Judge Tanya Chutkan Praised by Legal Experts After She Issues Order for Trump to ‘Put Up or Shut Up’
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...df5eecf7759c8f&ei=53

The former president's proclivity to disregard court decorum while continually receiving gag orders highlights the critical necessity for a judge who can properly supervise and govern his behavior ensuring fair judicial processes. “Judge Chutkan will require Trump to disclose by Jan. 15 whether he intends to use an ‘advice of counsel’ defense in his Washington, D.C. trial — and to provide relevant documentation of that defense at the same time,” Politico’s Kyle Cheney wrote on Twitter, praising the Judge's stance.
Trump might argue that he is not guilty of the crimes he is accused of because he followed the "good faith" counsel of his attorneys. According to this new order by Judge Chutkan, he must have “made full disclosure of all material facts to his attorney before receiving the advice.” Judge Chutkan adds that if Trump asserts that defense, he must renounce attorney-client privilege and provide the court with any documents and evidence relating to his allegation, even any that contradict his claims.

“Very good development. Trump has to put up or shut up on this well in advance,” constitutional law professor and former Deputy Asst. Attorney General Harry Litman wrote about the order on Twitter. “Short point is that he doesn’t have the legal basis for asserting advice of counsel– and he’d have to waive privilege–so getting it out in the open early will preempt them from pulling fast ones,” Litman added.

Yeah, I don't think this judge is going to put up with the nonsensical behavior and statements that trump has made in the current New York state case. She will hammer him.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...df5eecf7759c8f&ei=67

“Full-blown circus”: Experts say Trump’s list of 127 defense witnesses won’t fly with the judge
Story by Areeba Shah • 17h

Trump's lawyers filed a list of 127 potential witnesses they may ask to take the stand in the trial, including many witnesses who have already testified.

“At the end of the day, particularly in a bench trial, Mr. Trump’s histrionics and chaos creation may help him politically, but not in court,” James Sample, a Hofstra University constitutional law professor, told Salon. “Witnesses who add genuine value are entirely appropriate. Witnesses whose testimony is irrelevant, duplicative or strictly political will likely be given an appropriately short leash.”

Throughout the trial, the Trump team's legal approach has revolved around prolonging the proceedings by repeatedly challenging the evidence presented by James and raising legal arguments that Engoron had already barred.

“The key is that the relevance of the testimony will be defined, importantly, not by what Mr. Trump thinks the law is or should be, but rather by New York law,” he added.

The fraud case is a bench trial and the only issues are about the properties being inflated, who caused them to be, who knew about it, and what harm was caused by the overvaluation, Rahmani explained. The judge isn’t going to allow more than a hundred witnesses to testify about irrelevant issues like Trump tried to on Monday, he added.

Apart from this lawsuit, Trump is a defendant in four separate criminal cases, two of which are linked to his efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election victory of Democrat Joe Biden. In these cases, Trump’s legal team has employed a similar strategy of dragging out the legal process in an attempt to delay his trials.

"Prolonging the trial with lots of witnesses may make for good political theater, but it won’t move the ball forward in the legal case,” Rahmani said. “Judge Engoron has done a poor job controlling his courtroom so far, and if he were to allow this, it would turn into a full-blown circus.”

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:
Yeah, I don't think this judge is going to put up with the nonsensical behavior and statements that trump has made in the current New York state case. She will hammer him.

The NY judge should have been hammering him for contempt of court. The piddling fines are a joke. Larger fines, jail time MIGHT get his attention.

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:
Yeah, I don't think this judge is going to put up with the nonsensical behavior and statements that trump has made in the current New York state case. She will hammer him.

The NY judge should have been hammering him for contempt of court. The piddling fines are a joke. Larger fines, jail time MIGHT get his attention.

100% correct. trump doesn't give a shit about any financial penalty. I bet a couple days in lock-up would get his attention.

Examine the phrase”contempt of court”. Trump has gotten away with blatant contempt of court repeatedly with essentially no consequences. He should be glad he hasn’t gone to jail.

TEE-HEE!!

yeah,,, tell us your strategy [snicker]
that's not how it works, the burden of proof is on the prosecutor.

As I understand it, that burden is still on the prosecution, but there is a whole treasure trove of evidence that is not accessible UNLESS Trump claims he was just relying on his attorney's advice.

When that happens, things shift because the attorney client privileges barrier can be penetrated. Then the depositions, and witness list changes.

It's a delay tactic.

Maybe some lawyer can explain it.