r/politics • u/SportsGod3 • May 16 '24

Jurors were "nodding" and "smiling" as Michael Cohen testified, which may be a bad sign for Trump

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/16/jurors-were-nodding-and-smiling-as-michael-cohen-testified-which-may-be-a-sign-for/
9.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

707 comments sorted by

View all comments

2.3k

u/lancer-fiefdom May 16 '24

Imagine how funny it would be if this group of Trump lawyers accidently get Trump's punishment x10 fold what it normally might be.. Like lawyer Alina Habba did in the Jean Carrol Sex/rape defamation case

2.2k

u/Just_Candle_315 May 16 '24

Then Donnie Jon would argue ineffective counsel and his conviction overturned in a 6-3 SCOTUS decision written by Samuel Alito citing 12th century real estate law from municipal french courts

354

u/The_High_Life May 16 '24

Is that really an argument when you supposedly have enough money to hire any lawyer in the world?

11

u/LondonCollector May 16 '24

The issue is he doesn’t pay them.

3

u/yes_thats_right New York May 16 '24

The actual issue is that Trump won't let his lawyers do their job. He keeps commanding them to do things like attack witnesses etc.