Wrapping Up Day Nine
The trial of the Washington State gubernatorial election challenge has concluded. All that is left now is to for the judge to issue his decision - which will happen this Monday morning at 9 AM.
Major highlights from today: the GOP finished up its rebuttal with witnesses John Pearson and Dan Brady. Pearson's testimony was horrible for the Republicans and actually seemed to bolster the Democrats' case. Dan Brady made a poor showing with lots of "I don't know" and "I don't recall" type of statements in the cross examination conducted by Democratic attorney Kevin Hamilton.
The Democrats also showed a video during Dan Brady's cross-examination from last fall, (when Rossi was still in the lead) in which GOPolitburo Chair Chris Vance said:
Then we heard from Kim Wyman, Thurston County auditor and a Republican, who didn't give us any new and interesting information.
Closing statements: Harry Korrell flopped really badly for the GOP. His statement was somewhat weak and didn't tie in the GOP's case very well. His presentation was lacking, he stumbled, and there seemed to be an air of confusion about him.
On the other hand, Jenny Durkan delivered a spectacular performance for the Democrats, which Archerhouse details more glowingly here in his LIVE Trial Diary. And Thomas Ahearne delivered a short but powerful statement on behalf of the Secretary of State.
You can read all this and more (including more about the Vance video) in David Postman's lengthy excerpts today. He really does Jenny Durkan's closing statement justice with plenty of quotes and glimpses of the points she was making.
And as usual, we have a full wrap up of what transpired today - and we're continuing to update our index of all Pacific Northwest Portal-affiliated blog posts about the trial.
Major highlights from today: the GOP finished up its rebuttal with witnesses John Pearson and Dan Brady. Pearson's testimony was horrible for the Republicans and actually seemed to bolster the Democrats' case. Dan Brady made a poor showing with lots of "I don't know" and "I don't recall" type of statements in the cross examination conducted by Democratic attorney Kevin Hamilton.
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The Democrats also showed a video during Dan Brady's cross-examination from last fall, (when Rossi was still in the lead) in which GOPolitburo Chair Chris Vance said:
"There is no fraud. There is nothing nefarious going on in Washington state. I've been as close to it as you can be and it's just not true."Oh really, Chris? Funny how your position has changed since then. It's all about winning, isn't it? Yes, yes it is.
Then we heard from Kim Wyman, Thurston County auditor and a Republican, who didn't give us any new and interesting information.
Closing statements: Harry Korrell flopped really badly for the GOP. His statement was somewhat weak and didn't tie in the GOP's case very well. His presentation was lacking, he stumbled, and there seemed to be an air of confusion about him.
On the other hand, Jenny Durkan delivered a spectacular performance for the Democrats, which Archerhouse details more glowingly here in his LIVE Trial Diary. And Thomas Ahearne delivered a short but powerful statement on behalf of the Secretary of State.
You can read all this and more (including more about the Vance video) in David Postman's lengthy excerpts today. He really does Jenny Durkan's closing statement justice with plenty of quotes and glimpses of the points she was making.
And as usual, we have a full wrap up of what transpired today - and we're continuing to update our index of all Pacific Northwest Portal-affiliated blog posts about the trial.
