31/ Interesting nugget from NBC coverage:
At least one juror smirked as the prosecution showed the chapter from the Trump book "Trump: How to Get Rich" titled “Pay Attention to the Details.”
31/ Interesting nugget from NBC coverage:
At least one juror smirked as the prosecution showed the chapter from the Trump book "Trump: How to Get Rich" titled “Pay Attention to the Details.”
32/ McB:
The initial buzz of the day the built after learning about the Stormy Daniels testimony has subsided a bit, as we read repetitive excerpt after excerpt from Trump's books.
👉🏼This excerpt, however, is pretty on the nose:
"For me there's nothing worse than a computer signing checks . . . When you sign a check yourself, you're seeing what's really going on inside your business."👈🏼
33/ Press:
Prosecutor: And this?
Franklin: Thanks offered to Random House staff.
Prosecutor: Does this indicate an author very involved in the book?👈🏼
Franklin: Yes.
Prosecutor: This?
Franklin: 👉🏼God is in the details. Sign your own checks. People see it and they screw you less👈🏼
34/ McB:
No further questions from prosecution, but Blanche wants another bite at the apple.
He puts up Exhibit 413G, an excerpt from the acknowledgements page.
No further questions from either side, and the witness steps down.
Attorneys from both sides huddle around Justice Merchan for a sidebar, as Emil Bove stays seated at the defense table, in conversation with Trump.
35/ McB:
The jurors occasionally whisper something to each other, or show their neighbor a note, and smile quietly.
Boris Epshteyn, three rows in front of me, turns back and scans the members of the press seated in the gallery.
Sidebar continues.