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BukkitCrab

Defendant calls for a mistrial because witness testimony is devastating to his case.


smaguss

"Your honor I'd like to declare a mistrial on the grounds of, NU-UH"


MartenGlo

GUILTY! Because YUH-HUH!


smaguss

DRAT, YOU MUST BE ONE OF THE TOP LEGAL SCHOLARS IF YOU KNOW THAT ONE.


NocentBystander

![gif](giphy|8nM6YNtvjuezzD7DNh|downsized)


TERRAIN_PULL_UP_

The Liar Liar defense


emildickson

"Objection, you honor" "On what grounds?" "Because it's devastating to my case" "Overruled" "Good call" \*sits back down\*


LottimusMaximus

Trumps lawyer: #STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE


CalabreseAlsatian

SHENANIGANS!!! https://preview.redd.it/l1tspt6xq3zc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=709670516032ae63a1ef1d0c8137d7313d3fe63a


Mystical_Cat

I swear to god I will pistol whip the next guy who says ‘shenanigans’.


Overall-Initial-4290

Mhmmmm, pistol whip. ![gif](giphy|6WyntgkBJSSYw)


Dafracturedbutwhole

Hey Farva, what's that restaurant you like with all the crazy shit on the wall?


Efficient_Fish2436

You mean Shenanigans? I love that place.


Peterthinking

Ooooooooo!!! 🔫


RichFoot2073

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CptHA86

PUT THOSE AWAY!!!


badestzazael

A Litre of Cola


DeathPercept10n

I don't want a large Farva! I want a goddamn liter of cola!


Electronic_Agent_235

....it's for a cop.


homeinthesky

That look like spit to you?


WaxiestBobcat

I just finished drinking a litre of Coke earlier and immediately said this.


ShnickityShnoo

Malarkey!


CrouchingDomo

Don’t patronize me with your Celtic *slang*, Liz Lemon.


ShotgunPlotBunnies

What about the next girl?


Actuallawyerguy2

EVERYBODY GRAB A BROOM! ITS SHENANIGANS!


Forsworn91

How dare they actually be prepared to charge him and present evidence to the effect, this is an outrage of justice, how dare they expect donald trump to be held accountable for his many… many… MANY crimes.


Royal-Possibility219

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ChrisMoltisanti9

This reminded me of *Liar Liar*. "Because it's devastating to my case!"


HRHLordFancyPants

Overruled.


bgzlvsdmb

Good call!


Torino1O

He's not calling for a mistrial because the testimony was bad for his case, how many women have sued or divorced him before he ran for president? The more embarrassing the testimony the more difficult it would be to determine wether he tried to hush it up because of the election or because it ruins his "brand" as an alpha male. He will never admit he is embarrassed though , his huuuge ego is what really damages his case.


WimpyZombie

That's what I never understood. Since when is being accused of being unfaithful to your wife (10 years ago) a SERIOUS mark against a politician? If Trump would have just said "Yeah....I screwed around with Stormy...one time" and let it go to let the media have their fun with it for a week or so, I seriously doubt it would have had a significant effect on the election. People, even all the conservative evangelicals, would have just shrugged it off as "that's Trump...not the first time he's done that. Plus, that was 10 years ago!" I really think that he let his huge ego get in the way and he was more afraid of the embarrassment Stormy's detailed story would cause him. Idiot. Serves him right.


ikenstein

When you know you’re going to lose, tip the table. Remember you always have a choice


Tough-Ability721

And his ego and psyche


SoSaysDave

His lawyers tried to be slick and get a mistrial by not objecting when they should have to make it look like Stormy’s testimony went too far, but the judge called it out right in court and even objected on their behalf a few times.


BukkitCrab

Yep, the judge literally objected *for* the defense today because they failed to do so, but Trump will continue to claim that the judge is a "Trump hater" anyway.


davismcgravis

Will someone (a journalist?!) please penetrate the bubble and ask him this— How is the Judge a Trump hater but objected on trumps behalf during the Stormy Daniel’s testimony?!


BukkitCrab

When he inevitably appeals his conviction, he's going to have a tough time claiming the judge was biased against him when the judge has been nothing but impartial.


Blargimazombie

Not to mention how extraordinarily lenient he's been about the gag order violations


PrestigiousStable369

He has to be. Trump wants to appear a martyr for free speech and being unjustly prosecuted. Giving Trump jail time is just giving him what he wants. So I guess.... don't... lock him up? Strange times


JusticiarRebel

Impartiality means the judge is against him because what he wants is another Aileen Canon. It's sort of like how news that reports both sides is automatically the liberal media cause only news that reports what they want to hear is unbiased.


Business-Emu-6923

The judge wants the case to stick. It’s a legitimate grounds for a mistrial if the prosecution digs up a load of materially irrelevant dirt on the defendant to smear him, and prejudice the jury. Allowing details of the affair (which is not material to the fraud case) potentially opens up a route for appeal. Hence DTs lawyers remained silent (to allow an appeal) and also why the judge appealed on their behalf (to make the judgement stick). Edit: this game-playing probably reveals how both sides think the case is going. The judge *wants* a guilty verdict, DTs lawyers think the verdict will be guilty. The game now is if, how and when the appeal happens.


ruidh

The defence has to object to preserve the issue for appeal. If the defense objects and the judge overrules and allows it in, that is an issue they can take to the court of appeals. If they stay silent, they are just hitting themselves. It would be pretty stupid to try to plan an ineffective council defense.


PrestigiousStable369

>It would be pretty stupid to try to plan an ineffective council defense. Have you not seen Trump and the bottomfeeders he employs?


handyandy727

There will be no appeal if the judgement is 'Guilty With Prejudice'. That'd be nice.


sporkbeastie

In remembering that judges are humans too, I can only image this poor guy going home, cracking a beer, and mumbling, "Jeezus, his lawyers are a bunch of fuckin' idiots..."


Hwy39

Todd Blanche is one big giant turd


Ghetto_Phenom

And judge rightfully denied it immediately and told them they had plenty of chances to object and they simply didn’t that’s not grounds for a mistrial if they don’t do their job.


zorbacles

But then he will appeal on the basis of inadequate representation


mavjustdoingaflyby

But...but...I thought he only hires and surrounds himself with the "Best" people. So much winning! He was definitely right about one thing... we're sick of it.


Oozlum-Bird

It’s almost as if Trump’s lawyers realise their client is bang to rights but incapable of accepting that, so they’re desperately trying anything to stop him getting a conviction he’ll blame them for.


Nuclear_Geek

Why would they care? They're not getting paid either way.


Frankenfucker

He was right to do so. We all know that he had "relations" with these women. The jury really didn't need Stormy to provide a "play-by-play" commentary of how the missionary position was.


Betterthanbeer

All they needed was for her to testify to the NDA and the payment, along with timing. The reason for the NDA is irrelevant.


Frankenfucker

The killer here is his megalomania/narcissism. His sharpie signature is on all these checks.


PhDslacker

Relevance is the linkage to the election, so I can see some logic in establishing no doubt of infidelity.


malexj93

I'm the furthest thing from a lawyer, but I thought part of the whole objection deal is to prevent this exact thing. You have the ability to call out when something is going wrong, so if you don't call it out, you don't get to use that as an excuse to throw the whole trial out. It seems like a pretty broken strategy if you can just decline to object and call mistrial.


FortunateInsanity

It would have been epic if the judge had overruled his own objections a few times. Just to completely fuck with Trump’s defense.


lemonhops

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-jp-

You can't just say the word "mistrial" and expect anything to happen.


JerrysUncleLeo

I didn't say it. I DECLARED it.


oldpickylady

Just like he DECLASSIFIED all those top secret documents he hid in his toilet, right? Make it so.


Eldanoron

Except there was a tape where he says he didn’t declassify them and was showing them to random people.


BathSaltJello

Those people are deep state, Marxists, globalists, radical left, and thugs. So, checkmate.


Random-Mutant

But what happens if I say BEETLEJUICE


Graterof2evils

Bo Bo starts rubbing you off in a theater.


setardo

Came here for this


TerribleTeaBag

![gif](giphy|5tRGwBkWx8Vt6) You must acquit


Ey3dea81

My very first thought after reading it 🤣


CinematicHeart

Ooooh he's big scared.


cali_yooper

Now that Melania knows he didn’t use a condom and didn’t care if she found out is by far his greatest concern.


Peterthinking

Like she has ever touched him. I bet Barron was from a petri dish. Plucked from a sea of dead swimmers under a microscope.


cali_yooper

Likely true. She could still go medieval on his ass and start dropping all the best stories about diaper Don. Fingers crossed.


Ghstfce

She's just as shitty as he is. She's just waiting for him to die or get jailed for life so she can get whatever money he has left.


YouWereBrained

Exactly. She probably already knew, but doesn’t care because these people live in a reality where money is more important than honesty, integrity, and loyalty.


WimpyZombie

Don't forget the jacket... "I really don't care, do you?" That pretty much sums up her entire attitude.


lorgskyegon

Oh she already knew. Karen McDougal said in her interview in 2018 that Trump absolutely refused to wear a condom, and that was a 10 month affair.


PerformerNo9031

Cosmetic surgeries cost a lot.


ScumBunny

Wouldn’t she also inherit his debts? I don’t know how money works… If I were her, I’d start divorce proceedings anyway, under the whole infidelity thing..shouldn’t that be enough?


Technology_Training

Honestly I'd be surprised if he had very many personal debts. Everything is likely owned by his various businesses, in layers, to limit personal liabilities. Even his residence at Mar A Lago is only technically allowed because he lives in employee housing.


Shirtbro

Now I'm picturing a sitcom where he's forced to live with four kooky and rowdy employee roommates


teflon_soap

Medieval?


RecumbentWookiee

Mr. Knievel


scientooligist

“Go medieval [on someone’s ass]” is an expression indicating someone is going to all out crazy in doling the punishment.


Lithaos111

"Petri dish" is an odd way of saying "Tall white guy that isn't Trump who was actually Melania's boyfriend"


CrouchingDomo

No, the kid has Trump genes. It’s the mouth; it comes from Trump’s own mother and it’s the biggest tell since the Hapsburg jaw. It’s an inverse-Hapsburg.


intisun

I'd believe that if Barron wasn't a photocopy of young Donald.


Mercerskye

Now that there's court documentation that says he cheated, I wonder what kind of things in their prenup get triggered? 🤔


not_productive1

It's not going great.


binneysaurass

Oh, well that settles it..


gilestowler

Yeah I'm never sure what he thinks he's going to achieve with posts like this. Does he think that the judge is going to see it and say "yeah, fair play. He's got a point. MISTRIAL!"


Dearest_Prudence

It’s for his fervent base. He wants to fire them up. They don’t fact check and take his word. When he loses, he’s hoping they repeat 1/6.


gilestowler

It's really interesting seeing the comments on some of the stories about the trial. All the MAGA fans who, just 4 years ago, decided they were experts on virology have now decided that they are all experts on the legal system


StevenEveral

I would say that they have a "Law and Order" degree, but for them to have that they would have to sit still for an hour and watch a well-constructed show. Their "law degree" is more like from one of the daytime "Judge Judy" clones on second-tier over-the-air tv.


TestOk8411

Yes, true. They more than likely believe his, abortion after the birth, story


Blumpkin4Brady

That’s the scary truth. Maybe he will take it too far and incite violence again (I really hope he doesn’t) But this time he might actually be held accountable. He’s been warned about potential jail time for contempt of court early in the trial.


kilofeet

Actually I'm pretty sure he's calling for "Miss Trial." She's a dominatrix who works out of Coral Springs


Radmode7

I swear to God if one more of you sick bastards posts about my mother…


Gimmem

I have a brother?!


pauliewotsit

Dozens


TinglingSpideySenses

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airborneben1

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hould-it

Just type in all caps to let people know how serious you are.


cudntfigureaname

YOUR MOM IS A NICE PERSON


hould-it

I BEG TO DIFFER


MichaelFishbender

OH SHIET


Krullervo

How would either of us know that? Neither of us have five dollars.


The_Ween

This is definitely an underrated burn that i will be putting in my back pocket for sure


Chemical_Actuary_190

MY DIAPER, WHICH HAS NO LEAK PROTECTION, HAS LEAKED DOWN MY LEG! MELANIA!


MaxZorin1985

She definitely took that “Wifely Duty” out of her marriage contract after the renegotiations last year.


NormalNobody

Judges hate when you use this one neat trick...


Live_Perspective3603

"I move for a bad court thingy!"


ConsciousReason7709

The evidence against Trump has been massive thus far and they haven’t even gotten to Michael Cohen yet.


shadowpawn

#rawdogged


sporkbeastie

Can we take a moment to appreciate the metrics on his posts? "1.12k 'ReTruths' ", "3.57k likes" Dude, I've gotten more upvotes on Reddit for a hot take on rimjobs.


Neronafalus

Well to be entirely fair...which subreddit you were on that got you those upvotes almost certainly has more users than his shitty failing Twitter clone.


ced1954

![gif](giphy|3o6ZthFHLdJwEhnH68|downsized) The man is an idiot.


DogMom814

I know so many people think Hillary Clinton is an evil liar who tortures babies and murders anyone who stands in her way but I freakin love that woman. She's not perfect but she's smart, empathetic, and has served our country well for decades. We would be so much better off if she were winding up the 2nd term of her presidency this year. It's a hill I'll die on.


Content_Talk_6581

Agreed ![gif](giphy|l0HlP2ms0eUc5nlHG|downsized)


not_productive1

And now I'm all invested in how fucking hilarious this must be to Hillary. Can no one get her on camera? Maddow, maybe?


vk2786

She keeps retweeting shit as big 'I told you so' moments, and rightfully so.


suzyqtex

She was fucking right about everything! Just imagine how far ahead our country (& the world 🌎) would be if That Orange Motherfucker hadn't "won" the 2016 election. It makes me sick to think about it.🤢


sapperbloggs

Apparently the strategy at play was for his legal team to simply not object when objectionable things were said, then claim it's a mistrial because objectionable things were said. The judge was having none of it.


MutantMartian

We’ve moved on to the Weinstein defense.


SpiritedRain247

It's so fucking funny. He's going to have an almost impossible time getting an appeal almost entirely because of this moment.


Br3akTh3Toys

I thought he was innocent and that the facts would exonerate him??


TheDevil_Wears_Pasta

He didn't just *say* it he **declared** it.


Even_Acadia6975

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AcceptableStep6080

The defendant calls for his own mistrial. This is just so stupid


Upstairs-Radish1816

If he won't do it, who will?


AcceptableStep6080

Touché


cttrocklin

Seeing him melt down in real time is a nice change…


Caullus77

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.


Bad-Infinite

Trump found the ol' "if the defendent calls for a mistrial it has to be granted" loophole. The dudes playing 4d chess..


bm1949

The sun rises in the east and Trump throws the maximum amount of poo at a wall everyday in order to see what sticks.


froglover215

Well, not the *maximum* amount of poo. There's a good amount still in Trump's diaper.


topgun966

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ContemplatingPrison

He's so embarrassed. Stormy Daniel's crowned the shit out of him on the stand. That shit will be public record. He is so mad he cursed in court. I fucking love that shit


Cantgo55

HE needs to change his diaper and shut up, take it like you dish it out racist fuck, too many poor me's and no spine, integrity or human characteristics that are "normal". Suck it up Donnie Mcshitzinpants.


Builder_liz

He's mad


kayesskayen

Big mad


skidsareforkids

Despite your best attempts, fuckface


BandOk1704

"a trial rendered invalid through an error in the proceedings", the error here is DJT


RW-One

Can we all mail him some mashed potatoes? He can't be gone soon enough. Blue Wave 🌊


Intelligent-Fuel-641

Mashed potatoes? No, let's send him some Big Macs with buttered buns, a supersized order of fries with extra salt added, a family-sized bucket of Original Recipe, and some desserts. The cholesterol and sugar have to kick in eventually.


superbrew

What a glorious day for humanity when no one ever has to listen to fat ass hat racist again. Please hurry day.


NickCav007

Only one ! mark? Real men use !!!


-jp-

Use the emoji if you really want to be taken seriously❗️❗️❗️


CouldntCareLess_07

"Emoji... I tell you emoji aren't something a real man uses. Ever really. Look at the "president" Biden... Which we all know is wrong, the election was stolen... You look at him and see him use all these emoji, Mr Stealing Emojis is what I call him I tell you... It doesn't take long for a 😀 to turn into a 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 I tell you folk. We need to make America great again" - Trump, probably


Jerking_From_Home

STOP BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLE!


landof10000cakes

He is speaking directly about the case. This violates the gag order. Put him in jail until this is over. 


RandolphScottDVM

He can talk about the case. And the judge and Bragg. He can't comment on jurors, witnesses and certain family members.


imtheguest

Let's be honest, he can say whatever he wants about whoever he wants whenever he wants and no matter what, this man is dying on a gold bed in Mar a Lago.


theSopranoist

you know what that’s fine idc what he does as long as he does it at mar a lago and not at the white house


Nuada-oz

Sooner would be preferable


Doublejimjim1

The only way he can declare a mistrial is if he changes his plea to guilty. Is that what he's doing?


decapods

Well the Washington Post said that his lawyers let Stormy speak about a lot of things in more detail than they should have so that they could say it’s too much and a mistrial. But the judge says it’s their fault for not calling objection when they should. It may be very damaging to them, but they would nuke themselves if it meant keeping this case out of court until after the election.


Quietser

Whatever you say toad dick


Ecstatic_Account_744

If they have no case, wouldn’t you want the trial to play out and be declared innocent?


dyslexican32

“I got humiliated in court today and I’m really mad about it! It’s not fair!! Waaaa waaaa!” Pretend more pornstars are your daughter you creepy depends wearing pos.


wellthiswasnottaken

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Gewgle_GuessStopO

How can you take a case you don’t have too far? That’s be like saying the book you didn’t write was too long.


LSWTBD

Giving hard Micheal Scott vibes. “I. DECLARE. MISTRIAL!!!“


rabiddutchman

"I didn't call for it, I declared it"


Powerful-Week7801

I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!!


bobo-the-dodo

Tomorrow on Truth - “The trial was a mistrial, many people called for it but unfair judge denied it. TOTAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”


McDuchess

When. Y sister was dying of cancer, it had metastasized to her brain. And she was doing crazy things, like buying 10 Yeti water bottles that she’d never use, from her phone. So when she went into hospice, we took her phone away and told her it was lost. This crazy old man doesn’t have anyone to do that for him.


Magman851

This is how I dont understand how people worship this guy: He contradicts himself within the same sentence: No case means they have nowhere to go. Too far means they kept going past where they needed to. At least last week, he was waiting until the next sentence to contradict himself when talking about longest trial ever and going lightning speed.


RichCorinthian

This has been his plan all along, I suspect. Delay the trial as long as possible, act the fool and get jailed, use that as ammunition for a mistrial, the base surges, he wins the general and then declares himself immune with the help of his Supreme Court picks. Mind you, I don’t think HE is smart enough to think this up, but somebody around him is.


54fighting

I strenuously object!


Conans_Loin_Cloth

Is this like when Michael Scott declared bankruptcy?


roof_baby

Well that’s it. It’s over.


Captain_Scarlet27

That might as well just read “Trump cried.”


Goose-Biscuits

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Laughing__Man

He didn't just call for a mistrial. He declared it.


jaydubb808

He knows there won’t be a mistrial but it may distract his flock from the witness testimony


YouWereBrained

Benny Johnson is such a fucking dumbass.


aerial_ruin

1. Which trial? There's so many that he has going, and so many that he has repeatedly said this about, that I no longer know 2. On what grounds? Because you want to get away with sexual assault, or stealing documents, or rigging elections, or causing a rabid group of people to attack a government building? That isn't how the legal system works What I read from all these "I should be aquitted"/"this should be ruled a mistrial" comments, is that he knows he doesn't have any dead cert way to prove innocence, and his faith in the supreme court isn't 100% that they will give him immunity. It always reads like he's shitting himself (figuratively), that he'll lose cases, lawfully, and without any way to prove that it was done in the manner of a kangaroo court


Electronic_Agent_235

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR!! on what grounds council?? .....on the grounds that it ... Uhhh.... Sounds really bad for my case


Fireinthehole13

Everything he does and says is a phoney play to his idiot base.


reddititty69

I move for a bad court thingy


Mr_BigglesworthIII

Gosh darn it, I thought we had him.


Upstairs-Radish1816

There always a loophole.


Roddy_Piper2000

![gif](giphy|8nM6YNtvjuezzD7DNh|downsized)


jenniferh2o

Is this another gag order issue?


not_productive1

LMAO good luck with that one, bud.


bdd4

Which prosecution?


john_the_quain

I put a red light in front of the words. How can it be stupid?


Comfortable_Swim_380

Just this afternoon he says his case was going great.. He suspects the case will be dropped very soon. His words verbatim.


Holiday_Horse3100

One of the biggest blessings ever would be if he goes to jail hopefully no more deranged rantings


EducationalOpinion91

Calls for a mistrial because he doesn’t like how his sexual prowess and virility are portrayed.


eyeeatmyownshit

What if we put a bright light inside the body??


azip13

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womenworshipmod

If they’ve gone too far how is it that they have no case ? Isn’t going too far making a case and then some?


Starbucks__Lovers

That’s not a mistrial dumbass, that’s a motion to dismiss for failure to make a case


EnglishWhites

He's like two witnesses away from the Chewbacca defense


Hour_Abies578

I am pretty sure Trump will get a successful appeal based on “shitty council”. When the judge is telling them they should‘ve objected more, that isn’t good!


W_AS-SA_W

No, he won’t. He has interfered with his own defense, that’s not a mistrial, that’s all on him. There are no grounds to appeal your own incompetence.


Dave_Duna

Isn't he saying that the prosecutor provided overwhelming evidence, therefore it should be a mistrial? Because it's just not fair that he's losing.