More like the turd person.
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Nice commentary from Harry Litman:
https://x.com/harrylitman/status/1740076542842269889?s=42
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IIRC, he’s been doing this for a while, but usually as “Trump.”
And, of course, when he was acting as John Barron or David Dennison, it would have defeated his purpose to refer to himself as “I.”
Now, as for his precious, I am endlessly annoyed by his presumption that he still has his former job’s title, particularly (as in here) where he identifies himself with it while alienating it from Joe Biden.
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Your question about the effectiveness of striking testimony might be hard to answer and, for me, impossible (IANAL.)
In his filing, however, Jack Smith was concerned about jury nullification, which would apparently be the result if the jurors’ finding was based on anything other than the accepted evidence
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I think that in a way Jack Smith is trying to save TFG from himself. A DC jury will be chomping at the bit to throw TFG into the federal prison system. Preventing TFG from bringing up non-relevant information will force the defense to actually defend their client, rather than inflame the MAGAts to go after the prosecutor, judge, and jury.
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The guy prosecuted war criminals.
Trump is just a bully with a soiled diaper.
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Prosecutors NEVER stop preparing their case. Holidays and weekends are just another day of work. The fact that TFG’s attorneys are whining about Smith’s team continuing to prepare shows how far behind they are.
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It’s also a bit of media savvy; while Chutkan won’t read the filing, no such prohibition restrains news outlets from reporting on it. And perhaps most rankling to Trump’s lawyers, it compels them to reply or risk leaving Smith’s arguments unrebutted.
Love it.
Team Trump has to keep working because Trump would never let a Smith submission go unchallenged. It shows that Jack Smith knows how to play the game as well or better than Trump.
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Nice to have certain things confirmed. Trump is accusing people of being crooked and deranged. By our usual rules interpretation…
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Donald Trump is as confused as his daily life.
I think Smith does not want his prosecutors to have to repeat, ad naseaum, “Move to strike as non-responsive” and “Objection: Assumes facts not in evidence.”
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That should have been done to Trump many, many years ago.
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One of my dream scenarios is that trump succeeds in delaying his trials, wins the Republican nomination, goes on to lose the general election handily, and is then tried and convicted in both of the federal cases and in multiple state ones. Democrats take the House back and hold the senate to 50/50, giving them the chance to enact legislation they couldn’t get done in 2021/2022.
Witnessing the slow burn of his loathsome intentions to ashes and helpless snorting would be good for my soul.
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As to jury nullification, from Joyce Vance’s substack article (Jack Smith Lays Out his Strategy, 12/27/23 [ETA: see @Fire_Joni_Ernst below for access info]: )
Defendants can’t offer evidence that is designed to suggest to the jury, “even if you think I’m guilty, you should vote to acquit me anyway.” This is called jury nullification, and it’s an effort by a defendant to convince jurors to ignore the law and refuse to convict.
That seems to be a key part of Donald Trump’s strategy, and Jack Smith calls it out in his motion, asking the court to prevent Trump from offering evidence that isn’t relevant to the charges against him, but that is designed to sway the jury to acquit for impermissible reasons.
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Going ahead with these filings is an interesting tactic by the prosecution.
I’ve filed many motions in federal criminal trials and no one has ever suggested that I should be prevented from filing them before the deadline. Filing them ahead of time doesn’t usually accelerate the time for the other side’s response – and it gives them more time to work on it – so it wasn’t a common thing to do. But there’s no rule against it as far as I know.
And if the court is not supposed to act, how can Trump ask the court to issue an order preventing it?
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Those should be ‘bidding paddles’ numbers 1 & 2 of maybe 20 or so that the prosecuting attorneys can use as shorthand with the judge. I’m guessing the defense is going to hear “Objection” more than any other single word when this finally goes to trial.
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Under the principle of “waaaaaa, Jack Smith is being a big meanie head”. 
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I cannot believe TIFG will not try his darndest to do this, just the same. It’s all a game with him. How much can I get away with? And every time he tries, it seems he gets away with it. The goalposts for the law keep moving in his favor.
If just one of these cases could actually come to trial instead of being continually delayed, the game might change, but I don’t see any of them coming any time soon. I know there are court dates set for early 2024, however, the delays and challenges just keep on coming.
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I had no trouble linking to Joyce White Vance’s entire article at Substack. Just click “continue” after clicking the link to gain access to the entire article:
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