Legal Experts See Uphill Battle For Trump in Fraud Case: BBC

[Stuart G]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67366022

On Monday Mr Trump's defence team will begin presenting their side, calling the former president's oldest son back to the stand as their first witness. But legal analysts told the BBC that after two damaging weeks of testimony from members of the Trump family, salvaging their case now will be a herculean task.

"It's been a disaster from a legal perspective," said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers.

He believes that Mr Trump is "going to lose this case, and lose badly".

In a worst-case scenario for Mr Trump, Judge Arthur Engoron could bar him and his fellow defendants from doing business in New York, and issue fines of at least $250m (£204m) in penalties.

Perhaps the most harmful of all the testimony came from Mr Trump himself. When he took the stand on Monday, he called New York Attorney General Letitia James a "political hack", declared the case "a disgrace" and personally attacked Judge Engoron.

[MichMan]

1. I thought the judge already found him guilty of all charges.

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. I will assume when they are talking losing,

they mean in terms of $$$.

[yonder]

3. It will be interesting to see how any previous testimony of "I do not recall"

squares with any new testimony from memory.

Will their recall magically improve when questioned by the defense?