the prosecutors said they would introduce testimony about weinstein, the judge said i would allow that and led him not to testify in his defense at trial. and it s become something suzanne foreshadowed a moment ago, an appeal issue in the weinstein case. so, too, here. i m really glad to see the judge taking his time to think through these issues for monday. the prosecutors i think according to the news transcripts have offered three rationales for introducing this evidence. one is repeated fraud and illegality by the defendant, donald trump. that s a tough argument because the fact that you committed one crime doesn t necessarily mean you have propensity to commit another. the second, the one you were seizing on, i think is the strongest about credibility. and in particular, the prosecutor today talked about wanting to introduce evidence in the gag order proceedings in new york because there the judge summoned trump to the stand and found afterward that he had lied