With testimony winding down after more than two months, the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner showed up to watch an accounting professor testify about financial topics important to the case.
Trump himself is scheduled to take the stand Monday, for a second time.
“This is a witch hunt, and it’s a very corrupt trial,” Trump said on his way into court Thursday.
He still doesn’t grasp that this is not a trial. The judge has already found the Trump org guilty. This is about assessing damages.
Technically, they’ve been found liable - not guilty - as this is a civil trial. But, yeah, you’re right. At this point, it’s just a matter of determining how much they’ll have to pay.
In this case, it’s a useless distinction that encourages people to still deny responsibility. “They said I had to pay something but I’m not guilty of anything.” Like the press still having to say “allegedly” when there’s a mountain of proof something did really happen.
It’s a technical distinction in law. Is he guilty of the things of which he’s been accused? Also yes, but in a colloquial sense.
As far as the “allegedly” thing goes with the press: I’m kind of on the side with agreeing with it, just because I know that if I were wrongly accused of a crime that made it to the press, I know I would want them to use the word “allegedly” until it was actually proven edit: * in a court of law*.
Ok, enough with the pedantry!
It’s a technical distinction in law.
No fucking shit, my point still stands.
I also said the “allegedly” is ridiculous when there’s a mountain of proof.
No fucking shit, my point still stands
Actually, it doesn’t. It’s the difference between civil and criminal law, and that’s a pretty big difference, not the meaningless one you stated it is, and if this is going to go from a nice casual discussion to a hostile argument, I’m not interested in participating further. Have a nice day.
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Yes, my point about the effective uselessness of it in this case does still stand, whether or not you agree with it. Yet, you basically did agree with it:
Is he guilty of the things of which he’s been accused? Also yes, but in a colloquial sense.
Feel free to not argue, you could have made that decision already.
It’s a civil case, so it’s not effectively useless. It’s the whole point. How do you not get that?
Actually, he was found guilty on one count. The trial is partly to decide how much money he has to pay, and partly to decide if he’s guilty on any of the other ~6 counts.
Six Head, Shit Head, and Empty Head.
Quite the trio in that thumbnail photo.
My God that is quite a bit of forehead
And this camera is already at a high angle. His hair must be migrating to his neck. The entire legal team looks like people set to random on character generators. Each their own kind of weirdo.
I know it seems like real life from this perspective, but we’re actually in a Dick Tracy villain origin story.
He’s got Peyton Manning beat for sure.
