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Former President Donald Trump’s Thursday courtroom tirade could backfire, legal experts warn.

Trump attorney Chris Kise asked Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing Trump’s New York fraud trial, to allow Trump to speak on his own behalf during closing arguments. Engoron asked Trump if he would agree to stick to the facts and relevant law but the former president launched into a lengthy diatribe, accusing the judge and New York Attorney General Letitia James of waging a “political witch hunt” and demanding “damages” because the real “fraud is on me.”

During one portion of his rant, Trump referred to a key allegation in James’ lawsuit alleging that the former president’s Trump Tower penthouse was valued at three times larger than it actually is.

"They made a mistake. It was an honest mistake," Trump said.

James’ team allowed Trump to speak until the judge ultimately shut him down and pleaded for Kise to “control your client.”

“There may be a reason that James' staff didn't interrupt,” wrote NBC News legal analyst Lisa Rubin. “The AG’s office may have struck gold because some of what Trump said was so damaging to him, especially his explanation of the triplex square footage ‘error.’

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

When I worked in fast food if we were off on our tills by more than $0.05 per $100 we were fired on the spot.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sams club in highschool. They used janky things to count bills- by weight. The thing is, a new bill weighs substantially more than an old bill.

Enough that across 500 in 20’s because they didn’t come around early as often as they’re supposed to, it’s enough to be off by a few bills.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We counted our bills by hand luckily, but there were more than a few occasions where some change ended up getting shuffled about in the tray which led to some errors

The worst was seeing someone get fired and then when the new till was being put in we figured out the $20 bill that was missing got caught in the register some time during the day

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

or the cash office people, were the ones looting it the entire time. They had their fingers in every one's drawers and got to see all the camera angles.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shit covered money weighs more too, what kind of smooth brained fuckboi MBA thought this was a good idea?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the kind that winds up working for Walmart Inc.

[–] IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

The kind of asshole that creates a reason to fire anyone at anytime they feel like it, even if the state laws are not "at will", and if they are, they save on unemployment insurance.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Back in the 80s my McD manager was an ex-Marine, real tough guy type. Chewed out a poor, dumb 16-yo over a $10 discrepancy, accused me of stealing it, threatened to fire me.

LOL, I was scared to death but I managed to stutter something like, "$10 is less than 3-hours pay. Why would I risk my job over what I make in half a shift?"

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The amount of power tripping assholes in the fast food industry is astounding

I saw my fair share of them in the almost 3 years I worked at Burger King

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even at 16, I was thinking, "If you made it through the Marine Corp, fuck are you doing as an assistant manager at McDonalds bossing around high school kids?"

[–] kittyjynx@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm a former Marine and the Corps is really bad at preparing a person for life after serving, especially if they are in combat arms. Also some of the dumbest people I've met were Marines and they usually made rank because promotions are heavily based on physical fitness and rifle score, and not on technical expertise or leadership skills.