Hey folks, Creed here.

It's a big week in Manhattan.

Former President Donald Trump's criminal trial has begun.

Joyce Vance joined me to discuss the opening statements,

the seating of the jury, and pretrial rulings issued by the judge.

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Opening statements, we have to admonish our audience. Every time there's a big, there's a big case and there's opening statements.

I see many members of the media refer

to them as opening arguments again and again and again. You know you don't do it, I

don't do it. And the reason they're not opening argument is that you're actually literally under the rules,

both in state and federal court, not allowed to make an argument,

and we can have a debate about what an argument is and how that's defined and whether or not

Pat Blanch in this case transgress that rule.

But you're not making arguments because there's been no evidence presented yet.

And so you are just previewing both the defense if the defense chooses to make an

opening statement and has no obligation or duty to make an opening statement but

usually they do you're previewing what the evidence will show you're casting it

as an overview,

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