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Crime Donald Trump

Trump’s Refusal To Testify In E. Jean Carroll Trial Is An ENORMOUS Mistake: Legal Expert

The refusal of failed former president Donald Trump to appear or testify in the defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll is already looking like an enormous mistake, according to a legal expert.

Legal analyst and defense attorney Danny Cevallos was asked by MSNBC host Katy Tur:

“Let me ask you about what the defense started with, the CNN interview where she talks about not calling it rape because rape can be a fantasy for some people,” host Katy Tur cited. “Donald Trump was asked about this in his video deposition again, Donald Trump has not testified, but he did give a video deposition, and he said to that question.”

“She actually indicated that she loved it, okay?” Trump said. “I think she said it was sexy. Didn’t she said it was very sexy to be raped?”

“Oh, gosh, go through that for me, Danny,” Tur added. “What is he saying here? Is he admitting to this? How significant is that?”

Cevallos responded, “This is particularly devastating for Trump as a civil defendant here is that because we believe he’s choosing not to appear — assuming he does not appear. The plaintiff will be permitted to play that into evidence. He won’t be able to get on the stand and say: ‘This is taken out of context. What I meant is that’s what she’s saying. That’s her story.’ Which I’m sure is what he would say, were he on the stand. That’s the challenge people don’t realize. Depositions can make or break a case. If you say something out of context, that’s locked in granite and is going to come back to bite you.”

Since Trump says he won’t testify, he can’t rebut his previous comments about how he thought Carroll enjoyed being raped. The very fact that he said that in a sworn deposition suggests that he did indeed admit to the attack.

Of course, the other danger for Trump is that if he does show up and testify, he’s likely to lie like a rug and open himself up to perjury charges. He’s in a no-win situation because of his past bragging.

Big mouth Trump is about to pay one hell of a price for all of his bullshit.

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Crime Donald Trump Eric Trump

Eric Trump Just Put His Dad In Even Worse Legal Trouble

On Wednesday, Eric Trump managed to get his father, failed former president Donald Trump, in worse legal trouble than he was already facing with comments he made on social media in defiance of a judge overseeing the defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll against the ex-president.

During a court hearing in New York City, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned Trump attorney Joseph Tacopina that his client was “tampering with a new source of potential liability” and noted that he should advise the former president not to comment on the trial.

A few hours later, as the trial resumed after a lunch break, attorneys for Carroll informed Judge Kaplan that Eric Trump had also made postings on social media about the trial.

Here’s what Eric posted on Twitter:

“Jean Carroll’s legal battle against my father is allegedly being FUNDED by political activist Reid Hoffman (co-founder of Linkedin). A civil lawsuit, being funded by a billionaire, with no direct involvement in the case, out of pure hatred, spite or fear of a formidable candidate, is an embarrassment to our country, should be illegal, and tells you everything you need to know about the case at hand.”

That led Judge Kaplan to tell Tacopina that his client was “now sailing in harm’s way with his son,” adding, “If I was in your shoes, I’d be having a conversation with your client.”

The defamation trial continues today in New York.

 

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Abortion GOP U.S. Senate

WATCH: Woman Slams Ted Cruz For Lying About Abortion During Senate Hearing

A Senate hearing on abortion turned into a verbal dressing down of Texas Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, neither of whom showed up for the hearing, probably because they knew they’d be confronted and humiliated for their refusal to even consider that a woman has a right to an abortion.

Amanda Zurawski was the witness testifying, and she explained that she almost died after she had a medical emergency while pregnant and had to wait until she was on the verge of death before she was allowed to obtain an abortion in the Lone Star State.

“We’ve heard a lot today about the mental trauma and the negative, harmful effects on a person’s psychological well-being after they have an abortion, supposedly,” Zurawski said. “And I am curious why that is not relevant for me as well. Because I wasn’t permitted to have an abortion, and the trauma, and the PTSD, and the depression that I have dealt with in the eight months since this happened to me is paralyzing. On top of that, I am still struggling to have children.”

That horrific situation, Zurawski explained, was forced on her by those who try to make it more difficult for women to get an abortion.

“And I wanted to address my Sens. [Ted] Cruz and [John] Cornyn, neither of whom regrettably are not in the room right now. I would like for them to know that what happened to me, I think most people would agree, was horrific. But it is a direct result of the policies that they support. I nearly died on their watch. And furthermore, as a result of what happened to me, I may have been robbed of the opportunity to have children in the future. And it is because of the policies that they support.”

She concluded her testimony by saying there are other women just like her.

“What happened to me was horrible, but I am one of many. And quite frankly, I am lucky. I am lucky that I have a husband who could take me to the hospital, I don’t have other children that I had to worry about finding childcare for. I have a job that was understanding that allowed me to grieve for three days as I waited to almost die. What about all of the women that don’t have the same opportunities, that don’t have access to health care? They don’t have health insurance; they don’t have a partner? What about them?”

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Climate Change GOP U.S. Senate WTF?!

Ron Johnson: The US Doesn’t Have To Worry About Climate Change Because It’s ‘Not Like Africa’

When he’s not busy visiting Russia, making excuses for Vladimir Putin, or suggesting that Russia’s interference in the 2016 election was not a major threat to American democracy, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) also likes to pretend he’s an expert on matters of science.

Such was the case today during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on climate change at which economist Michael Greenstone testified on the health effects of increased global temperatures.

After Greenstone made his remarks, Johnson picked up one of the maps showing the increase in temperatures across the globe and remarked, “I actually found that chart of yours somewhat comforting for at least America. When you take a look at the mortality — which, these are all, again, projections. I don’t — I don’t put any stock in them at all…”

The senator then added:

“But by your own projections throughout the United States because of climate change, we’re actually going to have a reduced risk of mortality in the United States – and, um, wouldn’t that really tie in with what the study Lancet in 2021 said we suffer about 600,000 deaths due to heat every year but 4.5 million deaths because of cold? So, in terms of excess deaths, a warming globe is actually beneficial. In my own state, your study shows that we’d have a reduction in mortality of somewhere between 54 and 56 people per, I guess it’s a hundred thousand. Why wouldn’t we take comfort in that?”

Greenstone explained, “But if you look more carefully at that, there are large swaths of the country where the damages will be much larger and I —”

Johnson cut the witness off and commented, “But again, if you want to balance it out globally, if you’re trying to mitigate harm globally, isn’t it true that the number of deaths according to this Lancet study caused by heat are 600,000 per year and deaths caused by cold are 4.5 million annually. So the fact – in terms of world health, in terms of excess death, we’re actually in a better position by having the climate increase in temperature a little bit, right?”

A few minutes later, Johnson rattled off this: “According to your study, you’re very concerned if you’re in the really hot region of Africa, but in terms of the United States and most of Europe, we’re in pretty good shape. We’re all blue. We have reduced risk of death.”

To hell with those folks in Africa! At least we’re in good shape here in the U-S of A, huh, Ron?

Watch the video:

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Abortion GOP WTF?!

Lindsey Graham Has A Full-Scale Hissy Fit After CNN Host Fact-Checks Him On Abortion Laws

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham had pitched a massive hissy fit during an appearance on CNN Sunday morning when host Dana Bash dared to fact-check him on the issue of abortion and the laws regarding the procedure.

Appearing on “State of the Union,” Graham was discussing the usage of the Comstock Act to possibly ban the abortion drug mifepristone, which led Bash to ask if the senator agreed with Donald Trump that such matters should be decided by the states or if he thought former Vice President Mike Pence was right to suggest that abortion should be banned at the federal level.

Rather than respond, Graham threw mud, incorrectly suggesting the Democrats are in favor of “barbaric” abortions up until the very moment of birth, which led Bash to note, “Just for the record, Roe went up to viability.”

Graham got red in the face and raised his voice as he stated, “No! No! No! Quit covering for these guys! No, no, no! You’re media, you keep covering for these guys! They introduced legislation that allowed abortion on demand with taxpayer-funded [abortion] up to the moment of birth. That was their position in Washington! That’s the law they want to pass, and nobody in your business will talk about it!”

Bash retorted, “Senator. I’m not covering for anybody. You know that, and when I have Democrats on, I’ve asked many — all of them — about their position on where they believe this issue should be.”

“My question for you, sir, is about President Trump, who you’ve endorsed to be president again. Is he right in saying that this issue should be a state’s issue?”

Instead of replying to the question, Graham could only manage that was certain Trump iss opposed to later-term abortion, which had nothing to do with Bash’s question.

Here’s a suggesting for Sen. Graham: Since you can’t possibly have an abortion or give birth to anything but exaggeration and lies, let women and their doctors decide. The government has no role in family planning decisions.

Here’s the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZUseu-GGdg&t=355s