Trump was a quiet presence inside court, but outside he said ‘deranged’ judge overseeing case ‘should be out of office’
Not many defendants would dare to brand the judge overseeing their case “deranged”, call for them to be kicked out of office and dismiss the suit against them as a “witch-hunt”. Not many defendants are Donald Trump.
On the first day of a civil fraud case that could decide the future of his business career, Trump cut an angry, uncomfortable figure. “This is a judge that should be out of office,” he told reporters as the court broke for lunch. “This is a judge that some people say could be charged criminally for what he’s doing.”
In court, in a navy suit and light blue tie, Trump was a quieter presence. Hunched at times and conferring with his lawyers, he mostly listened quietly as lawyers for the New York attorney general outlined their case.
His lawyers fucked up and the judge, not a jury, gets to decide liability. Really stupid to attack the person in charge of the ultimate outcome of your case.
Source?
Iirc liability and damages usually go to the jury and there’s only very specific circumstances based in law where the judge can take over liability, so that might be really interesting.
His lawyers forgot to ask for one. There were a dozen articles floating around this morning about it.
I’ve joked before that he’s doing this as part of his plan to appeal based on the judge not being impartial. I… I think I meant it as a joke. I mean he would need to be actually that fucking stupid. The lawyers that he can still afford and hasn’t pissed off would need to be fucking stupid too… why am I worried this will actually happen. I hate this timeline.
For the record, I don’t think he can actually afford his lawyers anymore. Pretty sure these were just the ones dumb enough to not ask for money up front.
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Since the other commenter didn’t link a source, here is one: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-no-jury-bench-trial-ny-fraud-case-paperwork-2023-10
And another: https://news.yahoo.com/mind-blowing-legal-experts-warn-171808012.html?guccounter=1
And another: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/10/02/trump-gripes-its-unfair-he-doesnt-have-a-jury-but-he-never-asked-for-one-in-ny-fraud-case/?sh=66989b085172
And another: https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-new-york-civil-trial-jury-judge