2. They called her.
3. The prosecution wears the white hat. When the prosecution calls a witness, they are the People; they are vouching for the witness's credibility.
3. Susan Hoffinger over-prepared her, unnaturally sanitized her, making her grotesque.
4. They didn't prepare the jury for her.
5.They didn't prepare the judge for her.
6. K.I.S.S. Merchan repeatedly scolded Hoffinger, repeatedly sustained defense objections to limit her testimony.They made it lengthy.
The lost credibility with the jury and the judge.
And they still have Michael Cohen to go! O!
The defense didn’t request a mistrial. Very puzzling. Trumpie would have loved nothing more than to start over—a continuance by prosecutorial malfeasance.
What should Necheles do on cross? What does she have to do?! The prosecution just destroyed her! I would K.I.S.S. it as the defense. "It wasn't about money, was it?" "Michael Cohen, Donald Trump, what's the difference, right?" Etc. You don't want to make the equal and opposite mistake that the prosecution did and give her the opportunity to rehabilitate herself. But TRUMP is the client. He wants to kill a corpse.
