mobby_6kl posted:

There's no prosecution, it's a civil defamation trial

jokes posted:

I love that she thinks she's being his lawyer-lawyer and this is the Trial Of The Century, and not just trying to mitigate how much money he has to pay.

Also, I'm about 1000x certain he's not going to pay these damages and the sheriff isn't going to knock on his door or whatever lol

Nocheez posted:

My brain is malfunctioning looking for the right word. Claimant?

Nocheez posted:

My brain is malfunctioning looking for the right word. Claimant?

MoatsArt posted:

Question, will trump be allowed to storm out of the trial to rage tweet during his many upcoming criminal trials?

Aramis posted:

"What can be more on brand for Donald Trump than malice" is a really good loving line.

Data Graham posted:

So the jury has to sit there and sift through all of the objections they've heard and whether they were sustained or overruled, to decide whether or not they can think about them during deliberations? Who could possibly keep all of them straight

Data Graham posted:

So the jury has to sit there and sift through all of the objections they've heard and whether they were sustained or overruled, to decide whether or not they can think about them during deliberations? Who could possibly keep all of them straight

Aramis posted:

"What could be more on brand for Donald Trump than malice" is a really good loving line.

Data Graham posted:

So the jury has to sit there and sift through all of the objections they've heard and whether they were sustained or overruled, to decide whether or not they can think about them during deliberations? Who could possibly keep all of them straight

kazil posted:

NoiseAnnoys posted:

between this and the other trial how could he possibly hide them or refuse to do it?

jokes posted:

I love that she thinks she's being his lawyer-lawyer and this is the Trial Of The Century, and not just trying to mitigate how much money he has to pay.

Also, I'm about 1000x certain he's not going to pay these damages and the sheriff isn't going to knock on his door or whatever lol

kazil posted:

lol found another one

Vire posted:

lol sidebar during closing statements and rebuttals.

Vire posted:

lol sidebar during closing statements and rebuttals.

withak posted:

I how much of Habba & Trump's antics are getting through to the jury? Like what a juror who has never been at a trial before and just knows Trump as the rich guy from TV who lost the last election is thinking during all of this.

jokes posted:

It's actually quite difficult to collect a judgment if the defendant tries to avoid paying it. Send the sheriff to collect, garnish wages, levy bank accounts, there's lots of OPTIONS but this is Trump and a lot of legal poo poo is based on the honor code and he's going to try and delay it until after the election anyways. The penalty is usually like 5-10% interest a year or whatever for not paying and Trump doesn't give a gently caress about that

Lazyfire posted:

I've heard a lot of theories on why THE MARINES is a whole thing (not the sub-branch of the military, the culture around it). The one I buy into is that pretty much from the Spanish-American War to the invasion of Iraq the Marines were the first ones in, so they got the most stories about them which translated into books and movies being made about the Marines heroically facing enemy fire because holding a position long term is the Army's job and that poo poo is boring even if they get shot at more. So pop culture tells you that the REAL soldiers are the Marines and they are the elites and can't fail. Tom Lehrer had a song about them being the way the US projects force in the world and that view hasn't really changed in the last 60 years. "He was a Marine" or some variation of (usually "He IS a Marine, soldier!") is shorthand for a character being a badass. There are several movie series where the entire concept is a Marine does poo poo no one else could against the odds. Sniper, Shooter and the very on the nose The Marine all feature main characters who are just amazing because the Marines made them that way.

The idea is that the Marines are a special thing and so people who were in the Marines obsess about how cool it is that they were a Marine. I have a number of friends who were in the Army and Air Force and they're nowhere near as obsessed about having been in those branches. Not saying all Marines are like that, but I don't see stickers on the back windows of pickup trucks letting me know the owner was a Ranger or whatever.

Dell_Zincht posted:

This is so bad for Trump.

It rules.

NoiseAnnoys posted:

couldn’t caroll put a lien on some Trump properties especially if he has to liquidate assets to pay for other judgements?

jokes posted:

yeah, but which property? the one worth $2.5bn (or MORE)????

NoiseAnnoys posted:

lol if he has to sell Mar a largo and give carroll a chunk of the change, it’s going to actually kill him

Philthy posted:

I thought they were done with the jibba jabber yesterday and today was purely jury deliberating how many billions Trmp owes

Toxic Mental posted:

I’ve never read it, why were people opting for suicide?

kazil posted: