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One can see the way things are headed. Goldbsie tweeted that if the hearing is postponed to the fall, the reason why is covered by the ban. Seems pointless since we can already infer that it is because of Ford's testimony. I don't envy the judicial system, managing pub bans in this day and age but we already know the guy was subpoenaed to testify. I think, judicially speaking, you have to pick your battles.
 
So if Ford does eventually testify, what do you think he'll say to questions like "What did you tell Lisi when you spoke May 16?" Can't he just say I don't recall to all of the important questions?
 
Oh, one can see the way things are headed, all right; no legal consequences of significance at all for Rob or Doug (I would like to hold out hope for Jude's lawsuit, but there will probably be some loophole they manage to squeeze through or the judge will hand down whatever the minimum punishment is).

In other bad news, Harper will also win a minority government in the next election, the NDP and Liberals will not get their shit together and form a coalition and we will be stuck with him for another four years (at least).
 
Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie · 18m 18 minutes ago
And now one of those periods in court where we sit in silence for 5 minutes, hoping for someone (whom I will just call "Godot") to arrive.
 
dforthandbview said:
I'm not there and it's killing me. Thursday late afternoon hopefully and all day Friday are my next UT shifts :)
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I'm here and it's boring lol. Many delays. (I imsgine that's safe to say) I see some faces that don't look reporter like but I'm not one for approaching strangers
 
Jimmi T said:
So if Ford does eventually testify, what do you think he'll say to questions like "What did you tell Lisi when you spoke May 16?" Can't he just say I don't recall to all of the important questions?
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He can say that - whether he actually remembers or not - but I would imagine that a question like that would be meant as a set-up before revealing there was other testimony or evidence (wiretaps?) showing that on that date, Ford actually said ____ to Lisi.
 
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He can say that - whether he actually remembers or not - but I would imagine that a question like that would be meant as a set-up before revealing there was other testimony or evidence (wiretaps?) showing that on that date, Ford actually said ____ to Lisi.
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Let's not forget how horrible he is on the witness stand. He can try that "I don't recall" stuff but a good lawyer will chip away at it. Yeah, "They'll say, oh you don't remember? Well, do you talk to all your friends for 10 seconds at a time? Don't you think it's weird that at Time X you called Mr. Lisi and at Time Y he was banging down Mr. Basso's door asking about the video? You don't remember if you said anything about the video? Anything about Mr. Basso? Doesn't it seem weird, if you're such good friends, he'd be looking for the video and you'd know the video was out there but it didn't come up in your conversations?" etc. etc. etc.

He's not smart enough to stick to what his lawyers tell him; there's no way, for example, the very-good lawyer he had in the conflict-of-interest hearing said the wise move was to sit on the stand, explain what HE though "conflict of interest" meant and, having re-defined the law on his own terms, run with that.

Again: Rob Ford is not smart.

EDIT: to add that @Jpags tweeted the judge has yet to rule on the adjournment but the media asked for the exhibits related to it which, one might surmise, are the doctor letters.
 
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Lisi's lawyer tells Global News that Ford won't testify until after his surgery - http://globalnews.ca/news/1939394/f.../?hootPostID=bd1315531be52d9bb1a467f9dbfff2e1

This publication ban is confusing!
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The ban is on what's heard in the courtroom. I guess there's nothing preventing Ford from, on his own, talking about how he's just too sick to testify etc. I think pub bans just need to be rethought for the modern age. I mean, the CP24 link is gone but the headline is still bouncing around social media so what does a ban accomplish?

Clearly Global got it around it by saying the lawyer is the source. The way they wrote it strikes me as legally dicey...the article only states that the lawyer (not named; could be a junior partner, for all we know) said they requested he not testify. Not naming the lawyer is VERY weird for something they surely know is skirting the edges of the ban. One mistake, like Cp24's, will get you a slap. The second one won't be treated as nicely.


(I also like that their picture caption wrongly implies that Rob Ford is Lisi's lawyer. Oh, that would have made things more interesting for sure.)
 
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