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Trump 'Rehearsed' His Unhinged Fraud Trial Rant for Days Before the Judge Shut Him Up (www.rollingstone.com)

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Closing arguments in New York’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump took place on Thursday, and despite having been officially barred from personally delivering his defense’s closing statements, the former president launched into an unauthorized rant before the court and Judge Arthur Engoron.

Sources told Rolling Stone that Trump had been rehearsing what he thought would be a blistering, dramatic conclusion to the case that will determine the fate of his business empire.

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Based on what the two sources relay to Rolling Stone this week, it appears Engoron’s assumption that Trump would use the forum to rave about his own grievances was right on the money. The former president’s private “rehearsing” of what he planned to say included haranguing the judge’s staff, railing against the New York attorney general as “racist” and soft on crime, claiming that the trial was an example of the Democratic Party and Biden administration supposedly trying to “rig” the 2024 election, and gratuitously boasting of the values of his sprawling business and real-estate empire, among other jabs and bluster.

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

Can the judge wait until after the trial is over and then jail him for contempt, or does it have to be right after the action?

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 30 points 10 months ago

Actually, a bit of both.

There was an initial order that the judge issued that laid out how the trial was going to go. This order would have things that Trump was required to do, or things that he was prohibited from doing. (that part is rare in pre-trial orders) Anyway, the prosecutor can look at that order, and make a motion to hold Trump in contempt if Trump violated it.

That contempt charge would then be added onto the final order, the one that's likely to completely dissolve the Trump organization. Jail time in such a contempt is usually issued as "suspended" meaning that it's ordered, but if the person doesn't fuck up for a period, and obeys the final order, then they don't actually have to go to jail.

The other type of contempt is when Trump disregards the Judge while in the courtroom. And that one is a straight to jail type thing. The judge here might be brave enough to do it. Or mad enough.

After all, Trump's followers have made bomb threats to this judge's home. That makes people a tich mad.

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Jail time in such a contempt is usually issued as "suspended" meaning that it's ordered, but if the person doesn't fuck up for a period, and obeys the final order, then they don't actually have to go to jail.

So all Trump would need to do would be good and not act up?

He's going to prison!

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

That’s very informative, thank you!

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Excellent summation

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