'That should be a softball': Analyst explains how 'unrepentant' Trump 'hurt himself' on the stand
During Tuesday's episode of MSNBC's The ReidOut, legal analyst Andrew Weissman broke down the two ways that ex-President Donald Trump "hurt" his chances at any success in New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million fraud case against him during his Monday testimony.
"Andrew, you know, Donald Trump's admission on the stand, given the fact that Judge Engoron has already found for Letitia James' office on the substantive questions, seems bizarre, a huge error," host Joy Reid said. "Is it just that he's got no self control? Isn't this case over?"
Weissman replied, "Yes, I mean, in terms of the outcome, I think the only issue is what are the kinds of remedies that the judge is going to impose. i sort of have two thoughts on that. One is, you know, Joy, very frequently, witnesses who are not telling the truth may start off well, but as the day progresses, it sort of gets harder and harder to maintain focus on what the truth is and what you're supposed to be saying. And the worst admissions by Donald Trump all happened in the afternoon, where, as he said, in the afternoon, he was like, 'Yes, I agree. the intent of doing this was to induce them to loan me money.' He was also asked, by the way, 'Can you say and are you saying now that the financial statements are true and accurate?' That should be a softball. Joy, if I asked you, 'Did you ever file things with a bank that are true and accurate?' You would be like, I don't even remember what they are, but of course I did.'"
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The former FBI general counsel continued, "He was like, essentially, his answer, I'm paraphrasing, was sort of, 'I'll get back to you.' I mean, like it's a softball, and he couldn't just say 'of course, that's the case.' And I think it's because he was thinking, 'Well, I know they're not so I don't want to lie about that,' and adhere to what he had said in the morning. I think the other part is he's acting out and his behavior with respect to the judge, with respect to the prosecutors, I do think is relevant in terms of the remedy that the judge has to impose. So one of the things the judge will be deciding is whether Donald Trump can continue to do business in the state of New York. Should he still be here? Should he still be banking here, should he have access to customers in New York? And if you have someone who is so unrepentant, who's so out of control, who so much doesn't care about the rule of law, it seems the judge could easily weigh in his conduct here to say, 'You know what, this is not the kind of person, a recidivist, who we want to have preying on people in New York.' So I think he hurt himself substantively and in terms of his behavior."
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