In the News II

Quote: Mission146

I've only read the first couple of pages of that, but this is just all going to be stuff they want preserved for the purposes of appeal. I will say that the defense attorney needs to get better at asking pointed questions as he is allowing the judge...who seems somewhat biased toward the Plaintiff...to sustain Plaintiff's objections simply due to the questions being poorly worded.

One example of that is asking whether Plaintiff brought charges, which Plaintiff cannot actually do, rather than asking if the Plaintiff went to the police to see if they would bring charges.

I assume Defendant's attorney started with the strongest point, which is whether or not Plaintiff ever attempted to get the security footage that would be needed to evidence that Plaintiff and Trump WERE EVEN IN THE SAME PLACE THAT DAY, much less whether or not they had sex.

Anyway, I think the relevant information about the surveillance footage questioning would do well on appeal. I would hope that we're not at the point where juries are findinbg in favor of Plaintiffs based on their words that something happened thirty-odd years ago and absolutely no other supporting evidence that would even put two people in the same place.

Quote: kenarman

The US is in the middle of the pack as far as 2023 inflation rate at 8.05%. About 90 countries lower and the same at a higher rate, hardly a reason to claim it was beyond his control.

Quote: DoubleGold

I think rejecting the mistrial was to even the playing field to give the plaintiff a better chance in fairness.

In other words, she was losing.

Quote: DRich

I saw a report this morning that it looks like inflation is down to about 5% this month.

Quote: Tanko

The new I-Bond rate is 4.5%.

Quote: kenarman

The fact that the war has contributed to inflation in the US has nothing to do with how poorly Biden has handled it.

Quote: Mission146

I would imagine she was losing, but if she wins, the issues noted in the request for mistrial are doubly preserved for appeal.

I would assume that they've gone through the whole repertoire of a Motion to Dismiss, Motion for Summary Judgment, etc...on the Defendant's side of things, so that means that the judge feels there is enough there for a trial. There's really no reason to declare a mistrial at this time when you've already gone this far with it.

Quote: Tanko

How should he have handled it?

On inflation:

The war caused an initial spike in inflation due to the surge in energy costs, which have since come down. Commodity prices today, are substantially lower across the board, than they were months before the war began. Oil is $24 less per barrel than it was the day the war started.

'Contradicting Biden, Fed Reserve chairman says Ukraine war not primary inflation cause'

Inflation today is the result of government and Central Bank policy.

Quote: DRich

Quote: Tanko

How should he have handled it?

On inflation:

The war caused an initial spike in inflation due to the surge in energy costs, which have since come down. Commodity prices today, are substantially lower across the board, than they were months before the war began. Oil is $24 less per barrel than it was the day the war started.

'Contradicting Biden, Fed Reserve chairman says Ukraine war not primary inflation cause'

Inflation today is the result of government and Central Bank policy.

The war is probably less than 1% of the cause of inflation. Inflations main cause was all of the money given out during Covid.