Jesse Dollemore: ‘Shameless Republicans Go To Court With Donald Trump & PUBLICLY KISS HIS ASS Outside!!!’

Source:Jesse Dollemore talking about Senate MAGA’s loyalty for their Dear Leader Donald J. Trump.

Source:The New Democrat

“Jesse talks about the cult-like devotion of sycophantic clingers-on to Donald Trump’s coattails in hopes of getting a prominent role in his potential next administration. JD Vance and Tommy Tuberville both showed up to be with Trump in court yesterday and were then directed by the maniacal Trump to attack the very people he is forbidden from speaking about because of the gag order that has been imposed by the court.”

From Jesse Dollemore

My colleague Fred Schneider earlier today got into why Donald J. Trump’s wife Melania, has been absent from her own husband’s criminal trial. This is his theory, that’s back up by one of Melania’ former longtime assistants, both in New York and in Washington. 

“But, as Melania’s own former aid Stephanie Winston Wolkoff told CNN anchor Jake Tapper and SW Wolkoff does know Melania very well, I mean she worked for her in New York and at The White House, her marriage with Donald is transactional.

Every relationship that Donald J. Trump has ever had has been transactional. So why would the relationship with his youngish and still very youngish looking, gorgeous, babydoll wife, whose still better looking than his daughters, be any different? She’s with Donald as long as that’s good for her.

Melania has been taking a beating at her husband’s criminal trial so far. It’s not just his affair with Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) that’s now public, but the details of it. But not only that, how her husband paid her off. But add to that, she didn’t seem concern by it and was behind the strategy as far as how the Trump Campaign would play the voters in the media about the Access Hollywood tape back in October, 2016.

If Melania Trump is the loving wife who stands by her man, you would think she would make a public appearance at her own criminal defendant husband’s criminal trial. If for no other reason to get the media and voters to believe that she stands by her man. Even if she actually thinks he’s guilty as hell publicly. Unless of course she believes the case against him and perhaps even knows her husband is guilty. And is staying away from him sort of as marital retribution.”

From The New Democrat

I think the best way to look at Donald Trump’s family, his kids, his children-in-laws, his own, damn, wife, Melania, and their lack of support for their father, father-in-law, and even husband, is to look at the Trump Family in of itself.

I’m not an expert on the Trump Family. Also in the news: I’m not an astronaut, who moonlights as a brain surgeon on the weekends. But only when I’m on vacation as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. In other words: I’m not George Santos. And what I mean by this is that I don’t have any personal, insider, knowledge, about the Trump Family. I like most Americans whose interested in American politics and current affairs, have to rely on the actual insiders to sort of make my own conclusions about these stories.

And I’m telling you this also because looking at this family from the outside, they’re not a family in the traditional, biological, and marital sense. They’re a national, real-life, American, realty TV show, that’s business and financially driven. The old cliche: “What have you done for me lately” is pretty much what this family lives by, regardless of the person’s biological or marital relationship with them. I think that’s obvious from what we’ve seen and heard about them the last 9 years now.

I think the simplest answer to why Donald Trump’s own kids, his son-in-law, his daughter-in-law, soon to be daughter-in-law, (unless Junior Mint ends up in jail, rehab, or broke himself) his own damn wife, have not shown up to support a man they claim to publicly love, is because they know the case against them, perhaps believe it, and don’t feel like they can afford to be seen supporting a big loser in public. Because that would be bad for their brand. Which is really, along with their money, the only thing that the Trump’s actually care about. At least in private.

As far as Senate MAGA, (as I call Senate MAGA Republicans) other than Crazy Marg, also known as Moscow Marg, (who some people call Marjorie Taylor Greene) these senators are the only Republican members of Congress to show any official support for their Dear Leader Defendant Don, at the Manhattan courthouse. I guess Speaker Mike Johnson made a half-ass (to be be frank) appearance for Defendant Don today. But he didn’t actually go into the courtroom itself.

If all of us are the people we associate with, Donald J. Trump is getting exactly who he deserves and is exactly who he deserves to be. Which is a man whose surrounded by professional boot-lickers, who are simply trying to get something from him and raise their profiles.

Jake Tapper: Melania Trump’s Ex-Aide Reacts To Absence of Former First lady During NY Hush Money Trial

Source:CNN talking about former First Lady of the United States & Defendant Don’s wife, Melania Trump.

Source:The New Democrat

“Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former senior adviser to Melania Trump, tells CNN’s Jake Tapper why she doesn’t think the former first lady will accompany her husband to court.”

From CNN

Generally when high profile people become criminal defendants and are on trial, they have the support of their families. Their spouses, their children, their children-in-laws, their close friends. Even O..J. Simpson had that with his kids in the mid 1990s in Los Angeles and even freakin Italian Mafia boss John Gotti, who either ordered the hits on multiple people, or personally murdered people himself, and did both like with the Paul Castellano hit back in 1985, he had the support of his wife and kids when he was on trial in New York in 1992..

But like with every rule in life, there are exceptions to every rule. Just look at the MAGA political playbook:

Adultery is a bad thing. Except when Donald Trump does it.

Pornography is a bad thing. Except when Donald Trump does it.

Lying is wrong. Except when Donald Trump does it.

The rule of law is a great American value that we should always cherish. Except when it threatens Donald Trump’s personal freedom and political career.

Rules are meant to be broken, when Donald Trump breaks them.

And perhaps the most interesting exception here: wives stand by their criminal defendant husbands, except when they don’t believe them.

I’m not going to claim that I know Melania Trump well, or even personally. Very few people do. She gives new meaning to the term human confidential. (Actually, I think I just invented that term) She’s one of the most private people in the world.

But, as Melania’s own former aid Stephanie Winston Wolkoff told CNN anchor Jake Tapper and SW Wolkoff does know Melania very well, I mean she worked for her in New York and at The White House, her marriage with Donald is transactional.

Every relationship that Donald J. Trump has ever had has been transactional. So why would the relationship with his youngish and still very youngish looking, gorgeous, babydoll wife, whose still better looking than his daughters, be any different? She’s with Donald as long as that’s good for her.

Melania has been taking a beating at her husband’s criminal trial so far. It’s not just his affair with Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) that’s now public, but the details of it. But not only that, how her husband paid her off. But add to that, she didn’t seem concern by it and was behind the strategy as far as how the Trump Campaign would play the voters in the media about the Access Hollywood tape back in October, 2016.

If Melania Trump is the loving wife who stands by her man, you would think she would make a public appearance at her own criminal defendant husband’s criminal trial. If for no other reason to get the media and voters to believe that she stands by her man. Even if she actually thinks he’s guilty as hell privately. Unless of course she believes the case against him and perhaps even knows her husband is guilty. And is staying away from him sort of as marital retribution.

Ben Meieselas: ‘Donald Trump’s Body SHUTS DOWN As Michael Cohen TESTIFIES At Trial’

Source:Meidas Touch– left to right: Defendant Don & his lawyer Susan Necheles. 

“MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump knocking out and falling asleep during the key moment at his criminal trial when Michael Cohen is testifying.” 

From the Meidas Touch

As my colleague Fred Schneider mentioned earlier today: 

“Conway is arguing that Will Scharf was arguing that unless Donald J. Trump personally ordered Michael Cohen and company to cover up his Stormy affair (pun intended) with Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) and personally ordered Michael Cohen to pay her and Karen McDougal off in October, 2016, that there’s no crime here.

But what Scharf and company are missing here is that Donald Trump didn’t have to personally dream up this scheme to prevent the American voters from finding out about this affair before the 2016 presidential election. He just had to be aware of it, had to personally sign off on on it, and the personally paid her off with his own money.” 

From The New Democrat

If you are following the recent media reports about Michael Cohen’s relationship between Donald J. Trump and his Trump Organization, you would thunk it was a good episode of Married With Children. (For anyone who sees this whose old enough to remember the 1980s and 90s) Where it looks like the two adults in the family just flat-out hate each other. I don’t doubt they hate each other now. But if you look and listen to Michael Cohen’s testimony today, he was as loyal to Mr. Trump (or The Boss) before he went to prison for him in 2019. 

Cohen doesn’t come off as a scorned witness, who was screwed over by the defendant and now see this as his opportunity to screw over the man he went to prison for. He was simply there to tell the jury what his role was when he worked for Donald J. Trump at Trump Organization.

Cohen was Mr’s Trump’s fixer, his hatchet man who made problems for Mr. Trump go away. That’s what his role was in October, 2016 when the Stormy affair (pun intended) involving Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) broke.

Cohen’s job in coordination with David Pecker, was to make that story go way. And according to Michael Cohen under The Boss’s orders. To paraphrase Hope Hicks: Michael Cohen wasn’t a freelancer for Donald Trump. He took orders from The Boss. And the Stormy affair is just one example of that. And apparently this job made Cohen feel very powerful for 10 years. 

As far as Donald J. Trump’s family not being in Manhattan to support their father: actually, not even his son-in-law, not even his daughter-in-law, (who I guess is to busy bankrupting the Republican National Committee, to be in town to support her father-in-law) not even his future daughter-in-law, Kimberly Guilfoyle, hell, not even his own damn wife Melania, (who took a verbal beating from Michael Cohen today) or his two adult sons and his two daughters were in court today to show their personal support for their father, father-in-law, future father-in-law, and husband. What a family. Or should I say: what a business empire? All he has now are his MAGA men and sometimes MAGA women.

As far as Donald J. Trump falling asleep in court: you know, it wasn’t The New Democrat who nicknamed him “Sleepy Don”. There were stories when he was President of the United States where he would show up to work at The White House at around 11AM or noon, and leave around 4 or 5PM. And if I’m a juror, and I’m giving up 4 weeks of my life to sit and judge this man at his criminal trial, I would think he could be decent enough to do the same thing for me. Sleepy Don can’t look good in front of the jury.

You can also see this post on Blogger.

CNN: ‘Nonsense’: George Conway Reacts To Attorney Who Said Donald Trump Did Nothing Wrong

Source:CNN– left to right: Defendant Don legal spinmeister Will Scharf & Donald Trump hater George Conway. 

Source:The New Democrat

“Conservative lawyer George Conway reacts to Trump attorney Will Scharf who argued the jury in the former president’s hush money trial should acquit Trump based on the evidence presented so far.”

From CNN

“Cohen, who was Trump’s lawyer and self-described “fixer,” is expected to face days of questioning over a payment that’s at the center of the charges against his former boss.

Michael Cohen — the most pivotal witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s historic criminal case against Donald Trump — testified Monday about the hush money deals he said he helped arrange at the direction of his former boss in order to benefit Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign — including burying what Cohen feared would be one woman’s “catastrophic” allegation if it ever became public.

Trump, Cohen said, desperately wanted to silence porn actress Stormy Daniels, whose claims of a 2006 sexual encounter the then-presidential candidate feared would be a “total disaster” for his campaign. “Women are going to hate me” if her story becomes public, Cohen quoted Trump as telling him.

In the witness box, Cohen was seated about 10 feet from Trump, whom he has repeatedly mocked on social media and in interviews, including since the start of the trial. Trump is not directly in Cohen’s line of sight — he had to stand up and lean over when asked to point Trump out to the jury…

From NBC News

I agree with George Conway here and I’ll explain why.

Conway is arguing that Will Scharf was arguing that unless Donald J. Trump personally ordered Michael Cohen and company to cover up his Stormy affair (pun intended) with Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) and personally ordered Michael Cohen to pay her and Karen McDougal off in October, 2016, that there’s no crime here.

But what Scharf and company are missing here is that Donald Trump didn’t have to personally dream up this scheme to prevent the American voters from finding out about this affair before the 2016 presidential election. He just had to be aware of it, had to personally sign off on on it, and the personally paid her off with his own money.

And we’ll see how the cross-examination goes this week or next week, but it looks like thanks to Michael Cohen, as well as all the phone calls, the business records, the previous witnesses who were part of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, as well as working for him at Trump Organization, as well his allies outside of Trump Org., and of course Stephanie Clifford’s testimony last week, that the Manhattan DA is well on their way now to proving their case against Donald J. Trump.

Ben Meiselas: ‘Donald Trump STORMS OUT OF TRIAL After Another BAD DAY’

Source:Meidas Touch with a look at Defendant Don’s Black Friday.

Source:The New Democrat

“MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump exiting trial like an unhinged maniac after another disastrous day in court.”

From the Meidas Touch

I’m not going to say I don’t mean to compare Donald J. Trump with let’s say your average Italian mobster in New York, whose finally facing accountability. First of all, Donald Trump is not Italian. 2nd of all, there’s no evidence he’s ever ordered the hit on anyone: “Yo, Vinnie, I need you to go take care of the guy with the thing at the place.” There’s no evidence of that, yet. But after he’s convicted, maybe that will be next. (I’m half-joking about that) And if I said: “I don’t mean to compare Donald J. Trump with an Italian mobster” I would be lying, because that’s basically what I’m doing here.

Imagine Italian Don John Gotti back in 1990-91, when the FBI and the Southern District of New York, as well as the NYPD, finally had the goods on him. And then imagine Gotti with Twitter. Or at least imagine the FBI or NYPD had John Gotti 100% bugged, regardless of wherever he went and whoever he ever talked too. That’s what listening to Donald J. Trump is like now.

Defendant Don privately knows he’s in a helluva lot of trouble. His own damn people are giving the Manhattan DA the goods on him. His own damn former lawyer Michael Cohen, might be the last link that gets him convicted, will be testifying against him next week. And there isn’t a damn thing that he can do about that. And if that’s not enough, if he’s convicted, especially with his behavior at this trial, Rikers Island could be where he ends up after conviction. I would probably be freaking out about this as well.

Anderson Cooper 360: ‘George Conway: Stormy Daniels’ Second Day of Cross-Examination a ‘Fiasco’ For Donald Trump’s Defense’

Source:CNN talking to New York lawyer George Conway about the Stormy testimony (pun intended) at Defendant Don’s Manhattan criminal trial.

Source:The New Democrat

“CNN’s Anderson Cooper speaks with conservative lawyer George Conway and a panel of experts about former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.”

From CNN

“If that story was untrue, I would have written it to be a lot better,” Daniels said of her encounter with Trump.”

From CNN

“Real men respond to testimony by being sworn in and taking the stand in court. Oh…wait. Nevermind.”

From Stormy Daniels

From what I wrote about this yesterday:

“I have to admit that I was hard on CNN legal analyst Laura Coates yesterday. (Not that I’m taking anything back) But she’s damn right today. Instead of Donald Trump’s lawyer making it about the fact that Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) simply wants to get back at their client, they’re back to making it about the affair that she had with her client and pretty much proving motive for the prosecution: They’re basically saying: “Who needs prosecutors when the defense can make their case for them?”

Trump and company knew Stephanie Clifford hates him and that they need to dispose of her before her story gets out before the 2016 election.They know she’s credible because the affair happened, etc. They basically just made the prosecution’s case for motive for them.

As far as Ryan Goodman’s commentary about how Mr. Trump’s lawyers would try to handle Stephanie Clifford: he called it perfectly last night. And you can see why Erin Burnett has him on her CNN show probably at least once a week now. Because he’s not there for partisan legal arguments, but to argue the facts and evidence of the law. He even said that Donald Trump has a solid case for appeal, before their cross-examination of Clifford today. But his lawyers just flushed that down the toilet.”

From The New Democrat

I think what we saw yesterday is the difference between how good, experience, professional, layers, handle direct-examination and cross-examination and how Donald Trump handles those things.

As most of the CNN legal analysts said, including George Conway said, (whose the unofficial President of Hate Donald Trump For America PAC) had Donald Trump’s lawyers just focused on Stephanie Clifford’s (also known as Stormy Daniels) hatred and the money that she’s made off of him, as well as the attention that she’s gotten from him because of their relationship, they probably could’ve ruined her credibility. Not just have won the day, but ruined her credibility.

But with Donald Trump, everything is about his own fictional, reality TV show. And when you work for him, he’s always the boss. It’s always his reputation and his favorites lies about him, this one being he never even met Stephanie Clifford, let alone had an affair with her, that he has to protect.

But also when you are Donald Trump and you are running your own show, you are basically the courtroom version of a Kamikaze pilot. You are the suicidal gunfighter, whose always has his loaded gun pointed at his foot. Except when he points his gun at his chest. It’s just one self-inflicted wound after another.

And because it was Donald Trump running the show yesterday for the defense, instead of his good, experienced, lawyer, Susan Necheles, they made Stephanie Clifford the star of the show yesterday, the player of the game. Because of instead of the defense going after her credibility, they basically just proved motive yesterday for the prosecution as far as why Donald Trump wanted to pay her off in October, 2016, which was to protect his presidential campaign.

Michael Popok: ‘DAMNING Evidence SINKS Donald Trump in Criminal Trial’

Source:Meidas Touch talking about Defendant Don’s Manhattan trial.

Source:The New Democrat

“It’s the CHECKS and documents that will lead to Trump’s likely conviction NOT THE SEX, as cringe inducing and sex crimes related, as that testimony was. Michael Popok explains how it will be the faceless Trump accounts payable manager, Trump comptroller and yes his former lawyer Michael Cohen who the jury will rely on to convict, NOT Stormy Daniels.”

From the Meidas Touch

As my colleague Fred Schneider talked about relating to the motive of this case earlier today:

“I have to admit that I was hard on CNN legal analyst Laura Coates yesterday. (Not that I’m taking anything back) But she’s damn right today. Instead of Donald Trump’s lawyer making it about the fact that Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) simply wants to get back at their client, they’re back to making it about the affair that she had with her client and pretty much proving motive for the prosecution: They’re basically saying: “Who needs prosecutors when the defense can make their case for them?”

Trump and company knew Stephanie Clifford hates him and that they need to dispose of her before her story gets out before the 2016 election.They know she’s credible because the affair happened, etc. They basically just made the prosecution’s case for motive for them.

As far as Ryan Goodman’s commentary about how Mr. Trump’s lawyers would try to handle Stephanie Clifford: he called it perfectly last night. And you can see why Erin Burnett has him on her CNN show probably at least once a week now. Because he’s not there for partisan legal arguments, but to argue the facts and evidence of the law. He even said that Donald Trump has a solid case for appeal, before their cross-examination of Clifford today. But his lawyers just flushed that down the toilet.”

From The New Democrat

I was hoping to see perhaps the documents showing that Donald J. Trump signed off, approved, and was aware of why the payments to Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) and Karen McDougal were made and why they were made. But I haven’t seen that yet.

As Fred already mentioned, the Manhattan District Attorney already has the motive for why these payments were being made. Donald Trump wasn’t being extorted. I’m willing to bet Stephanie Clifford didn’t want him to be President of the United States even in 2016. But that’s not the point. The fact is she has factual evidence against him that she could use against him, if he didn’t pay her off. We know that now her testimony, as well as his own people testifying that as well, plus the checks that mer made to her and Michael Cohen.

But what the Manhattan DA needs now to win their case and convict Donald Trump of 2 felonies here in New York, are the documents, as well as at least one credible witness that tells us that he not only signed off on the payments, agreed to them, personally paid them, and did these things to protect his 2016 presidential campaign. And I think we’re still at 1st or 2nd in goal at the 3 or 5 yard line (to use a football analogy) of getting the ball into the end zone and convicting this man of election fraud.

CNN: Ex-Prosecutor Says Donald Trump Lawyer’s Questions to Stormy Daniels May Backfire

Source:CNN– left to right: Defendant Don & his Stormy problem.

Source:The New Democrat

“CNN panel breaks down the cross-examination of Stormy Daniels, who is testifying in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial.”

From CNN

“New York University law professor Ryan Goodman on Wednesday explained how an expected change in tactics from Donald Trump’s legal team in his hush money trial could ultimately backfire on the former president.

CNN’s Erin Burnett noted how Trump’s attorneys are reportedly considering conducting a more intense and thorough cross-examination of porn actor Stormy Daniels when the trial resumes Thursday.

“I think it backfires, especially if by going after Stormy Daniels in order to protect Trump’s ‘reputation’” in the public eye, Goodman predicted of Trump’s defense team grilling his former paramour.

Firstly, Goodman said it could see Daniels testifying “more and more about the details as to why she now is saying that she felt uncomfortable in the situation and some of the testimony that she gave is towards the end of the spectrum of nonconsensual sexual encounter.”

The more that Trump’s lawyers elicit from Daniels “could actually be worse for him,” he said.

Secondly, Trump’s team may “actually have a basis to appeal” but that could be nixed if they go too hard on Daniels, said Goodman. A call for a mistrial because of “salacious” and prejudicial information from Daniels will be void because they “will actually be eliciting it, potentially, so that also might undermine their ability to use that as a basis to appeal the final judgment,” he added.”

From Yahoo News

“‘It backfires’: Law professor shows how Trump’s latest move ‘undermines’ his case”

Source:M.L. Nestel– CNN OutFront With Erin Burnett.

From M.L. Nestel

As I said about this yesterday:

“Arthur Aidala whose a defense attorney from Brooklyn, whose been arguing for three weeks now, that there’s no crime here, was the only lawyer arguing that Manhattan had to call Stephanie Clifford up, because without her, you have no motive. And the defense could just argue that Donald Trump was being extorted by Stephanie Clifford and company.

Again, details matter. Maybe they could’ve brought her up after Michael Cohen, but hopefully not closed with her. But without a real reason for the hush money, as well as proving that Donald Trump knew about these payments and signed off on then and they were about protecting his 2016 presidential campaign, the Manhattan District Attorney has no case.

This jury now knows that Donald Trump had an affair with Stephanie Clifford exactly when she said they did. And they’re damn close to knowing and probably are already assuming, that he paid her off in 2016, to protect his presidential campaign. Which would make him guilty of 2 campaign finance felonies in New York: An illegal campaign contribution to his own campaign and failure to disclose that campaign contribution.”

From The New Democrat

I have to admit that I was hard on CNN legal analyst Laura Coates yesterday. (Not that I’m taking anything back) But she’s damn right today. Instead of Donald Trump’s lawyer making it about the fact that Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) simply wants to get back at their client, they’re back to making it about the affair that she had with her client and pretty much proving motive for the prosecution: They’re basically saying: “Who needs prosecutors when the defense can make their case for them?”

Trump and company knew Stephanie Clifford hates him and that they need to dispose of her before her story gets out before the 2016 election.They know she’s credible because the affair happened, etc. They basically just made the prosecution’s case for motive for them.

As far as Ryan Goodman’s commentary about how Mr. Trump’s lawyers would try to handle Stephanie Clifford: he called it perfectly last night. And you can see why Erin Burnett has him on her CNN show probably at least once a week now. Because he’s not there for partisan legal arguments, but to argue the facts and evidence of the law. He even said that Donald Trump has a solid case for appeal, before their cross-examination of Clifford today. But his lawyers just flushed that down the toilet.

The Bulwark: Tim Miller & Adam Kinzinger: ‘LITERAL BRAIN WORMS! RFK Jr. is a Weird, Weird Man’

Source:The Bulwark with Tim Miller & Adam Kinzinger talking about RFK JR’s brain damage.

Source:The New Democrat

“The ex-POTUS who claims he was taken down by the deep state is looking even smaller in court, getting scolded by the judge and sitting through testimony about how he and Melania don’t sleep in the same bed. Plus, RFK Jr.’s brain worm, winning over the still-going Haley voters, and the plan to ban porn. Adam Kinzinger joins Tim Miller.”

From The Bulwark

As Fred Schneider wrote about Robert F. Kennedy JR back in March:

“As an at best Independent Democrat at this point, whose not in love with the Democratic Party politically, or really anything else, for that matter, I would love to see Robert F. Kennedy JR. run for President as a Libertarian. Why? Because it would just confirm what I, what this blog, and what a lot of other Democrats believe about RFK JR. that he’s simply a MAGA man, who at the very least doesn’t want Joe Biden to be reelected and perhaps even wants Donald Trump back in The White House, where all their MAGA conspiracy theories and avenues to financially profit for them, would open up.”

From The New Democrat 

As Fred Schneider wrote about Robert F. Kennedy JR. in April:

“As far as RFK JR. telling CNN anchor Erin Burnett, who I’m a fan of and think she does a great job and is an excellent interviewer and really doesn’t take any junk (to put it mildly) from her guests, once again Bob JR. is just trying to blame President Biden for something that he can’t even try to defend.”

From The New Democrat

There are 3 things that I want to get into here.

About, damn, time, The White House led by President Joe Biden, just took straight on antisemitism in America. They didn’t blame it on the far-right or the far-left. But they also didn’t have to. They also didn’t play what about:

“Oh, yeah, what about the discrimination against Arabs and Muslims?” Which is what you generally get from White Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. But she used to work for the left-wing political action group MoveOn. So what do you expect?

As far as the Stephanie Clifford’s (also known as Stormy Daniels) testimony yesterday as far as how it effects the presidential election:

I think most Americans think at least when they’re being honest, (even if it’s just with themselves) who are pretty familiar with Donald J. Trump, think the man is a slime-ball. But MAGA doesn’t care, because maybe they’re slime-balls as well and maybe he’s just a slime-ball with people they don’t like. (According to them)

But, you still have maybe 1-5 Republicans who don’t want to vote for Donald Trump again. And who don’t want to vote Joe Biden either. We’re seeing that again with the Indiana primary last night where 1-5 Republicans voted for Nikki Haley, whose not even running for President anymore. But maybe they’re thinking now, Donald Trump is simply too bad of a man, who doesn’t care about anyone other than himself, and they simply don’t want him back in The White House again.

As far as Robert F. Kennedy JR: The New Democrat has been pretty clear about him from the beginning. He’s a better looking, more intelligent, perhaps healthier, younger (even though he’s 70 years old) Donald Trump. But now we know he also has brain damage, which explains his braindead presidential campaign. (Pun intended) And maybe he’s looking for a way to get out of this election, because he’s now seeing polling that his campaign is hurting Donald Trump. Which he doesn’t want and is looking for a way to get out of this, before he hurts Trump even more.

Michael Smerconish Takes On The Stormy Testimony

Source:Michael Smerconish talking about Defendant Don’t Stormy day. If you are going to cheat on your wife, while she’s pregnant with your son, why not with a porn chick?You can see why he never wanted this story to ever go out, especially during his political career.

Source:The New Democrat

“Devil in the Details”

From Michael Smerconish

“Adult film star Stormy Daniels dished out salacious details of her alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump in 2006 from the witness stand on Tuesday, describing how they met at a celebrity golf tournament and what she says happened when she went to Trump’s Lake Tahoe hotel room.

In a mostly casual and conversational tone, Daniels recounted details from the floors and furniture in Trump’s hotel room to the contents of his toiletry kit in the bathroom. At one point in court, Daniels threw back her arm and lifted her leg in the witness box to re-create the moment she says Trump posed on his hotel bed for her, stripped down to his undergarments.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference held at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on February 08, 2024… 

From CNN

From what I wrote about this yesterday:

“Now that the Manhattan District Attorney is at let’s say the 5 yard line (to use a football reference) as far as establishing that Donald Trump not only knew about the payments to Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) and Karen McDougal, but why they were made, the prosecution now wants to establish the affairs actually happened as well. So the defense can’t argue that their client was being extorted…

From The New Democrat

As my colleague Kire Schneider wrote yesterday: 

“If you are familiar with the phrase details matter: well, you should be because they do. You don’t just have Stephanie Clifford on the witness stand that she had an affair with Mr. Trump, or that she banged him (to be frank) but you have her up there talking about exactly how they met and what they did that night according to her.

Stephanie Clifford gave the jury deep details about how Mr. Trump and one of his assistants got her up to his suite and that he wanted (my words) like the 16 year old guy whose never got any before, trying to impress the hot girl in school, by trying to look like Hugh Hefner with his white robe. With her basically telling him that he looked ridiculous and asking him to put a shirt on. As well as her asking him…

From The New Democrat

I just wanted to talk about the CNN commentary from last night first and then I’ll get into Michael Smerconish’s take on this, which isn’t mush different from what they were saying.

If you include the anchor Anderson Cooper, they had 8 people on his main panel:

Laura Coates, Kaitlan Collins, Ellie Honig, John Berman, Abbie Phillip, Jeffrey Toobin, and Arthur Aidala. Coates, Honig, Toobin, and Aidala, are all lawyers.

Of the eight panelists and the 3 lawyers on the panel, only Arthur Aidala was arguing that the prosecution should even bring Stephanie Clifford (also known as Stormy Daniels) to the witness stand.

Laura Coates was saying: “I don’t know if you either bring her up at all. Maybe in the beginning of the case. And go to the documents and the document witnesses after.” Right, start this case off with the porn chick and leave the jury with her as their first impression of this case.

Arthur Aidala whose a defense attorney from Brooklyn, whose been arguing for three weeks now, that there’s no crime here, was the only lawyer arguing that Manhattan had to call Stephanie Clifford up, because without her, you have no motive. And the defense could just argue that Donald Trump was being extorted by Stephanie Clifford and company.

Again, details matter. Maybe they could’ve brought her up after Michael Cohen, but hopefully not closed with her. But without a real reason for the hush money, as well as proving that Donald Trump knew about these payments and signed off on then and they were about protecting his 2016 presidential campaign, the Manhattan District Attorney has no case.

This jury now knows that Donald Trump had an affair with Stephanie Clifford exactly when she said they did. And their damn close to knowing and probably are already assuming, that he paid her off in 2016, to protect his presidential campaign. Which would make him guilty of 2 campaign finance felonies in New York: An illegal campaign contribution to his own campaign and failure to disclose that campaign contribution.

And to what Michael Smerconish was saying here: ( Mr. Independent, straight down the middle commentator) He was basically just backing up what CNN was saying last night. With his sidekick CC there saying: “Don’t details matter? Doesn’t the jury need to know about the affair and why the payments were made?” Basically contradicting her boss on his radio show.