A AG asking questions they know the answer to isn’t setting someone up, it’s called doing their fucking job correctly.
It’s just a bonus of they know the guy on the stand is a prolific liar who can’t lie and is the poster child of the dunning-kruger effect.
Isn’t like the first rule, never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to?
I assume you already know the answer
If it’s not, it should be haha
You tricked me into confessing a crime by asking about the crime and having me answer truthfully.
Later that night Daddy yells and asks why he didn’t lie on the stand.
You tricked me into confessing a crime by asking about the crime and having me answer truthfully.
The infamous perjury trap has sprung! Will it catch any more victims?!
“Donald Trump Jr. would have had the option of taking the Fifth Amendment,” he said. “This is a civil case, but he still could say, I refuse to testify because my testimony could be used against me. He’s decided not to do that, and so now as a result, everything that he’s testifying to is fair game for prosecutors to consider. Prosecutors have looked at this case. They have chosen not to charge it as a criminal case thus far, but that could change based on Donald Trump Jr.'s testimony, so there’s an inherent risk in taking the stand here.”
Don’t tease me so…
I love it, especially later into election season.
If you suspect a witness of being an accessory to a crime, then of course a competent prosecutor would “set up” that witness to jeopardize themselves. Admitting to a crime isn’t a defense against prosecution.
“I wasn’t paying attention to the fraud I was legally responsible for”
Bold strategy Cotton, let’s watch it blow up on him.
“Set up” like racking up the pins on the bowling alley or “set up” like to catch a predator?
So what did DJr actually confess to?
According to the article, the stuff he said he let the accountants handle is stuff a competent criminal would’ve pleaded the fifth to, because he was still VP, and still responsible for what he signed as VP, and now since he’s under oath, that testimony is evidence in a criminal case against him.
In other words, he admitted to being responsible and just not looking at anything
Trump Jr.: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit cocaine.
That’s generally how it works. Like when police ask much more minor criminals (or innocent people) leading questions to get them to say incriminating things.
“The judge can take findings and say, ‘I don’t believe that he didn’t remember that. I don’t believe that he was relying on the accountants. The story doesn’t make any sense.’”
Is it really that implausible that Donald Jr. didn’t actually know or care what was going on? He’s not exactly know for his diligence. With that said, negligence might still be enough to get him into legal trouble. (I don’t know the relevant law well.)
The article indicates he was in charge for sometime will his father was president. In addition, he signed paperwork that implied he was responsible for ensuring the information provided was accurate
That still doesn’t mean he wasn’t set up, but more likely by family lawyers than by the AG. Or maybe he’s genuinely exceptionally guilty, what do I know?
He admitted on the stand today that his previous sworn testimony was a lie.
There is no setup.
remember how he committed a crime years ago when he was named in the mueller report but wasn’t convicted because he was “too dumb to know he committed a crime” aka he was rich, male, and white?
That’s not how that works lol. You are called to testify, you are legally required to do it or face jail. You answer questions truthfully. It’s not a set up, it’s what happens to ANYONE who committed, helped commit, witnessed, or otherwise, a crime.
