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JUST SAY NO
Trump’s led a consequence-free life, but it doesn’t work that way for litigators who break the rules.
Mark Herrmann is a lawyer and the author of The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law.
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HATING EVERY MINUTE
Donald Trump may be acquitted, he may be re-elected president. But while his trial in Manhattan continues, he is denied the adoration he craves, while looking far from a winner.
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BOMBAST BOOMERANG
The ex-president’s penchant for intimidating witnesses now means his legal team won’t have advance warning on who’s testifying for the prosecution each day.
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STREISAND EFFECT
Trump thinks people shouldn’t be allowed to call him a “rapist.” One major problem: the judge presiding over the E. Jean Carroll trial has already called him that.
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UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD
When he clinches the GOP nomination, the ex-president—currently under indictment for taking, hiding, and refusing to return classified docs—will have access to similar info again.
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IT’S NO ‘DRUMPF’
The former president was found liable for behavior that a judge said is commonly understood as “rape.” So why not call him what he apparently is?
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STUPID LIKE A FOX?
When it’s almost certain you’re going to lose, you want to make the judge like you. The former president, however, is trying something…different.
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DISREPUTABLE REPUTATION
The disgraced ex-“America’s Mayor” says the president defamed him by calling him a “Russian pawn” during a 2020 debate.