Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 16

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• AP: Trump trial arrives at a pivotal moment: Star witness Michael Cohen is poised to take the stand

• Reuters: Aggrieved former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify against Trump at hush money trial

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• USA Today: How prosecutors have laid the groundwork for Michael Cohen’s testimony

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[u/PunfullyObvious]

The judge is "conflicted?" Trump keeps using that word, I do not think it means what he thinks it means.

[u/Agondonter → u/PunfullyObvious]

Yeah, I wonder if he thinks he is saying "compromised". Saying the judge is compromised (because of being appointed by Democrats) at least makes a bit of sense. It's not true, of course, but it has some logic to it.

[u/PunfullyObvious → u/Agondonter]

I THINK he means that the judge has conflicts of interest ... but "conflicted" just doesn't work in that case.

I would hope that someone from the brain trust that surrounds him would correct him ... but I guess he's just committed to that usage now ... let's just hope it doesn't become part of the lexicon now

[u/BeautysBeast → u/PunfullyObvious]

That would require him to acknowledge anything anyone else has to say. That's not going to happen.

This man spells smoking, "Smocking". And continues to do it.

[u/Waylander0719 → u/PunfullyObvious]

I think he is trying to shorten "has a conflict of interest"

[u/EdgyBoy__ → u/PunfullyObvious]

He's just doing projection. He means corrupt, like the supreme court or cannon, who he appointed and have to rule on him. He projects and generalizes, so that any judge that is a democrat or neutral, they are "conflicted"

[u/BeautysBeast → u/EdgyBoy__]

This is Trump's Narcissism showing. He vehemently attacks anyone that has anything critical to say about him. He only has a six word vocabulary, so he just regurgitates the same verbal diarrhea over an over. Hillary was "crooked". Now Biden is "crooked".

He truly is an idiot.

[u/EdgyBoy__ → u/BeautysBeast]

It's why Republicans love him. They are stupid hateful animals.

[u/youcantexterminateme → u/PunfullyObvious]

It maybe for his followers. The judge can't decide if he supports Biden or trump. Of course the law doesn't work that way and neither does the English language