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[–] [email protected] 187 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

TL;DR, the AG asked for a bench trial, Trump's defense team didn't respond, and so Trump gets a bench trial. It's possible that a jury trial would have been disallowed in this particular case under New York law, but the defense didn't even bother to ask.

Whelp, that's on your people, Donald. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You know you messed up when you run through so many good lawyers that the only people who are still willing to defend you are total goofballs.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My understanding is, with possibly one or two short term exceptions, he hasn’t even had mediocre attorneys for years now. None of the big firms have wanted anything to do with him since before he was president.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a good LegalEagle video the other day where he ranked all of Trumps lawyers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhy5Y8xVHS0

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha! "There is no S tier." Love his videos.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I loved that the "A" tier was just people who didn't go on every news channel blabbing about their cases, lmao.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trump is going to be calling public defenders. Better call Saul.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Call Jacob, and Ronnie🎶!

(Sorry, only folks in Los Angeles will get that. But that's a lot of folks.)

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, who wants to work for a known rapist and fraudster?

People who don't give a fuck about the law, that's who.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Honestly surprised he gets anyone to work for him without getting paid up front

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is just so he can claim, later down the line, that it wasn't fair because it was just one judge and not a jury blah blah

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Like a jury would prevent him from claiming bias... He already has ranted against juries and grand juries.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

How deeply satisfying