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Trump's defense team has moved for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels' testimony

"We move for a mistrial based on the testimony this morning," defense attorney Todd Blanche said following the lunch break.

"The guardrails by this witness answering questions by the government were just thrown to the side," Blanche said.

"There is no remedy that we can fashion ... to unring this bell," Blanche said about the impact of Daniels' testimony.

Blanche argued the prosecutors wanted to embarrass Trump and inflame the jury and was far afield from a case about falsification of business records.

"She talked about a consensual encounter with President Trump that she was trying to sell," Blanche said. "We heard a completely different story."

Blanche argued that the testimony regarding condoms, being "blacked out" and and the "power dynamic" prejudiced the jury.

"This has nothing to do with the reason why we're here," Blanche said. "How can you un-ring a bell?"

The prosecution pushed back.

"Her account completes the narrative that precipitated the falsification of business records," Hoffinger said. "It is precisely what the defendant did not want to become public."

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[-] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I dont think Trump can afford the same quality of lawyers as 4 years ago

[-] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago

Maybe he could if he didn’t blow all his money on ~~avocado toast~~ paying hush money to porn stars. Oh and the defamation civil suits with the woman he raped…

[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Don't forget he stiffed Michael Cohen out of some of those hush money payments. It was probably a reflective move from a lifetime of dumping on friends.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

This, but only partly because of his own wealth/liquidity. He's a difficult client, late at paying his bills, and being associated with him smears your name with half the country, including even a not-insignificant percentage of rich assholes..

From the lawyers that don't reject him at any hourly rate, he's likely now getting the "Fuck you" price, where you don't want the job but you put out a crazy number to avoid simply saying no.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

Or his lawyers are going to appeal and say "See? It was so bad the judge even said something!"

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

To win an appeal, they would probably need to show that the judge screwed up. But you're suggesting that they would argue that the judge did something correctly.

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