• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Yeah, from what I’ve seen of other trial lawyer defense & prosecutorial analysis, Trumps lawyer was just not good/ rusty.

      I also think the defense strategy was just not good.

      You can’t deny ‘everything’ in a case like this, you have to be really strategic about intent etc. Like if Trump had allowed themseves to be thrown under an bus and made some kind of argument like “Look I was campaigning, I had no idea what was going on, the books are ALL BS, I dont pay that much attention, and then I was president and I couldn’t pay attention”.

      But I really think Trump couldnt’ suffer that slight against his pride…

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        5 months ago

        Read an article by a lawyer; they said the same thing you did.

        The writer said that the side with the simpler case is the one that usually wins. The defense never created a story to explain what happened; they just denied everything.

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        Trumps lawyer was just not good/ rusty.

        From what was said on Meidas Touch, a defense lawyer should be fairly independent. They should direct the best strategy. In this case the “strategy” seemed to be directed by Trump. It’s not just the quality of the lawyer, it’s also that the lawyer let the client dictate most of the defense.