Attorney explains "most significant" fact of Trump lawyers' guilty pleas
www.newsweek.com
"This is incredibly bad news for Donald Trump and not news that he can spin," attorney Neal Katyal said.

Aww Yiss. Mothaflippin schadenfreude

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
    81·
    9 months ago

    “Most significant” fact is that Trump directed them to do the crimes. Their deal doesn’t really matter, their testimony will be damning.

      • roguetrick@kbin.social
        19·
        9 months ago

        You get resentenced by the judge for what you’ve pled guilty for and have a trial for what the prosecution withdrew.

        • Maeve@kbin.social
          4·
          9 months ago

          Thank you. I knew about double jeopardy, I did not know the judge could resentence.

          • UFO64@lemmy.world
            2·
            8 months ago

            Part of the plea will be the agreed testimony. They have it on record and they cannot change that story on the stand without hanging themselves

            • Maeve@kbin.social
              2·
              8 months ago

              If they’re threatened, they may be willing to take contempt charges and not testify.

          • roguetrick@kbin.social
            21·
            9 months ago

            On further research, I’m actually not sure that they can. More they can wait for the person to testify before they sentence. Once they rule, they no longer have jurisdiction unless it’s some sort of suspended sentence.