Erin Burnett OutFront: The Keith Davidson Testimony

Posted on May 1, 2024 by FredSchneiderUS

CNN_ Hear What Stood Out To Erin Burnett At Donald Trump's TrialSource:CNN– left to right: Defendant Don & CNN hard news anchor Erin Burnett.

Source:The New Democrat

“CNN’s Erin Burnett describes what she witnessed as she sat in the courtroom during former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York.”

From CNN

As my colleague Kire Schneider wrote last week:

“Donald Trump is not being prosecuted for adultery in Manhattan. I mean think about it, this is Manhattan, if anything adultery is encouraged here. If you are not rich and divorce by the time you are 40, if you are a man who doesn’t have kids with multiple women, by the time you are 40, you are considered to be some outsider, who should go move to Cleveland or some place. You are not considered a real Manhattanite, certainly not a real New Yorker.

Donald Trump is not being prosecuted for paying off a porn chick, who he was having an affair with, when his wife Melania was pregnant with his son Barron. Hell, Defendant Don is not even being charged with cheating on his wife, while she was pregnant with their son. Again, this is Manhattan, they’re not looking for saints and for people who are playing to make it to Heaven. I’m having a little fun with this, but you get the idea…

From The New Democrat

We’re making this point very strong about what this Donald Trump trial is about, because we don’t want our readers or anyone else to think that this trial is something that it’s not. The Donald Trump Hush Money Trial (as some people call it) is not some tabloid magazine that simply makes its money by embarrassing professional celebrities, whether it’s Donald J. Trump or anyone else. And Donald Trump is not even the star, let alone publisher of this fictional publication.

This trial about election interference and false business records, that Donald J. Trump is being tried for, that his colleagues have been alleged to have work with him on, to prevent two devastating stories from coming out in the public against Mr. Trump, just before the 2016 presidential election.

And according to CNN anchor Erin Burnett, who I believe is one of the 3 best anchors at CNN right now, because she is a professional reporter with both a business and Washington background in hard news, whose known Donald Trump for perhaps 20 years now, from her time covering Wall Street for CNBC in the 2000s, who knows Donald Trump about as well as any hard news mainstream journalist, she makes a very good point here about how seriously this jury is taking this case right now.

Erin Burnett gave excellent details, along with the lawyers who are covering this case for CNN, including one of their legal correspondents Paula Reid, about how seriously this jury took Keith Davidson’s testimony yesterday.

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Michael Popok: ‘Donald Trump SECRET Phone Call Revealed, SINKS HIM in Criminal Trial’

Posted on April 30, 2024 by kireschneider

Meidas Touch: Donald Trump SECRET Phone Call Revealed, SINKS HIM in Criminal TrialSource:Meidas Touch– left to right: Defendant Don & one of his longtime assistants Hope Hicks.

Source:The New Democrat

“Watch Hope Hicks as she “dumps on Trump” at his ongoing NY criminal trial. Michael Popok analyzes a new previously unknown SECRET PHONE CALL set up by Trump among the National Enquirer publisher, then White House press secretary and now Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Trump’s Melania-twin and White House coms director Hope Hicks, in which they conspired TO COMMIT MORE ELECTION CRIMES BY PAYING playboy playmate Karen McDougal EVEN MORE MONEY to keep her from doing damage to Trump’s REELECTION bid.”

From the Meidas Touch

As I wrote about this last week:

“As someone who is looking at this case as a non-lawyer, I think the Manhattan District Attorney has a very specific mission to accomplish here. Not just get a conviction of Donald J. Trump, but convict him of a felony, multiple felonies…

From The New Democrat

So according to the Meidas Touch, (at least) Hope Hicks not only knew about the adulterous affairs that Donald Trump had with both Stephanie Clifford (perhaps better known as Stormy Daniels) and Karen McDougal. And perhaps was in on setting up the payoffs to both women to keep them both quiet before the 2016 presidential election.

If that’s true, they now have two credible witnesses before they get to McDougal and Clifford, that these affairs not just happened, the women were not just paid off, but paid off to keep them quiet before the 2016 presidential election. And if that’s the case, they now have him on two felonies. And you just need the paperwork, the bank records, the phone calls, texts, emails, etc, to prove this story.

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Michael Smerconish: Doggonit Kristi Noem

Posted on April 30, 2024 by FredSchneiderUS

Michael Smerconish_ Dog Day AfternoonSource:Michael Smerconish talking about Governor Kristi Noem’s “dog day afternoon”.

Source:The New Democrat

“Dog Day Afternoon #pets #dog #news”

From Michael Smerconish

The Kristi Noem story about her dog, is similar to Senator Katie Britt’s State of the Union response back in March. And this is what I wrote about that about 6 weeks ago:

“Now having said on that, either Senator Britt got some really, horrible advice, but she took it anyway, or she’s simply not ready for prime time. Donald Trump and the rest of the MAGA wing of what’s left of the Republican Party, is getting buried by Democrats when it comes to female voters. As much as MAGA wants people to think it’s still the 1950s, or they want to take us back there, the average American woman today works out of the home.”

From The New Democrat

I have my alternative theory to why Governor Kristi Noem personally leaked this doggone (pun intended) story about herself. But I’ll give you the conventional “wisdom” first.

What Michael Smerconish and company seem to believe is that Governor Noem was simply trying to get ahead of this story. Perhaps a South Dakota political reporter was about to release this story about her and maybe that reporter could back it up as well.

Another conventional theory about this story, is that Governor Noem wants to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee so badly, that she believes the only way to do that, is to go all in with MAGA and look like the biggest badass (or whatever the MAGA term is) to the point that she wants people to believe that she’ll murder her own animals, to protect her property. Even if they’re a lot more humane ways to dealing with difficult animals, especially your own pets.

When Senator Katie Britt gave her response to President Biden’s SOTU back in March, one of the commentators from the center-right The Bulwark podcast, Jonathan V. Last, had an interesting theory for why Senator Britt bombed so badly. He said he thought it was intentional on her part because she doesn’t want to be Donald Trump’s VP nominee. But she’s from Alabama, which is like a state capital in Redneckistan, the heart of the MAGA movement and she doesn’t want the MAGA followers to know that.

My theory for why Kristi Noem decided to do this, is she’s a much smarter politician than she seems to want anyone whose not inside of her South Dakota circle to know. I think she believes that Donald Trump is a loser, whose going down, because he’s going to lose overwhelmingly with women. And even lose too many Republicans with all his legal baggage, including the fact he could be a two-time convicted felon before election day in November and that will make it too hard for him to beat President Biden in November. And she doesn’t want to be part of that electoral catastrophe. And she sure as hell doesn’t want to get blamed for it. But that’s my theory.

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The Bulwark: Tim Miller & Peter Wehner: ‘Evangelicals Put Their Faith in Donald Trump’s Sinful Grievance’

Posted on April 29, 2024 by kireschneider

The Bulwark: Evangelicals Put Their Faith in Donald Trump's Sinful Grievance (w_ Peter Wehner)Source:The Bulwark with Tim Miller & Peter Wehner, talking about some guy named Donald J. Trump.

Source:The New Democrat

“Political power often changes the church more than the church changes those in power—the most glaring example is the damage Trump has done to the credibility of the white evangelical world. Plus, Bill Barr is a liar, and the evolution of Mike Johnson. Peter Wehner joins Tim Miller.”

From The Bulwark

Peter Wehner makes at least two excellent points here about Donald Trump. The 1st one about former Attorney General Bill Barr, who went on CNN last Friday night to talk to Kaitlan Collins about why he can’t vote for Joe Biden. I think she did an excellent job in getting him to say exactly why he won’t vote for Joe Biden for any reasons. He didn’t hold back on that.

I’m sure there are Democrats like this as well. Just look at the so-called Squad and the so-called Congressional Progressive Caucus in the House, who probably for no reasons whatsoever could vote for a Republican. Even a Republican running against a Democrat whose literally dead. But there are a wing of true Conservative Republicans, who can’t vote for Democrats, simply because they can’t live with themselves helping to create a unified Democratic government (White House & Congress) because they believe that would be bad for the country. That is a type of Republican that I think Bill Barr is.

As far as Donald Trump and how he became President of the United States: I believe I agree with Peter Wehner there as well.

The thing that I would add is that Donald Trump has wanted to be President of the United States, at least since the late 1980s. The only question is how would he run. He never wanted to run just to run and take a shot at it. He would only run to win the election and find the best path to the presidency that he could possibly find.

With Barack Obama winning the presidency, that the far-right, birther, Tea Party opposition to President Obama, Trump saw those folks as his path to the presidency. Go all in with the most crazy, most irresponsible, most violent, hateful people that he could find on the far-right in America and become their cult leader. Nail those folks down, while going after blue-collar voters in both major parties, as well as the Independents, never moderate at all, and then squeak out a small victory with only 45% of the vote, against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Donald Trump doesn’t give a damn about anyone other than Donald Trump. Especially the hardcore base in his movement, that he views, at least in private, the same way as his most hardcore opponents do, which are out-of-control, uneducated, assholes (to be frank) and losers, who perhaps should all be committed. But, without these people, he’s nothing in the Republican Party and American politics in general. And like with any successful conman, he’s going to do whatever he can to keep these people on his side, as long as he can.

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Don Lemon: ‘Scott Galloway On Protest Chaos, Cancel Culture, & Donald Trump’s Legal Woes’

Posted on April 29, 2024 by FredSchneiderUS

Don Lemon_ Scott Galloway on Protest Chaos, Cancel Culture, & Donald Trump's Legal WoesSource:Don Lemon talking to Clinical Professor Scott Galloway.

Source:The New Democrat

“Don Lemon sits down with NYU Marketing Professor and Host of @TheProfGShow, Scott Galloway for a deep dive into the campus protests, youth in America, and the former president’s many legal woes.”

From Don Lemon

As I wrote about this on Friday:

“I think Michael Smerconish hit the nail on the head when he posed the question: “Are these protests at Columbia and Southern California genuine, or is someone astroturfing them?” Meaning do these protestors really hate Israel and what Israel is doing in Gaza right now, or is someone ginning them up and getting to do these protests, to bring attention to their political movement?

Considering that Columbia University is not a school that’s known for producing professional athletes. I mean the Lions football program is known for winless seasons and they compete in the Ivy League. You are talking about a lot of wealthy, overprivileged students, who are the sons and daughters of politicians, doctors, lawyers, journalists, some of the most successful and wealthy people in America.

And young people, especially overprivileged young people are very impressionable to begin with. Especially with leftists who are cool and are hipsters and know how to get young people’s attention. So you have all these young overprivileged students, seeing all these people, especially children and women, suffering in Gaza, mostly because of the Hamas regime there, but also because of the Israeli military as well and the students are reacting to that.”

From The New Democrat

If anything, I and this blog are more liberal than Scott Galloway when it comes to free speech. That even includes hate speech.

If these Columbia students want to hold antisemetic rallies at Columbia and get permission from the school to hold those rallies and do them peacefully, don’t call for violence against Jews, simply because they’re Jewish, that’s their 1st Amendment right as far as I”m concern. But as Sir Issac Newton brilliantly said:

“third law of motion states that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction”.

If college leftists want to have 1st Amendment protected rallies against Jews and the State of Israel they can do that. But the reaction to that, is Columbia puts its school funding at risk because Americans aren’t forced to subsidize schools that allow, if not promote antisemitism and neither are taxpayers.

But my main point from Friday about this discussion is that young people are young an inexperienced. (If you don’t like young and stupid) And are overly impressionable and tend to make big mistakes. It’s really just about whether or not they’re smart enough not to make mistakes that are so bad that they ruin the rest of their lives. Or, do they go too far, too soon in their lives and put their futures at severe risk.

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Ben Meiselas: ‘Donald Trump Lawyer Makes a FOOL OF HERSELF At Interview ON TRIAL’

Posted on April 26, 2024 by kireschneider

Meidas Touch_ Donald Trump Lawyer Makes a FOOL OF HERSELF At Interview ON TRIALSource:Meidas Touch with a look at MAGA lawyer Alina Habba.

Source:The New Democrat

“MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba’s disastrous interview during the criminal trial.”

From the Meidas Touch

“Alina Habba has said that she doubts the New York court system and the jury in Donald Trump’s hush money case will do the “right thing.”

Speaking to Newsmax’s Greg Kelly on April 24, Habba, a Trump lawyer and legal spokesperson, said she didn’t think the jury would “do the right thing.”

She said: “I don’t have hopes really that high at this moment that the New York courts will do the right thing, that the jury will do the right thing, we’re in a blue state as you know.”

Habba later posted to X (formerly Twitter) to say that she believes Trump will “prevail” in his trial.”

From Newsweek

Alina Habba: “Let me be very clear: the truth firmly stands with the President. He did nothing wrong and a fair hearing will expose this sham case for what it is—a partisan hoax designed to interfere in the election. President Trump will prevail.”

From Alina Habba

In case I haven’t been clear about what I know and what I think about Alina Habba in the past: this is what I wrote about her back in November, before she became a MAGA media celebrity:

“Alina Habba is not really a trial lawyer. She can barely afford to do whatever she does as a lawyer right now. She’s more of a public relations lawyer, if anything at all, who makes her living trying her client’s cases on TV and on social media. But she’s officially Donald Trump’s civil lawyer right now because she’s about the best of what’s left to try to defend him, because of his own financial situation and all the evidence that’s against him right now, in multiple cases.

Perhaps one of the reasons right now that Alina Habba owes millions of dollars, is because her own client is not paying her. But she’s trying to work for him anyway, perhaps banking on the fact that defending a former President of the United States, would lead to clients who can and would pay her very well for her legal advice and actions in the future. But that career strategy is obviously not working out for her right now.”

From The New Democrat

In case anyone thinks that I’m obsessed with Alina Habba or I have a crush on her: I haven’t written anything about her in about a month on The New Democrat . And that was about her leaving the country. But unfortunately only for a short vacation.

No offense to Ben Meiselas, (who I think has been spot on about Alina Habba the last 6 months or so) Newsweek has a better story about her.

When the evidence and facts are on your side, you argue the facts and evidence in this case. But when they’re not, as Carl Sandberg brilliantly said: “If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell”

From Good Reads

With David Pecker’s testimony, plus all the text messages, the emails, the conversations that they have on tape, the Manhattan District Attorney has already proven that Donald Trump not only knew about the payoff and the coverup, but he was in on it. So Trump and company have already lost that round.

So what Alina Habba and company want to do now, is have the jury and public believe and see everything that has nothing to do with the facts and evidence of the case:

This is a Manhattan court

Manhattan jury

Overwhelmingly Democratic

Donald J. Trump is overwhelmingly unpopular in Manhattan

Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter is a Democratic Party activist

Donald Trump is not the only adulterous and cheating politician whose slept with porn chicks and covered up those affairs

And then they throw new garbage onto the case that it’s really Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Justice whose behind this Manhattan prosecution.

Alina Habba has essentially already admitted that Donald Trump has lost the case and can’t win in Manhattan. But not because of the facts and evidence of the case. Because that would require her to be honest and tell the truth on national TV. Something she’s obviously not comfortable doing. What she does instead, is try to make the case about anything other than the actual facts and evidence in the case. But if you look at her track record of using the exact same media tactics, she has a bad habit losing “bigly” for Donald Trump.

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Michael Smerconish: College Unrest

Posted on April 26, 2024 by FredSchneiderUS

Michael Smerconish_ Sorry GradsSource:Michael Smerconish talking about the college Israel-Palestine protests.

Source:The New Democrat

“Sorry Grads college politics”

From Michael Smerconish

I’ve been looking for an opportunity to get into this discussion for at least the 2nd half of this week. But David Pecker really exposed my interest (pun intended) in Donald Trump’s porn star hush money case in New York.

I think Michael Smerconish hit the nail on the head when he posed the question: “Are these protests at Columbia and Southern California genuine, or is someone astroturfing them?” Meaning do these protestors really hate Israel and what Israel is doing in Gaza right now, or is someone ginning them up and getting to do these protests, to bring attention to their political movement?

Considering that Columbia University is not a school that’s known for producing professional athletes. I mean the Lions football program is known for winless seasons and they compete in the Ivy League. You are talking about a lot of wealthy, overprivileged students, who are the sons and daughters of politicians, doctors, lawyers, journalists, some of the most successful and wealthy people in America.

And young people, especially overprivileged young people are very impressionable to begin with. Especially with leftists who are cool and are hipsters and know how to get young people’s attention. So you have all these young overprivileged students, seeing all these people, especially children and women, suffering in Gaza, mostly because of the Hamas regime there, but also because of the Israeli military as well and the students are reacting to that.

But then the other part is, when you are young, taking a stand against the establishment and even risking your own future, is considered cool. Even if you don’t know what you are doing and what you are supposed to taking a stand against.

Just being there is a social political statement for these folks and they can say: “Yeah, I’m down with Palestine. Fuck the Jews. From the river to the see, Palestine will be free.” Not having any idea what that actually means. And apparently having no idea that a statement like that puts you in the same political company as Neo-Nazis.

“But hey, when you are in your early 20s, it’s being cool and popular which is what counts. Not intelligent and successful.”

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MSNBC: ‘Direct Evidence’: David Pecker Testimony Links Donald Trump To Hush Money Payment

Posted on April 25, 2024 by kireschneider

MSNBC_ 'Direct Evidence'_ David Pecker Testimony Links Donald Trump To Hush Money PaymentSource:MSNBC with a look at Defendant Don in court.

Source:The New Democrat

“Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker spells out details of a “catch-and-kill” scheme in former President Trump’s hush money trial. Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman and former Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Catherine Christian provide their expertise.”

From MSNBC

As someone who is looking at this case as a non-lawyer, I think the Manhattan District Attorney has a very specific mission to accomplish here. Not just get a conviction of Donald J. Trump, but convict him of a felony, multiple felonies.

Even if the Manhattan DA wins on all 34 misdemeanors, Defendant Don wins, at least politically. But, if they prove that he committed real felonies under New York law by:

They show that he had an affair with Stormy Daniels and perhaps Karen McDougal as well, but that he not just tried to cover up those affairs with hush money.

And not just try to prevent his wife Melania and his son Barron from finding out about these affairs, but to prevent the voters, especially Independents, as well as Republican college educated, urban and suburban women from finding out about these affairs, before they voted in 2016

As well as covered up these affairs and did that with illegal political contributions to his his own 2016 presidential campaign, that he didn’t even report, which is another crime in New York

They can convict Defendant Don of election interference as well, which is a felony in New York.

And this David Pecker-Michael Cohen link with the hush money payments is a direct way to move the ball down that road.

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Don Lemon: SCOTUS: CAN PRESIDENTS KILL OPPONENTS? – With Tim Miller & Sarah Longwell

Posted on April 25, 2024 by FredSchneiderUS

Don Lemon: SCOTUS_ CAN PRESIDENTS KILL OPPONENTS_ - With Tim Miller & Sarah LongwellSource:Don Lemon talking to Tim Miller & Sarah Longwell from The Bulwark.

Source:The New Democrat

“Don Lemon is joined by Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell of @BulwarkMedia to discuss the latest case before the Supreme Court and the political influences on Trump’s voters.”

From Don Lemon

“The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared likely to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution over election interference, but it seemed possible Trump could still benefit from a lengthy trial delay, possibly beyond November’s election.

Chief Justice John Roberts was among at least five members of the court who did not appear to embrace the claim of absolute immunity that would stop special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump on charges he conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

But in arguments lasting more than 2 1/2 hours in the court’s first consideration of criminal charges against a former president, Roberts also was among several justices who suggested that the case might have to be sent back to lower courts before any trial could begin. Roberts indicated he was unhappy with the reasoning adopted by the federal appeals court that ruled against Trump.

The timing of the Supreme Court’s decision could be as important as the outcome. Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has been pushing to delay the trial until after the election, and the later the justices issue their decision, the more likely he is to succeed.”

From the Associated Press

If Donald Trump’s lawyers were honest (and the sky was green and humans could walk on water and hold their breath for days) they would just argue at the Supreme Court that Donald J. Trump is immune to all criminal prosecutions, simply because he’s Donald J. Trump. And they should just say:

“Our client is running for President of the United States. We need him back in The White House to save America and save it from Joe Biden and the Socialist Democrats. And if we lose here, he’s going to prison. So you have to give him absolute immunity here, because he’s Donald Trump and he can’t save America, while he’s in prison, or just being prosecuted.”

If the John Sauer’s of the world (whose one of Donald Trump’s defense attorney’s) were honest, that is what their argument would be. And you would probably have Justice Clarence Thomas and perhaps Justice Samuel Alito cheering them on. But perhaps just in private.

But of course the sky isn’t green, (except for perhaps on St. Patrick’s Day or when the Celtics win the NBA Finals) humans can’t walk on water, (but Donald J. Trump gets damn close to being able to do that everyday) and no human being, perhaps especially Donald J. Trump, who probably has long, unintelligible conversations, out loud, with himself, in his asleep, (assuming he ever sleeps) can hold their breath for days.

So what you get from the Trump lawyers are all these ridiculous arguments about the President of the United States, well, probably just Donald Trump, has absolute immunity to do whatever the hell he wants to do, whenever the hell he wants to do it, because they’re not honest. And has Sarah Longwell pointed out to Don Lemon, they have no shame.

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The Bulwark: Tim Miller & Olivia Nuzzi: ‘Donald Trump is POWERLESS At His Trial’

Posted on April 24, 2024 by kireschneider

The Bulwark_ Donald Trump is POWERLESS At His Trial (w_ Olivia Nuzzi)Source:The Bulwark with Tim Miller & Olivia Nuzzi.

Source:The New Democrat

“The one-time most powerful man in the world is now being told when to sit, when to stand, and what he’s permitted to say. Scenes from the New York courthouse, with Olivia Nuzzi. Stay tuned for Part 2 of today’s episode!”

From The Bulwark

I just have a couple observations here first and then I’ll get into what I really want to talk about here.

Tim Miller and Olivia Nuzzi were talking about how cold it is in Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom and how Donald Trump has been uncomfortable with that. Defendant Don’s lawyer Todd Blanche (according to Olivia Nuzzi) asked the Judge could they just turn the temperature up 1 degree. And Judge Merchan said this is a very old building and if they just raised the temperature 1 degree, it would be like 20 degrees warmer and they would all be roasting in the courtroom.

Imagine if it was too hot in the courtroom:

The Judge shows up to court wearing a tank top and shades.

Maybe the male male lawyers are shirtless all together.

The female lawyers are all there in bathing suits.

Maybe DJT is sitting in his own outdoor, I mean courtroom kiddy pool trying to stay cool.

Instead of the lawyers arguing with each other about the facts and evidence of the case, they’re arguing over water:

“Judge, they”re hogging all the water over there. You should hold them in contempt. We’re roasting and dying of first over here.” Of course the Judge doesn’t care, because he has his own pitcher of ice tea and perhaps margarita. I think it might make a good skit for Saturday Night Live, especially if it were real.

And then Defendant Don’s lawyer Todd Blanche (who unless he was kidnapped and forced at gunpoint to represent Donald Trump: I don’t feel sorry for him at all) in his own damn opening statement, I guess not turning over a smoking gun and flat out saying that his client had an affair with Stormy Daniels, but instead saying that: “Nondisclosure agreements are not illegal.” coming pretty close to acknowledging that the affair happened. I mean it’s like the defense attorney saying: “My client is not guilty of anything here. But even if he did it, it’s not illegal.”

But Senator Mitt Romney who ever since he stopped running for President after he lost in 2012, has been living with a strong case of candor and honesty had the best line about Donald Trump and his porn chicks:

“I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character,” he told CNN’s Manu Raju outside the Capitol. “And so far as I know, you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.”

From The Hill

As far as Donald Trump in the courtroom; before some MAGA maniac who finally broke out of the state hospital to defend his cult hero Donald Trump, accuses me of calling Mr. Trump a mobster and I’m not saying that DJT has ever ordered the murders of anyone, but only because I don’t know that he has, but I think the mobster reference is app here.

Think about it, Donald Trump has been in complete control of his own life, at least since his father Fred died in 1999. But now he’s like a mobster whose essentially at the complete mercy of the Judge in this case and is now getting ordered around in an old, freezing courtroom. And forced to sit in place for several hours at a time and be quiet like a 7 year old boy in a classroom. Maybe falling asleep in court helps this man get though these long days for him.

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