He testified for under three minutes. But former President Donald Trump still broke a judge’s rules on what he could tell a jury about writer E. Jean Carroll’s sexual assault and defamation allegations, and he left the courtroom Thursday bristling to the spectators: “This is not America.”
Testifying in his own defense in the defamation trial, Trump didn’t look at the jury during his short, heavily negotiated stint on the witness stand. Because of the complex legal context of the case, the judge limited his lawyers to asking a handful of short questions, each of which could be answered yes or no — such as whether he’d made his negative statements in response to an accusation and didn’t intend anyone to harm Carroll.
But Trump nudged past those limits.
… he left the courtroom Thursday bristling to the spectators: “This is not America.”
Sir, this is consequences.
“She said something that I considered to be a false accusation,” he said, later adding: “I just wanted to defend myself, my family and, frankly, the presidency.”
You sexually assaulted her in 1996 you dumb sack of shit. It was two full decades before you fell ass backwards into the Oval office. This has nothing to do with the presidency. It’s about you and your crimes.
Please have my upvote. Excellently stated. Thank you.
You’re missing it.
He’s claiming the presidency he experienced changes/colors/empowers his current actions.
To him, a president or former president should never be on trial for this. To him a president had ascended from crimes of the flesh.
I am all for this as a policy as long as Obama promises to murder him.
Really, it should be Hilary, but life’s not always fair.
I also wouldn’t mind Biden shooting him. Maybe the Republicans then change their minds about gun controll.
Enough Malarkey
Does that mean we can charge him with crimes of the spirit? Heresy or purity charges, anyone?
Love how the artist makes him look like Steve Ditko’s version of Hammerhead from the old Spider-Man comics lol.
Except Hammerhead had amazingly shiny and strong hair, this drawing shows Donny’s thin and weak hair in the style of Hammerhead but too weak to hold up against a weak wind without hair gel.
When Trump is barred, go 3rd party to end the MIC
TBH I would have just let him keep talking. It would be great for the case against him.
He’s not allowed to lie to the jury.
lmao Perjury is consistently among his criminal charges whether state or federal.
That’s just because of all the perjury traps
Edit: lmao, didn’t think I needed an /s on that one
That would have led to a mistrial, and further served to delay justice. What Judge Kaplan did was absolutely the right thing, and in the best interest of all parties involved.
