I would actually think probably both, Trump must be getting pretty desperate.

The hush money trial starts next week eh?

freitasm:

That subpoena of wrong person is either incompetence or just trying to get more delays.

Don't piss off the judge. If this is a ploy, he won't be fooled and he will be mightily pissed off. I think it is far more likely to be just stupid incompetence, which seems to define a lot of Trump's legal actions.

The NY Times -  Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump’s Failed Bid to Delay Hush-Money Trial

Colbert said Donald Trump’s lawyers wanted “an impartial jury who knew nothing about the events in America over the last nine years.”

 

“So are you saying members of the jury can’t have seen any news about Donald Trump’s crimes?  His crimes are the news!”

 

Sideface:

 

 

I can think of a few possible candidates.

The Daily Beast -  Trump Bond’s Cayman Connection ‘Stinks to High Heaven’

12 April 2024

Former industry regulators and investigators told The Daily Beast that Knight Specialty Insurance Company being financially backed by a firm based in the Cayman Islands should raise eyebrows at the New York AG’s office - particularly because companies frequently organize in the Cayman Islands not just to avoid taxes, but also to minimize visibility into its business practices, avoid more stringent U.S. regulations, and make liability harder should things go wrong. ...

 

“The risk here is the company will not have the liquidity to pay on the bond when demanded, and the beneficiary of this bond, the New York AG, may not have a direct claim against the reinsurer,” said former New York Department of Financial Services superintendent Maria Vullo.

“That the reinsurer is in the Cayman Islands compounds this issue as it is a non-U.S. jurisdiction, which makes collection very difficult.”

 

Sounds like a perfect financial environment for The Don.  😁

Trump’s wake-up call

Washington Post, 12 April 24

EDIT

Reuters - Trump's hush money trial will not be delayed because of publicity, judge rules

13 April 2024

NEW YORK, April 12 (Reuters) - The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money criminal case rejected the former U.S. president's bid to delay Monday's scheduled trial on the ground that substantial pre-trial publicity would make the proceedings unfair.

 

Trump had sought an indefinite delay, saying media coverage was prejudiced against him, and finding an acceptable jury in Manhattan would be tough because the borough was "overwhelmingly biased" against him.

 

But in a decision on Friday, Justice Juan Merchan said an indefinite adjournment was "not tenable."

 

"The situation defendant finds himself in now is not new to him and (is) at least in part, of his own doing," Merchan wrote.

 

Sideface:

 

Trump’s wake-up call

 

I really like the way every single cartoonist, without exception, always draws him with tiny hands. That must rankle.

Rikkitic:

 

Sideface:

 

Trump’s wake-up call

 

 

I really like the way every single cartoonist, without exception, always draws him with tiny hands. That must rankle.

 

 

 

Mmmm, anything else tiny?? Just asking.

linw:

 

 

 

Mmmm, anything else tiny?? Just asking.

 

Well, if past performance is anything to go by where he exaggerates everything by a factor of 2 or 3....8 inches..... and we go down from there.

kingdragonfly: Trump: "Because I've done more for the people of Atlanta than any other president by far I've done more for the black community than any other president since Abraham Lincoln, and maybe including Abraham Lincoln frankly,

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/12/business/trump-media-stock-truth-social/index.html >> looks like that stock price is just going to keep on falling! How the hell does it have that valuation, I wonder.