"Astonishing admission": Experts say Trump's "train wreck" testimony damaged his chances at appeal

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Former President Donald Trump’s rambling testimony at his New York fraud trial on Monday bodes poorly for his chances of appealing the judge’s ruling, legal experts say.

Trump testified for hours at the trial, which is set to determine the scope of punishment he, his two oldest sons and his company should face after Judge Arthur Engoron issued a partial summary judgment prior to the trial finding them liable of persistent fraud. Trump’s lawyers appealed the ruling and have sought to lay the groundwork for additional motions throughout the trial.

Even Trump’s antics in court on Monday appeared to be an effort to try to “goad” Engoron into “some sort of mistake” or say something that could help his team on appeal, former U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg told MSNBC.

“Judge Engoron is an experienced jurist, I don’t think that has happened yet and I don’t see that happening,” he said. “From a theatrical perspective, maybe this plays in some other venue. From a legal perspective, this does not play in court,” he added.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astonishing-admission-experts-trump-train-140024240.html

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1. 3 more paragraphs

“For all of his attacks, there was one key thing missing from Trump’s testimony, which is any semblance of a colorable defense, and that is Donald Trump through and through,” former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal told MSNBC on Tuesday, adding that the former president was clearly “trying to provoke the judge.”

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, who served on special counsel Bob Mueller’s team, noted that the AG’s counsel got Trump to agree that the financial statements and Trump’s personal guaranty at the heart of the trial were to “induce banks to lend money.”

“Not only is this an astonishing admission, it will damage efforts to argue on appeal that the judge was wrong to grant judgement ahead of trial on the fraud claims,” tweeted former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance. “That is pretty much Trump's last gasp at saving his NY business.”

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2. Last night's Lawrence

devoted the first half hour to how trump destroyed two significant points of his defense. Weissman explained the two points.

So trump destroyed about 2/3 of his case and after the day was over, his lawyer Kise was on the court steps saying how brilliantly trump performed in court.

Being a trump lawyer is all about playing to his ego, not protecting the case.

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3. I haven't listened to RW radio or news lately.

Wonder how they are covering this. I have a long drive tomorrow. Think I'll tune into AM radio and see how or if they are dealing with it.

Last time I tuned in, I listened for almost an hour and never heard about Hunter Biden once! It was a radio miracle!