Trump Org. rests case on sour note in NY tax fraud trial after judge scolds defense over 11th-hour e

[Eugene]

Source: Business Insider

Trump Org. rests case on sour note in NY tax fraud trial after judge scolds defense over 11th-hour evidence dump

Laura Italiano
Mon, November 28, 2022 at 8:08 PM

The defense rested Monday in the five-week-long Manhattan tax fraud trial of Donald Trump's international real-estate empire — but not before getting a tongue-lashing from the judge over an 11th-hour evidence dump.

"It's inconsiderate at a minimum," New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan scolded defense lawyers, who at midnight Sunday had filed 18 new exhibits they'd hoped to show jurors on the last day of their case.

"There's simply no justification," for the last-minute introduction of a stack of journal entries, reports, and emails, Merchan said, likening it to "good old-fashioned sandbagging."

"I won't accept it again," the judge warned the defense, as jurors and their witness, Trump Organization longtime accountant Donald Bender, waited outside the courtroom for the last day of testimony to begin.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-org-rests-case-sour-000810123.html

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. But yer Honor, we don't have a case; we can only delay, delay, delay!

[TheRealNorth]

2. If there isn't a good reason for why they waited this long to introduce the evidence....

The judge shouldn't allow it.

[Bucky]

5. There's a very good reason

They didn't have their shit together

[republianmushroom]

3. LIKE

[Bucky]

4. It's not so much that our democracy is being eroded by fascists...

but that the fascists eroding our democracy are such fucking amateurs

[LakeArenal]

6. Is it a jury trial?

One where jurors want to go home for the holidays and not be in court?

[Eugene]

7. Yes, it's a jury trial. That's what makes the conduct so upsetting.