The spectre of Alec Baldwin loomed large over a pretrial motion in the Trump University fraud case. Attorneys for Donald Trump brought a motion seeking to exclude any arguments and evidence relating to the presidential campaign, including their client’s own statements on the stump. Such matters could result in “extreme and irremediable prejudice” towards their client, the motion said.
Plaintiffs attorney Brian Cochran delivered a response that The Hollywood Reporter characterized as “scathing.” Cochran said the motion was overbroad and could forbid potentially admissible evidence, including Trump’s “penchant for dishonesty.” Cochran went further by comparing Trump to his Saturday Night Live parody counterpart, referencing the moment on the show when Baldwin’s Trump claimed the media was making him look bad “by taking all of the things I say and all of the things I do and putting them on TV.” Cochran said Trump’s motion was making the same argument. “Simply because evidence tends to undercut Trump’s defense or ability to appear as a credible witness cannot warrant its exclusion,” he said. The trial is set to start Nov. 28.
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