• Rapidcreek@reddthat.comOP
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    11 months ago

    Voluntarily passing up an opportunity to lie, bloviate, ax-grind, spleen-vent and obfuscate before a national audience? To play (paper-thin) ‘tough guy’ before his degenerate maga-head cult crowd?

    Something’s really off here…

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      11 months ago

      He must be in really deep doo-doo if he actually starts listening to his lawyers.

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        He may lose a lot of his hotels and maybe even Maralago over this, he’s nervous and going to get even more crazy talking soon.

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        If he loses the trial, he’ll blame the lawyer that didn’t want him to testify, and claim they were part of the deep state.

        It’s also extremely disheartening that I had to say, “If he loses” and that I have no faith in our justice system anymore.

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          He already lost. Summary judgement at the outset. At this point, it’s just about how badly he lost. And Engoron does not appear to be a fan of his behavior.

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      Nah, he can do that outside on the courtroom steps without even risking perjury charges.

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      Testifying is under oath, so bloviating like he does can result in actual consequences.

      That’s my guess, anyway.

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          He’d constantly be on the phone to news max, Fox, and Oann. No need to bother with an incoherent book.

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        As he already learned in other defamation cases, you don’t have to be under oath to say things that will cost you a lot of money. But when you’re under oath, the potential consequences are larger.