Former Department of Justice prosecutor Kenneth McCallion, who handled many racketeering cases in New York City, was interviewed by Chauncey Devega at Salon.com on the convicted felon Malignant Loser's hush money / election interference case. McCallion on Malignant Loser's interference in his lawyers' strategy:
"Trump did not let his attorneys do their job. They were reasonably good attorneys. Trump was micromanaging the defense. For example, they were not very rigorous in their cross-examination of David Pecker — Trump directed them to do that. Trump wanted his attorney to go hard on Michael Cohen. But that was not the best choice given there was lots of corroborating evidence for his claims.' (our emphasis)
McCallion on the Malignant Loser's big talk about testifying in his own behalf:
"An obvious example would be Trump announcing to the world that he was going to testify in his own defense. Then when push came to shove, Trump sat there silently in the courtroom and did not testify. He did not defend himself. Trump is like a common schoolyard bully. When they are confronted, they wilt. Trump put up a strong tough guy facade for a while, but at the end of the trial he looked like a deflated balloon, more accurately a deflated buffoon. I do not believe that Donald Trump is going to seriously recover from the blow of being found guilty and now being a convicted felon. Trump cannot accept it psychologically. He lives in an alternative universe that is very different from the one the rest of us live in." (our emphasis)
From the first quote, it's been speculated that the Malignant Loser's lawyers were directed not to cross-examine David Pecker more rigorously because Pecker has dirt on him from his days as a private citizen (e.g., connections with one or more crime families in New York). So they went easy on him.
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All good points. Except for the fact his fund raising has gone through the roof and the base is more enraged every day. by the time the convention is finished, he'll be the voice of reason, trying talk the base down from simply all descending on Washington and taking the White House.
Speaking of the convention, Milwaukee is an odd choice. It is about as progressive a city you'd find in America with a decidedly African American population so that week is going to be a powderkeg. Wisconsin rethugs seem to want a 5 mile exclusion zone around downtown and most of the meet and greets are going to be in Waukesha. A city about 10 miles west of Milwaukee that is as red as anywhere in Wisconsin. The summer is going to be interesting to say the least.
seafury -- Milwaukee?? We heard the convention was in Ho Chi Minh City --
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-trolled-ho-chi-minh-city-image-milwaukee-democrats-1908444
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