2y ago

Beware, Trump conspirators! Rudy's latest loss is a reminder that the courtroom is your kryptonite

www.salon.com

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Won't matter until they face real consequences.
- Being buried in legal fees is a good start.
  
  Unlike student loans which persist through bankruptcy, most attorney fees incurred before filing bankruptcy will be treated as unsecured debt and eliminated in any consumer bankruptcy case. It's a ridiculous double standard.
Not entirely convinced by this specific example - he lost the civil case by default because [people think] responding to discovery might reveal things that he doesn't want the criminal case to know about.
Deliberately incurring a fine in one case to try and avoid jail in another is a bit different than not being able to mount a defense.
- While I didn't read this piece, I have read several on this story over the past few days, and this was my takeaway as well.
  For the amounts in question, this seems like a calculated move with an eye on the more serious trial.
  
  Yeah. They know what they're doing. They've played the game their entire lives. The gullable low tier lackies might be different though.
- Any prosecutor worth their salt will see this move and immediately move to ammend their discovery motion for whatever the civil trial would've asked for, too, for the exact reason you listed.
Turns out the MAGA firehose of bullshit goes appropriately limp and useless in court.
- But... but... lock her up? Buttery males? 😭
It just confirms that there is conspiracy against them.
- All it confirms is that they're corrupt and stupid, like their supporters.
- No, you have it reversed. They're the conspirators.
- You kinda gotta include a /s unfortunately. Some people actually feel that way, you know?
  
  Yeah, I see that it went over their heads.

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