By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
McALLEN, Texas |...I don't know about you, but this ongoing criminal trial involving shifty Donald J. Trump is a punch to the head more riveting than any Mob movie or Mario Puzo book.
And then Trump's posse of errant legislators that included Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson walked into the courtroom yesterday.
What's next - someone taking key witness - and former Trump lawyer - Michael Cohen out on the lake and popping one in the head? Fredo Corleone as Cohen in the next scene?
You could spend your time better, we say, but the trial is needed.
This was part of the testimony offered by Cohen as he took the witness stand this week -
From motherjones.com: "This is a disaster, a total disaster," Cohen testified Trump said to him. "This is really a disaster. Women are going to hate me, guys may think it’s cool, but this is going to be a disaster for the (2016) campaign."
Cohen said he also asked Trump how his wife, Melania, would handle the story of an affair between Trump and Porn Star Stormy Daniels. Even as he has denied making the payments, Trump has insisted that any efforts were not politically motivated but to protect his wife who had just given birth to their son Barron at the time of the affair. Cohen said Trump was dismissive of his wife.
"Don’t worry, how long do you think I’ll be on the market for? Not long," Cohen said Trump told him. "He wasn’t thinking about Melania, this was all about the campaign." ]
Love it.
Great dialogue is what makes a novel or movie great. You can write-up a scene of a landscape or a city or a bar, but what your characters have to say and how they say is what makes for great writing. Any monkey can do a blog, right.
So, we head into the last two days of prosecution testimony in Trump's Hush Money Trial, as today is a day-off for the Manhattan court.
I say the weekend will be Holy Hell for defense lawyers. Surely, Trump will have them assembled and he'll them read them the Riot Act. poor bastards. They are mouthing Trump's questions when they question witnesses. Never a good thing for defendants, but it's happening in this one.
There is no word as to who the defense will put on the stand next week, also said to possibly be the last week of the trial.
Will tough guy Trump take the stand?
Don't bet on it. He's a great talker of nothingness, but factual discourse is not his style or forte.
Pity...
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DeleteRepublican House Speaker Mike Johnson had NO business being at Trump's trial. He's a "GOOD CHRISTIAN!" Mike's going to the trial says a lot about his so-called Christian beliefs and where he stands on moral behavior of a person.
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DeleteThese Republican members of Congress should be at the Congress taking care of the peoples' business instead of placating to Trump. They were NOT hired by the people to go to his defense.
DeleteRepublicans don't care.
DeleteIsn't it jury intimidation for a defendant to bring in an entourage of house representatives to the court?
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DeleteNothing yet on where Mayra Flores ate today.
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DeleteSen. Lisa Murkowski (Republican-Alaska) reportedly went after fellow members of her party who have attended former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York.
ReplyDelete“Do we have something to do around here other than watch a stupid porn trial? I mean, this is ridiculous,” the Alaska Republican said Tuesday, when asked her about GOP members who have gone to the trial in NYC this week.
You said it.
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ReplyDelete“I pray for our future, and let’s pray for our country being stronger on the other side of this disgusting sham politician,” Republican Vivek Ramaswamy said at a press conference outside the courthouse, before correcting himself. “Prosecution,” Ramaswamy quickly clarified.
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When has stupidity ever stopped DJTrump from doing exactly what he wants? He never takes advice, he never thinks about consequences, and he NEVER take responsibility. It'll just be everyone else's fault like usual if he gets up there and torches himself. ( would LOVE to see it but he's a coward.)
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