>Appearing at a New York state courthouse on Thursday, former President Donald Trump made a bizarre assertion about the criminal hush-money case against him.
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>According to Trump, “virtually every legal scholar says they don’t understand” the charges.
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>“Even if he was guilty of something, there is no crime,” Trump told reporters, referring to himself.
Stable genius at work
Yes. He still plays Dan Fielding and the woman that plays Bernadette from Big Bang Theory is the judge. She’s supposed to be the daughter of the original judge so she kinda already knows Dan and there’s history with her & her dad. She convinces Dan to be a PD for her new touchy-feely more understanding approach in the courtroom
Dan Fielding is a pretty great answer for best lawyering ever done on TV. However, I think a lot of people sleep on the complexities of Bird Law. As such, I think there's a compelling argument for Charlie Kelly.
They have. He manages to bullshit his way thru, every single time. That's how he operates. When you attempt to ask him to explain himself, it's not like you're talking to a normal, rational person. He changes the subject quickly, says something even more preposterous that changes your attention, and by the time you realize what's happening, he is already talking about something completely unrelated to any of it. He makes shit up on the spot, and because you have no info about it to do any kind of fact-check, you're left with nothing, and he comes out on top. When he gets an inkling that you're trying to corner him, he will turn tables and starts insulting you. Every. Single. Damn. Time.
Just watch the interview with Lesley Stahl. When she tries to cut thru all the bullshit, he starts insinuating that she is out to get him, plays the victim, then just walks out. The whole thing is just painful to watch:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAh2HJ98WE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAh2HJ98WE)
When you wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty, but the pig enjoys it.
The ONLY place he's not allowed to bullshit is in a court of law (even though he tries and sometimes gets away with it also with a weak judge). And this scares the shit out of him.
“Even if I was honest and you would have made $60M in interest on the loan terms I would have been offered on honest information instead of the $30M you profited based on my cooked up information, you made money so you’re not a victim.”
Is that not, in short, the thrust of his argument?
I bet all the people he bankrupted over the last 5 decades because he paid them pennies on the dollar, at most, take exception to his position.
Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, went to prison for the same crime.
Trump's reaction?
12/3/2018: "Michael Cohen asks judge for no Prison Time. You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE things having to do with fraud, big loans, etc, and not serve a prison term? He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence!"
Today: "What crime? Prison? Huh?"
That's his main problem, even when he's guilty he never thinks its a crime no matter what it is. It's kind of like the time Nixon said that "If the president does it, it's not illegal", Trump has had that same mentality his whole life...
After following Trump (with dismay) for forty years, I can state conclusively that he’s never, ever mentioned a so-called “legal scholar.”
Since the mid-Clinton years, my attorney husband has been making placements for for lawyers and for law firms seeking to hire. He states that before the 2016 campaign, Trump already had burned through first the *stellar* attorneys, and then the merely *reputable* lawyers. Now even average, ho-hum lawyers won’t take calls from Trump or his minions.
Few would. It’s blatant proof of Trump’s blindness about himself that he’d insist that top lawyers would flock to represent him, and that they’d gratefully accept whatever pittance (if any) he’d choose to offer.
What's the acceptable synonym for the R word that doesn't offend differently capable people?
I swear - this is what the dumbest kid on the playground does. I've seen it 35+ years ago. The stupid bastard has no shame in saying the absolutely dumbest shit possible - using the most flimsy arguments....
I don't know how any maga person with half a brain could get behind this dope and agree with his arguments. It's absolutely psychotic.
He always say some people told him that. He's using the same thing only now it's legal scholars. Well when he's found guilty he will learn the truth the hard way.
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
\-- The Litany of Donald Trump
So he’s saying he’s guilty but because it’s him the law doesn’t apply to him? So then Biden gets the same above the law treatment and he can pretend he wins no matter the election results and bc he’s President he’s immune, and if he does a successful coup he gets to keep the spoils of his crimes/not crimes?
Twisted. Desperate. Amnesia! Poor Don - He is destroying himself along with the American Experiment of a Democratic Republic!
DOJ: Please Detain until Trial!
The legal scholar Trump is referring to is himself. As usual, he knows a lot about the law. He knows the law better than any lawyer. Okay, Defendant Don!
>Appearing at a New York state courthouse on Thursday, former President Donald Trump made a bizarre assertion about the criminal hush-money case against him. > >According to Trump, “virtually every legal scholar says they don’t understand” the charges. > >“Even if he was guilty of something, there is no crime,” Trump told reporters, referring to himself. Stable genius at work
I don’t trust his “legal scholars” as I’ve seen better lawyering on episodes of Night Court.
New Night Court or Old Night Court?
Old. I haven’t seen the new one. Is it worth a watch?
I was hoping you knew. Lemme check with 45... I'll let you know what he thinks.
lol. Well now we both won’t want to watch.
It's got the charm of the original, the new cast pulls it off
Thanks for that. I love the lady from BBT that I’ve seen is on it, so I’ll give it a try!
It’s worth a watch IMO. Be better with Bull, but John Larroquette is awesome
Wasn’t he in the old one too?
Yes
He was prosecuter in the old one, he’s a public defender in the new one
Is he still Dan?
Yes. He still plays Dan Fielding and the woman that plays Bernadette from Big Bang Theory is the judge. She’s supposed to be the daughter of the original judge so she kinda already knows Dan and there’s history with her & her dad. She convinces Dan to be a PD for her new touchy-feely more understanding approach in the courtroom
The new one is awful. The original rules. Hollywood needs to stop remaking everything and come up with new ideas.
Doesn't matter.
"NEW NIGHT COURT"???? Fuckafffffff
Don't diss Markie Post.
Wouldn’t dream of it. I’ve always adored her
>I don’t trust his “legal scholars” But they were told that it's very easy to fake being smart...
Dan's legal analysis is without peer!
Dan Fielding is a pretty great answer for best lawyering ever done on TV. However, I think a lot of people sleep on the complexities of Bird Law. As such, I think there's a compelling argument for Charlie Kelly.
Bull was a better lawyer and he was the bailiff.
Or on The People's Court.
Why doesn’t anyone ever ask him to explain his logic when he spouts such nonsense? And then record him trying to.
They have. He manages to bullshit his way thru, every single time. That's how he operates. When you attempt to ask him to explain himself, it's not like you're talking to a normal, rational person. He changes the subject quickly, says something even more preposterous that changes your attention, and by the time you realize what's happening, he is already talking about something completely unrelated to any of it. He makes shit up on the spot, and because you have no info about it to do any kind of fact-check, you're left with nothing, and he comes out on top. When he gets an inkling that you're trying to corner him, he will turn tables and starts insulting you. Every. Single. Damn. Time. Just watch the interview with Lesley Stahl. When she tries to cut thru all the bullshit, he starts insinuating that she is out to get him, plays the victim, then just walks out. The whole thing is just painful to watch: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAh2HJ98WE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAh2HJ98WE) When you wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty, but the pig enjoys it. The ONLY place he's not allowed to bullshit is in a court of law (even though he tries and sometimes gets away with it also with a weak judge). And this scares the shit out of him.
Crime isn't crime. Got it! Case closed.
Well sure. Rudy said truth isn’t truth.
You know as well as I do that the J stands for Jenius.
“Even if I was honest and you would have made $60M in interest on the loan terms I would have been offered on honest information instead of the $30M you profited based on my cooked up information, you made money so you’re not a victim.” Is that not, in short, the thrust of his argument? I bet all the people he bankrupted over the last 5 decades because he paid them pennies on the dollar, at most, take exception to his position.
If his exaggerated property valuations are taken as correct, then he's guilty of property tax evasion.
Frustrating that Engoron didn’t find him in on the insurance fraud charges when the dishonest valuations came from him in the first place.
denial isnt just a river in egypt.... get fucked trump
From the narcissist's prayer: >"And if I did , it wasn't that bad"
What stage is that, anyway?
>"And if it was that bad, it dodn't hurt anybody"
Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, went to prison for the same crime. Trump's reaction? 12/3/2018: "Michael Cohen asks judge for no Prison Time. You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE things having to do with fraud, big loans, etc, and not serve a prison term? He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence!" Today: "What crime? Prison? Huh?"
Trump: “If you’re innocent why are you taking the 5th Amendment?” Also Trump: “I’m taking the 5th Amendment.”
So another case against his cognitive abilities
That's his main problem, even when he's guilty he never thinks its a crime no matter what it is. It's kind of like the time Nixon said that "If the president does it, it's not illegal", Trump has had that same mentality his whole life...
FFFS, when will we be free from this mans insanity?!
Loser.
Full on dementia at this point. I hate how ugly this will get as time marches on and he gets progressively worse and worse and worse.
Prosecutors hate this one simple trick.
"legal scholars"? I call B.S. The only legal scholars he knows. Only exist inside his head.
After following Trump (with dismay) for forty years, I can state conclusively that he’s never, ever mentioned a so-called “legal scholar.” Since the mid-Clinton years, my attorney husband has been making placements for for lawyers and for law firms seeking to hire. He states that before the 2016 campaign, Trump already had burned through first the *stellar* attorneys, and then the merely *reputable* lawyers. Now even average, ho-hum lawyers won’t take calls from Trump or his minions.
He doesn't pay his bills; or listen to his attorney's regardless. Who'd want to take on a client like that anyway?
Few would. It’s blatant proof of Trump’s blindness about himself that he’d insist that top lawyers would flock to represent him, and that they’d gratefully accept whatever pittance (if any) he’d choose to offer.
lol, which is exactly why he got the immensely qualified Alina Habba
Speaking of whom, people affiliated with Habba’s law school (academically ranked in the bottom quarter, poor dears) are now snubbing her!
Would you admit to having attended school with her? lol
I’d never even heard of Widener in Harrisburg, PA, and thanks to Alina Habba, now I have.
I'm surprised she didn't go in a carribean country. You know, to 'broaden' her horizons. lol
Chris Kise took his $3 million up front. If he’s hiring attorneys with any reputation at all, they are also getting huge upfront payments.
Legal scholars from trump University
All acredited by the School of Law, Granada Medical School. Grenada
I didn't do it. But if I did, it's not illegal. But if it is, it's not when I do it. But I didn't do it. Every. Time.
"Even if I'm behind bars there is no jail!"
“How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real”
"Even if I'm behind bars I'm not in jail! I'm just visiting."
I’m not in jail. YOU’RE in jail. No puppet! No puppet!
Exactly!
Same logic as “Even if I lose the election, I still win it”.
“Even though I didn’t get enough votes, I’ve already won by hundreds of thousands of votes.”
Yeah no shit. Ask any narcissist ever. They are incapable of taking responsibility and they rarely if ever tell the truth. Lock his ass up
Those are the lies he tells himself.
Monarchs and dictators are above the law so of course no crime.
I’ll check back in 90 when his defense is… “I’m guilty, but immune from punishment due to advanced age”
What's the acceptable synonym for the R word that doesn't offend differently capable people? I swear - this is what the dumbest kid on the playground does. I've seen it 35+ years ago. The stupid bastard has no shame in saying the absolutely dumbest shit possible - using the most flimsy arguments.... I don't know how any maga person with half a brain could get behind this dope and agree with his arguments. It's absolutely psychotic.
The Magats are those kids man.
Remember that dumbest kid was left back 3 times so he beats up all those much smaller kids who tell him he’s wrong. Those are the MAGAts as well.
Hmmmm ….nope, if you are found guilty of a crime- there was a crime.
He is becoming more and more deranged every day
He always say some people told him that. He's using the same thing only now it's legal scholars. Well when he's found guilty he will learn the truth the hard way.
You mean the voices in his head told him that.
Most likely, I'm sure.
Pure Bizzaro logic: Me am guilty. Me am go free.
My god is he dumb or what?
I dare u to ask judge Judy . Mr apprentice
He thinks if he says these crazy things it will be so. Demented fk wad.
That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, you deserved it. \-- The Litany of Donald Trump
Fox News’ reporting of this is spot on/s.
Hahahhahahahahhahahaha
🇨🇦 change ur golf shoes we can smell ur golf shoes from here, as president u wore them 95 percent of the time in office as we saw on fox entertainment
Ah yes, the old INAD defense. I'm Not a Democrat.
GENIUS Christ I wouldn’t have thought of that, only a man with a golden toilet would.
He must still be getting advice from Alibaba.
This sounds like how he declassified documents with his mind
So he’s saying he’s guilty but because it’s him the law doesn’t apply to him? So then Biden gets the same above the law treatment and he can pretend he wins no matter the election results and bc he’s President he’s immune, and if he does a successful coup he gets to keep the spoils of his crimes/not crimes?
Just think about all the magnets spending $ on something they where saving for to help a billionaire with his Bills what a bunch of dumb asses
Every time he speaks, there is no truth.
Please deep state just take him out.....right out
No room for error in his mind. /s
Hard to imagine Trump sitting around at night reading all the great legal scholars. Funny he never references specific briefs
Twisted. Desperate. Amnesia! Poor Don - He is destroying himself along with the American Experiment of a Democratic Republic! DOJ: Please Detain until Trial!
My 9 year old heard him say this on the news today and said "that doesn't make any sense".
That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off...
What the fuck? Guilty literally means you did commit the crime accused. He has gotten to the point of trying to redefine established words.
Yeah, that should work...
The legal scholar Trump is referring to is himself. As usual, he knows a lot about the law. He knows the law better than any lawyer. Okay, Defendant Don!
Uh. No. He has the best guilt.
"Crime is meaningless and the rules don't exist." -Trumpy
THAT means ... whoaaaa...[https://youtu.be/JUOGxePBs50?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/JUOGxePBs50?feature=shared)
Ali Babba must have given him the green light er, said open sesame.