Donald Trump's usual "bluster" will backfire once he's in his first criminal trial starting Monday, according to the Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life at Albany Law School and the author of Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession.
Ray Brescia, an expert on legal ethics and civil procedure, wrote for The Daily Beast that "Trump is actually on a legal losing streak" in the case.
"And despite his outrageous public posturing and boastful claims in the court of public opinion, in an actual court of law, he is learning that he cannot defy legal gravity," the attorney said. "A flurry of last-ditch efforts by his lawyers to further delay the New York trial have all failed: to disqualify the judge, to move the case to another jurisdiction, and to try to extend his arguments about presidential immunity to actions that largely occurred prior to him taking office."
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Brescia goes on to say that Trump "could not convince an appellate judge or court, despite repeated attempts, to put a stop to the trial."
"What any casual observer of Trump’s recent track record in court should know, it’s that an actual court does not operate by the same rules as the court of public opinion. In fact, the same behavior in the latter actually harms him in the former, something he may ultimately learn the hard way," according to the expert. "Unlike in the court of public opinion, where Trump’s bluster and bullying may help win supporters and cause some to cower, when court is in session, the rules of evidence and procedure kick in. The same tactics that might give Trump some public relations wins do not really work in court. In fact, they often backfire."