated so what’s the problem?

[Walker88]

To get a glimpse into how embarrassing this trial could be for trump, here's a visit to the Jimmy Kimmel show by Stormy Daniels from a few years ago, while trump was President, where she discusses her (alleged) affair with trump. Kimmel presents her with a display of various mushrooms and asks her to identify the one most closely resembling trump. He would not like that, if something similar comes up in the trial, which it absolutely will if the defense decides to continue denying that the affair took place. trump could likely avoid this sort of theater if the defense just admits trump lied and that the affair did happen. Claim that trump felt contrite and didn't want to hurt Melania, and the charges could be reduced to a misdemeanor. Hold fast to the "No Affair" defense, and Stormy will take the stand and expose trump's shortcomings.

 

What will make it worse is that Stormy is now quite angry, as she has been receiving a constant bombardment of death threats against her and even against her daughter from trumpers. That anger likely will mean she holds nothing back while under oath.

 

trump, just by existing, is an embarrassment to the US, but to have his micro-junk described in intimate detail really isn't going to gain him the swing vote in November.

 

Frankly, the Republicans could win in November if they dumped trump and replaced him with a sane and thoughtful candidate, such as Mitt, or the former Gov of Maryland Hogan, or even the architect of the Border Bill that the House shot down (Sen Lankford). Stick with micro-junk trump, and they've got themselves a loser.