Trump Trial Judge Censors Federalist Writer,
Former FEC Chairman From Testifying Key
Defense Facts
The Federalist,
by
Jordan Boyd
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
5/7/2024 3:14:57 PM
The New York judge presiding over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump has strictly limited the information a key witness for the Republican’s defense can testify about in court. (snip)Smith’s testimony could have opened the jury’s eyes to the fact that the FEC and Department of Justice deliberately chose not to charge Trump for same payment Bragg insists amounts to a felony. Yet Merchan barred him from mentioning the matter.
“That the FEC dismissed the complaint against defendant and the DOJ decided against prosecuting defendant for potential FECA violations are probative of nothing,” Merchan wrote “These matters are therefore irrelevant
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/7/2024 3:17:00 PM (No. 1713825)
So now Trump's witnesses are now gagged!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 5/7/2024 3:19:50 PM (No. 1713830)
The court of Kaptain Kangaroo.
What a farce an insult to fare and impartial jurisprudence.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 5/7/2024 3:27:14 PM (No. 1713837)
So far today every thing President Trump's lawyers have objected to from the testimony of the porn star the judge has overruled them and allowed them. I bet $5 that every single question President Trump's lawyers ask the porn star the prosecuting attorney will object and the judge will not allow them.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
f64 5/7/2024 3:33:53 PM (No. 1713840)
Where is Mme. Defarge? And did she bring her knitting?
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You have to question this "judges" decision making and understanding of the law.
Likely realizes he's the last possible case against Trump and he can't let it go now regardless of how quickly it's overturned on appeal.
Plus, his daughter made $4 million working for Rep. Adam Schiff when he was pushing the bogus Russiagate story through her media company.
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So the chairman of the FEC cannot testify that the supposed predicate crime was undisputedly found to be not a crime.
And a prostitute who has multiple versions of her story, including flat-out denying everything, can testify in salacious detail to a wholly new pseudo-rape story that has nothing to do with a business records case.
Absolute banana republic stuff. Anyone who thinks they should ever do business in NY needs to think again. Get out. It's worse than Mexico.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Phantomll 5/7/2024 4:58:06 PM (No. 1713885)
Is this rotten judge accountable to anyone?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Scribelus 5/7/2024 5:35:41 PM (No. 1713891)
Merchan is a nasty fascist piece of work. New York spawns such creatures.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
thekidsmom66 5/7/2024 6:17:56 PM (No. 1713898)
Complete lawlessness
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rama41 5/7/2024 6:18:06 PM (No. 1713899)
After today, the Defense should cover it anyway.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
skacmar 5/7/2024 7:04:38 PM (No. 1713908)
If this case needs to be appealed, can the higher courts censure or punish Judge Merchan for judicial misconduct in this case? How is the testimony of the former head of the FEC regarding not charging Trump with the same thing as Alvin Bragg not relevant? What about the DOJ not charging him? Is that irrelevant too? What exactly is Trump permitted to use as his defense that Merchan will permit that does not slant the case towards the prosecutions favor?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
padiva 5/7/2024 7:40:34 PM (No. 1713926)
A caller, on Bo Snerdley's Rush Hour (WABC 77 4-5pm M-F), suggested that Stormy's details were to embarrass and humiliate PDT.
Remember, back in the 90's, BJC was never embarrassed with the public learning about his philandering.....and Hillary was a good feminist and stood by her man.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ronniethek 5/7/2024 10:03:38 PM (No. 1713973)
The only way the misdemeanor became a felony supposedly is because it was done to CONCEAL a felony. If there was no underlying felony because the experts say the law was not broken how can that be irrelevant to a jury?? Is the judge going to instruct the jury that Trump s/b convicted if he merely thought he was concealing an illegality even if there was none in fact?? THIS IS NOT JUSTICE. THIS IS TOTAL KAKA DE TORO.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
rochow 5/7/2024 11:03:38 PM (No. 1714002)
Moron corrupt judge Merchan, irrelevant is also the hooker Stormy. But you only attended Baruch and Hofstra, how would a lefty jerk like you know.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Trigger2 5/8/2024 3:08:11 AM (No. 1714046)
This corrupt judge let the porn star say anything she wanted without stopping her, but he rules against the FCC's testimony. Does anyone need any more proof that the judge is in cahoots with Brag?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Rinktum 5/8/2024 7:21:58 AM (No. 1714105)
I just do not understand how President Trump can sit in this courtroom day after day listening to this garbage, getting beat down daily, and being treated so unfairly. He must have the patience of a saint. I could not do it. I sincerely believe they are trying to break him financially, psychologically, and emotionally.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/8/2024 12:35:31 PM (No. 1714330)
It is extremely obvious this Judge is CROOKED as Hell!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
danu 5/8/2024 12:36:16 PM (No. 1714331)
his credentials are weak and he shouldn't be on the bench. but he bravely champions the rights of downtrodden
scofflaws from the porn industry to confabulate, in open court with maximum media, about invented rape fantasies
which were admittedly untrue, untimely, and denied, in public, in writing, a whopping 13 years ago.
no wonder she has to make stuff up. sound familiar? like a bargain-basement e j crackpot.
so glad i missed it. busy in prayer for the man being slandered and mocked.
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Meanwhile irrelevant but salacious Stormy is allowed to hold forth.