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Prosecutors might not play audio or video of the previous president’s notorious “Entry Hollywood” tape or his video demonstration from the defamation case in opposition to E. Jean Carroll for jurors, Decide Merchan dominated.
Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor, argued that the phrases used within the “Entry Hollywood” tape had been needed for jurors to get a full image of their case. Blanche framed the video as “extraordinarily salacious proof that could be very, very, very damaging.”
On the problem of the “Entry Hollywood” tape, Merchan reaffirmed his earlier ruling that it shouldn’t be performed to the jury — however mentioned prosecutors might learn Trump’s phrases aloud.
Former President Donald Trump sits in a felony court docket in Manhattan, New York, on April 15, 2024.
“It is no small factor,” Merchan mentioned. “My judgment that we weren’t allowed to play the tape was and stays that the tape itself is so prejudicial – to see Mr. Trump depicted, the phrases popping out of his mouth, the facial expressions… the tape itself shouldn’t seem in.”
On the 2005 tape, Trump will be heard saying, “Once you’re a star, you are able to do something” to ladies, together with “Seize them by the p—-.”
Merchan additionally mentioned the video of Trump’s deposition within the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial shouldn’t be performed to the jury.
