Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy McCarthy said Friday that he would have liked to have seen President-elect Donald Trump testify at the New York trial after his sentencing hearing.
Mr. Trump attended the hearing virtually, during which Mr. Marchand sentenced him to unconditional release with no fines, jail time, or probation. McCarthy said on “America’s Newsroom” that Trump effectively defended his actions in the hearing, piqued curiosity about how Trump conducted himself as a witness in court. expressed. (Related: Ellie Honig explains why Trump is ‘actually benefiting’ from being sentenced)
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“I’ve always wondered how Mr. Trump would conduct himself as a witness. You know, we see him as a larger-than-life politician, but it’s just like a judge would do.” It’s very different from communicating in an environment where you have a referee,” McCarthy said. “You can’t just talk to yourself, right? You have to actually answer the questions. But I thought he was his own best advocate in this situation, and I… , I always thought he would have been effective in a jury trial if he had looked the jury in the eye and made his case the way he looked the voters in the eye.
“Because I think like this.” [Fox News legal editor] kelly [Kupec Urbahn] As I pointed out earlier, a lot of what he said today is absolutely true,” he continued. “When he talked about it, it was a fee he paid a lawyer. The testimony was that the guy had a drop-down menu and he paid a lawyer, so it was a legal fee. There was no thought of hiding it.”
In May, a Manhattan jury indicted Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 confidential payment to former porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2006, with whom the two claimed they had an affair. convicted.
President Trump repeats characteristic At the hearing, the company said the payments were made as “legal costs” and that it did not falsify business records. The president-elect maintains his innocence, saying he was “treated very, very unfairly.”
After the verdict, President Trump Posted At Truth Social he said he would appeal.
“By re-electing me by an overwhelming vote in one of the most consequential elections in history, the real jurors, the American people, have made their voices heard.As the American people have seen, Now, this “case” has no crime, no damages, no evidence, no facts, no law, just a highly inconsistent judge, a disqualified, disgraced star witness who is a serial perjurer, and a criminal election. There was only interference. ” he wrote. “Today’s events were a despicable travesty, but now that they are over, we will appeal these meritless hoaxes and restore the American people’s faith in our once-great justice system. ”Make America Great Again! ”
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