Argue that the defendant failed to produce evidence or failed to call witnesses or fail to introduce documents. the defendant has an absolute fifth amendment right not to testify and has an absolute right not to put on a case in the defense. so what mr. blanch is doing here, mr. trump s lawyer, is essentially what you would expect from any good defense lawyer. telling the jury don t believe what you just heard from the government by telling them that no crime was committed, trying to humanize mr. trump in some ways, and then perhaps leaving dangling a bit the prospect that they will have evidence down the road in the trial to demonstrate the things that mr. blanche is saying. again, they don t have to prove anything. so they do have a slight advantage in their opening statement of saying things that they don t later have to back up. the government must back up everything it has said. here s what else todd blanche
The former world number one karolina pliskova in the first round on the madrid 0pen. pliskova has withdrawn, which means raducanu will either face a qualifier or a lucky loser in the first round. rafael nadal has been drawn to face 16 year old darwin blanch in the first round a player 21 years younger than the spaniard! blanch is highly rated but is ranked outside the world s top 1,000. masters champion scottie scheffler continued his dominance by winning the rbc heritage in south carolina. the world number one finished the storm delayed tournament on i9 under four shots clear of fellow american sahith theegala. it s scheffler s fourth win in five starts. now to some huge news in the snooker mart, selby has crashed out of the world championship in the first
How did that play out? we were summoned and the judge read all the particulars of the case, how one was supposed to evaluate the law, and the evidence, and then he said, you know, if there is a reason that you don t think you could be impartial, or that you could be perceived as biased, that you should raise your hand. so, i raised my hand because i was certain that even if an intellectually i would be capable of being unbiased, because i satirized mr. trump often in my art work, that this would come to light and that were i to be seated on the trial, a, it would be dishonest for me to withhold that information, but there is there would be no way that blanch, not going is rely on the kind of kindness of strangers