11 Jan 2024 7:10 am
Trump folded. He is not going to make his little speech. What a coward.R.Suave » 10 Jan 2024, 3:27 pm » wrote: ↑ “Thus, in my sole discretion, I will consent to let Mr. Trump make a closing argument if, and only if, through counsel by 1/9/2024, and by himself, personally, on the record, just before he speaks, he agrees to limit his subjects to what is permissible in a counsel’s closing argument, that is, commentary on the relevant, material facts that are in evidence, and application of the relevant law to those facts,” Engoron wrote in an email last week.
“He may not seek to introduce new evidence. He may not ‘testify.’ He may not comment on irrelevant matters,” Engoron wrote. “In particular, and without limitation, he may not deliver a campaign speech, and he may not impugn myself, my staff, plaintiff, plaintiff’s staff, or the New York State Court System, none of which is relevant to this case, and all of which, except commenting on my staff, can be done, and is being done, in other forums.”
Trump’s attorney Chris Kise said Trump would not agree to such terms and went back and forth with Engoron minutes before the deadline, email records show.
“He cannot agree (nor would i recommend he do so) to the proposed preconditions and prior restraints,” Kise wrote in an email response.
Engoron pushed back in a subsequent email Tuesday, writing, “Your and your client’s rejection of the reasonable, normal limits I am imposing on any argument by Mr. Trump, which are the same limits that the law imposes on any person making a closing argument, completely justifies the need to impose them.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/politics ... index.html
OH, SNAPPAGE!