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B-Man Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 The Appearance of Michael Cohen: A Wreck in Search of a Race By Jonathan Turley, May 13, 2024 Michael Cohen is to criminal justice what car crashes are to Nascar: few want to admit it, but he is the perverse draw for the wreck-obsessed. The difference is that Cohen was already a rolling smoking wreck when he pulled up to the track. Even for those of us who have long been critics of this case and its dubious legal theory, it has been surprising to see that the prosecutors had no more evidence than what we previously knew about. The assumption was that no rational prosecutor would base a major criminal case virtually entirely on the testimony of Michael Cohen who was just recently denounced by a judge as a serial perjurer peddling “perverse” theories in court. The calculus of Alvin Bragg is now obvious. He is counting on the jury convicting Trump regardless of the evidence. He believes that all he needs is to check the boxes on the elements of the crime, no matter how unbelievable the vehicle. The reason is that Bragg likely fears a directed verdict more than a jury verdict. After the government closes its evidence, the defense will move for a directed verdict on the basis that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. In other words, when the prosecution rests this week, Trump’s counsel will stand and ask Merchan to end the case before it is even given to the jury. Many of us agree with that assessment. After three weeks of testimony, there is still confusion on what crime Trump was allegedly seeking to cover up. Bragg has vaguely referred to using the denotation of payments to Daniels as “legal expenses” as a fraud committed to steal the election. However, the election was over when those denotations were made. Moreover, many believe that such a characterization for payments related to a nondisclosure agreement was accurate. (Hillary Clinton’s campaign claimed in the same election that hiding the funding for the Steele dossier as legal expenses was perfectly accurate). Judge Juan Merchan, in my view, has failed repeatedly to protect the rights of the accused in this case. However, he can claim that there was enough alleged to give Bragg the chance to make his case. Thus far he has not done so and, if he is truly neutral, Merchan should grant the motion. Bragg is counting on not only a motivated jury but a motivated judge to keep this anemic case alive. All he hopes that he needs to do is get this to a Trump-loathing jury to set aside any reasonable doubt. To do that, he found the ultimate motivated witness with a record of saying whatever serves his interests and those of his sponsors. https://jonathanturley.org/2024/05/13/the-appearance-of-michael-cohen-a-wreck-in-search-of-a-race/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Joe Ferguson forever Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 (edited) Why is a BILLIONAIRE so concerned over the sum of $135K? I get that he needs it hidden but why was he trying to shaft Peck$r and Cohen? Because he's not that wealthy...Bill Gates donates more than that on a daily basis to the fight against polio without blinking: https://www.rotary.org/en/gates-foundation-extending-fundraising-partnership-eradicate-polio. Trump is a phony. All hat and no cattle.... Edited May 14 by Joe Ferguson forever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Irv Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 12 hours ago, BillsFanNC said: Kangaroo Court. What a mess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pokebball Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 51 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said: LOL While American voters are dumb, they're not this dumb. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together sees this is entirely political 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Michael Cohen Gets Destroyed During Cross Examination, Leaving Anderson Cooper Stunned. https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/05/16/michael-cohen-gets-destroyed-during-cross-examination-leaves-cnn-stunned-n4929100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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