The last time they tried an excessive bail the NY appeals court reduced it by a huge amount. This court could try the same nonsense again but I doubt it would stand.
As his lawyer, would you have allowed PDJT to take the stand knowing that was coming?
No. I think Merchan's jury instructions were more outrageous than allowing SD's testimony, because the instructions literally told the jury a lie that was calculated to make the jury believe Trump was guilty. Both actions by the judge were wrong.
I posted a while back that I was trying to give Merchan the benefit of the doubt. Then I read his jury instructions. That removed those doubts. Merchand is a hateful partisan fanatic.
If Merchan had given fair, logical instructions to the jury that would have made a difference, but he didn’t. Those instructions should have explained why he didn’t let the ex-FEC chairman, the only person who would have known that part of the law, testify, but instead let Cohen (who didn’t know squat) explain the law to them.
“I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price,” Schumer said. “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”