He sure looks like a 'reliable source'. Must be true if some wild-haired twitter user said it.

Doesn't matter though. They are going to gag-order him, or jail him, or hang him up with court proceedings during critical campaign times.BREAKING: LEFT-WING COLORADO JUDGE RULES 14TH AMENDMENT CANNOT APPLY TO THE PRESIDENCY, THEREFORE DOES NOT COVER TRUMP AND JAN 6, AND HE MAY APPEAR ON BALLOT
https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps- ... ls-2023-11Over the past week, lawyers for Donald Trump, his real-estate empire, and his two eldest sons called their first seven witnesses to the stand in the the civil fraud case that seeks to kick them all out of the New York business world for good.
So how'd it go?
Well, the first defense witness in the Manhattan courtroom was Donald Trump, Jr.
The third defense witness to take the stand, developer Steven Witkoff, was, like Donald Trump, Jr., hardly an objective source of testimony.
He is a Republican fundraiser and mega-donor, who took the stand Tuesday, has given more than $2 million to Trump as of May 2021, according to ProPublica.
Witkoff had never before testified in court as an expert in anything. But on Tuesday he became Trump's first expert witness, in the field of real estate valuation.
Appraising is a subjective art, Witkoff testified, and even experts "get it wrong."
On cross-examination, Witkoff, whose best known project is the residential conversion of Manhattan's historic Woolworth Building, conceded he is not, himself, an appraiser.
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He also admitted he never reviewed key documents in the case, including the ground lease Trump holds for 40 Wall Street in Manhattan.
Flemmons spent three days on the witness stand going through ten years of Trump's net-worth statements, and pointing out the same "glaring" problems, "inconsistencies," and "red flags," that the attorney general complains about, though he blamed these all on Trumps accountants.
When an attorney for James suggested on cross that the SEC would scoff at a "throw the accountant under the bus" defense, the judge sustained the defense side's objection and Flemmons didn't have to answer.
At end of cross-examination, Flemmons flubbed his final math question: how much is Trump paying for your testimony?
Real estate expert Steven Laposa testified on Thursday and Friday, telling the judge that the AG's office lowballed the value of Trump's properties by relying on market value instead of investment value.
On cross-examination, Laposa admitted he has no professional experience evaluating net-worth statements. He admitted he is not a certified appraiser, and has never appraised a commercial or residential property.
He also admitted he only reviewed a single appraisal in the Trump case, that for 40 Wall Street.
Rounding out the week on Friday was Trump's seventh defense witness, Gary Giulietti, a Palm Beach-based insurance broker. His multi-billion-dollar brokerage firm, Lockton Companies, earned $1.2 million last year as Trump's insurance broker, he said.
Giulietti took the stand to testify that Trump did not commit insurance fraud, because the former president's ex-broker would not have relied on net-worth statements in setting insurance terms.
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That firm, Zurich Insurance Group, relied on "airballs and witchcraft" in setting terms, not net-worth statements, Giulietti had said in a pre-trial deposition, and he stood by that assessment Friday.
Again, as with the mega-donor who was Trump's real-estate valuation expert, Giulietti was far from the most disinterested, objective witness.
Asked of his friendship with Trump, he said, "I play golf with him occasionally, go to lunch with him occasionally."
https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/do ... in-so-manyGoldmacher found a truly insane quote from a 69-year old MAGA dude from Somersworth, N.H. that seems to crystallize the GOP vibe right now: “He might say mean things and make all the men cry because all the men are wearing your wife’s underpants and you can’t be a man anymore. You got to be a little sissy and cry about everything. But at the end of the day, you want results. Donald Trump’s my guy. He’s proved it on a national level.” Just a great, utterly demented quote!
Geez, guys, I sure hope they can get him gagged or jailed before the election. Can't have a popular candidate on the ballot if he's a meanie.Trump wrote:GREAT POLLS JUST RELEASED - BEST EVER! Harvard/Harris TRUMP 67%, DeSanctimonious 9%, Birdbrain 8%, Ramaswamy 5%, Christie - dead in the water, a total loser! TRUMP UP 7% to 10% on CROOKED JOE BIDEN. RNC must save money on lowest ever ratings debates. Use it against the Democrats to STOP THE STEAL! If not, REVAMP THE RNC, NOW!!!
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