The amount of absolute BS and lies about this case that are being propagated is very telling about the fundamentals of the case.
Someone above suggested that there is no victim of the crimes Trump is accused of. That's false. If Trump committed crimes in his efforts to suppress unflattering information before the election, then the US electorate in the victim. Some of you forget how damaging the pu##sygrab tape was and the primary defense was that it was simply "lockeroom talk". Any other candidate and that tape alone would have ended their candidacy.
From Hope Hicks:
"Hicks explained that the impact of the tape’s release was devastating in and outside the campaign. A telling detail she shared Friday: The public impact was so dominant that the initial 36 hours of coverage
pushed a category 4 hurricane that was about to make landfall on the East Coast out of the news. Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo lingered for a bit over his questioning on the anecdote, and with good reason. Hicks’ implication was that this was a category 5 hurricane — or higher. That explains why Trump and his campaign could not afford another damaging sex scandal in the immediate aftermath of the tape."
If the news that Trump had gotten a BJ from a porn star became public, it might have very well resulted in a different outcome in a very close election. How do we know? Because Trump told Hope Hicks he was glad he was dealing with the issue after the election. She knew it was such devastating testimony that she cried while delivering it.
So, let's catalog some of the lies told about this trial, many of which I've fact checked with Fox News.
The defense did no lose all of their objections.
Trump was not being treated unfairly by the prosecution going last and the Judge did not prevent Brad Smith from testifying.
Trump was not prevented from testifying due to the gag order, which is one of the more absurd lies in a sea of them.
Cohen's testimony was not the only damaging testimony. In fact, Trump's defense team completely failed to address or even mention the testimony of Pecker or Hicks in their closing argument.
Trump's claims that he doesn't understand the charges against him are a lie and he was not denied his fifth amendment rights to know them.
And in coming back to a theme, there have not been huge crowds of supporters showing up or attempting to show up outside the trial.
