You articulated many of the thoughts I found myself having too so well.GC has been like this for the last 2 trials as well imo. She’s not a methodical, detail oriented prosecutor like many I’ve seen over the years. She doesn’t use silence effectively. She doesn’t use sarcasm or incredulity effectively. She has rushed through all the witnesses so far. She finished Luis Rivera’s direct exam in 30 minutes! That’s crazy! She asks a lot of leading questions and Rashbaum lets her get away with it. I remember Hankinson called her out a couple times during the 1st trial.
I will say her frustration has shown much more in this trial. She’s way more rushed this time.
It’s only DAY 2!!! And she’s already making little snide comments under her breath. Not a good look. This jury knows nothing about this case. They are not convinced Charlie is guilty like we are. And it’s part of a prosecutor’s job to build rapport with a jury and get them to like and trust her! She rushed through Rivera today without asking about Garcia and Magbanua’s relationship and children!!
JMO
I also very much agree on the rushing of witnesses, Rivera being called so early and being questioned so quickly, it did feel rushed to me!
Her comments of “didn’t we all” or whatever remark she made after questioning when Wendi learned of the “extortion” seemed unprofessional & inappropriate; I was surprised defense didn’t more strongly object to the comments she was making like that!
Even her question to Rivera of not “getting his info from a blog” and “no, not blonde, a blog” (as he seemed to think she said Blonde and he thought “blonde lady” or something) seemed more like a jab at defense arguments than a strategic question to elicit important testimony for this jury. I’m sure she thinks she has a strong case, and certainly she’s gotten convictions in it already, but as others here have said the jury doesn’t have all the context we have from the previous trials, and the only “slam dunk” for her this time around is the defense theory so far seems beyond far-fetched and ridiculous that it may not matter if she continues in this manner for the rest of the trial. And I’m not saying it’s bad, but she’s often come across as disinterested, not great at letting some answers linger in the air for the jury before immediately jumping to the next question, and some other stuff we’ve seen of other prosecutors in other cases. JMOO though.