Via Lisa Rubin:
"This morning, @morningmika asked me whether Donald #Trump has posted a bond with respect to the recent $83.3 million #EJeanCarroll verdict. I told her I didn't think so, especially because the triggering event -- the filing of a judgment -- had not yet happened..."
Read the rest here:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1755273571637584224.html?utm_campaign=topunroll #legal
Psst! #ClarenceThomas won't do that. But keep up the pressure regardless.
"Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin is calling on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case focused on #Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 ballot." #14thAmendment #legal #SCOTUS https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/07/congress/durbin-thomas-scotus-trump-2024-ballot-eligibility-00140147?cid=politico_threads
🤦🏻♀️Via Anna Bower: 1/
NEW: Jeffrey Clark joins other Fulton Cty defendants in calling for disqualif of #FaniWillis based on alleged "personal & finan interest" in the prosecution.
Clark echoes argumts made by other defendts, focusing on alleged conflict related to Willis's rel'ship w Nathan Wade & extrajudicial comments
But Clark also claims Willis "exploited the power of her office" to "threaten" Wade's estranged wife in a divorce filing #legal #Georgia #TrumpIndictment
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24413015-clark-dq-adoption
Via Kyle Griffin:
Judge Engoron, who's set to deliver a verdict in #Trump's civil fraud trial, has ordered attorneys to give him details abt poss perjury by ex-Trump Org CFO Allen #Weisselberg.
Engoron said in email if Weisselberg had lied in one aspect of his testimony, he might disregard anything Weisselberg has said on the witness stand or to investigators.
"I of course want to know whether Mr. Weisselberg is now changing his tune, and whether he is admitting he lied under oath” #legal
"Judge Kaplan on Wednesday denied Trump's motion for a mistrial following #Trump's conviction for defaming #EJeanCarroll.
Trump's attorney Alina Habba moved for a mistrial after Carroll testified she had deleted some messages she received that contained threats to kill her" #legal https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-defamation-trial/judge-denies-trumps-motion-for-mistrial-107040181?id=106403966
Via Lawfare:
#DocketWatch: Fulton County Update
Fulton County DA #FaniWillis filed a motion to quash subpoenas seeking her and several members of her staff's testimony ahead of the Feb. 15 hearing. #Georgia #legal
🧵1/…Via Joyce Vance:
This is how you set up an appeal.
Kyle Cheney:
Special counsel’s office is pleading with Judge #Cannon to reverse to recent unsealing decisions they say would identify two dozen witnesses an expose them to threats.
They say Cannon’s rulings were “clear error” — defying 11th circuit precedent — and would cause ‘manifest injustice’
#JackSmith #legal #Documents #TrumpIndictment
Via Roger Parloff:
“Quick update on tense dispute between Judge #Cannon & govt in USA v #Trump (MaL): ln trying to persuade Cannon to reconsider her order last week to unseal identities of >24 “participants” in probe, including some witnesses & their statements ...” #legal #TrumpIndictment #documents
#Follow @JasonPerseus for live posting of #14thAmendment #SCOTUS #Trump arguments.
The live audio for the oral arguments can be found here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
They will begin at 10:00 a.m. EST, or for those who are more civilized folk: 9:00 a.m. CST.
Here we go … (in 30 minutes)!
#uspol #politics #uspolitics #trump #14th #insurrection #law #lawfedi #legal #supremecourt #SCOTUS
Via Tamar Hallerman:
New: Fulton spec prosec #NathanWade accusing defendant Mike Roman of abusing legal syst, going on fishing expedition by subpoenaing his personal & law firm bank records
"Roman did this not for relevancy, but to harass, bully, oppress & intimidate" opponents
Roman recently subpoenaed Wade, #FaniWillis + colleagues to testify at 2/15 hearing re: his motion to disqual them
Roman also subpoenaed finan records involving Wade, his firm from Synovus Bank #Georgia #legal
Tick tick tick...
Via Lisa Rubin:
it's always time for #EJeanCarroll news.
Judge Kaplan has at least entered judgment in the second Carroll trial. That starts the clock for #Trump's post-trial motions and for him to post a bond.
Specifically, federal rules governing civil cases stay a plaintiff's execution on a judgment for 30 days after the entry of judgment, which effectively means he has 30 days to provide a bond or other security to lengthen that stay pending an appeal
#legal
Via Anna Bower:
After #Trump moved to extend pre-trial deadlines in the classified #documents case, #JackSmith files a scathing response.
The defendants “will stop at nothing to stall the adjudication of the charges against them by a fair and impartial jury of citizens,” the special counsel writes. #legal #TrumpIndictment
Via Brandon Van Grack:
During the Super Bowl, DOJ filed a motion in Mar-a-Lago case requesting permission to reply to defs' reply to support their motion to compel discovery. DOJ alleges procedural error: defs improperly raised a new claim that discovery is warranted based on selective prosecution #TrumpIndictment #legal #documents #Trump
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1757015755504193768.html?utm_campaign=topunroll
Via Lisa Rubin:
"On Friday, Judge Arthur Engoron is expected to release his ruling in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud trial, a ruling that can be appealed but cannot be wiped away simply by virtue of #Trump’s election to the presidency. And the consequences could be, well, yuge." #legal
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1757819747951878336.html?utm_campaign=topunroll
JHC. 🧵 1/... #FaniWillis #legal #TrumpIndictment #Georgia
Via Olivia Rubin:
NEW: Judge in Trump case says Fani Willis disqualification "possible," hearing "must occur":
"Because I think it's possible that the facts alleged..could result in disqualification, I think an evidentiary hearing must occur to establish the record on those core allegations"
🧵 Via Lisa Rubin: 1/...
One of the most offensive aspects of Trump’s stay petition is his insistence that the dearth of any prosecutions of a former president over 234 years of American history “implies that the power does not exist.”
But the recent argument on Trump’s disqualification from the Colorado primary ballot, one of the justices did not seem all that keen on such arguments.
Tick tick tick... 1/... 🧵
Via Kyle Cheney:
MATH EXERCISE: #Trump's immunity appeal paused his DC trial on Dec. 7 — w 88 days to go until Mar 4 trial was set to begin
That means if #SCOTUS sends case back to Chutkan, she will give Trump roughly 88 days to prepare for trial. If SCOTUS denies the stay on, say, Feb. 22, that would line up Trump's trial for May 20 ..the precise date he's slated to go on trial in Florida, but which seems highly unlikely to remain on track #legal #TrumpIndictment
As expected :
“#Trump on Monday filed a last-ditch request at #SupremeCourt seeking to prevent his prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election from moving closer to trial.
Trump asked the justices to put on hold an appeals court ruling that rejected his broad claim of presidential immunity in relation to events leading up to #Jan6” #legal #SCOTUS #TrumpIndictment
Via Elie Mystal:
As expected, Jack didn’t need a week.
Now we see if SCOTUS moves with the same urgency
Mueller, She Wrote:
BREAKING: #JackSmith has filed his opposition to trump's application for a stay with #SCOTUS over the immunity issue. As predicted, DoJ says trump FAILS to meet the standards for issuing a stay, nor can he overcome the public's interest in a speedy resolution. #legal #TrumpIndictment 1/...
![From: Engoron To: [Trump's lawyers] RE: People v. Trump When | sent my straightfwd, narrow request for info about poss perjury by Allen Weisselberg in the subject case, | was not seeking to initiate a wide-ranging debate with counsel. However, your misleading response grossly mischaracterizes the letter that | wrote, and | feel compelled to respond. .. | have not taken, do not plan to take, and did not suggest or hint that | would take the Times article into consideration...However, if, tomorrow, Weisselberg publicly confesses to having committed perjury about a significant matter in the case before me, or if he pleads guilty to such perjury at any time before | issue my final decision, | will research and consider what the law allows...Indeed, Rule 3.3(a)(3) provides that “If a ...lawyer’s client...offered material evidence and the lawyer comes to know of its falsity, the lawyer shall take reasonable remedial measures, including, if necessary, disclosure to the tribunal.”..You and your co-counsel have been questioning my impartiality since the early days of this case, presumably because | sometimes rule against your clients. That whole approach is getting old. Your invocation of Cohen’s testimony and veracity is completely out of bounds. You have already submitted your post-trial briefs and made your final arguments. | am not reopening the case, but if someone pleads guilty to committing perjury in a case over which | am presiding, | want to know about it. Justice Engoron](/proxy/post_attachment/65608/7bd76e7821.png "From: Engoron To: [Trump's lawyers] RE: People v. Trump When | sent my straightfwd, narrow request for info about poss perjury by Allen Weisselberg in the subject case, | was not seeking to initiate a wide-ranging debate with counsel. However, your misleading response grossly mischaracterizes the letter that | wrote, and | feel compelled to respond. .. | have not taken, do not plan to take, and did not suggest or hint that | would take the Times article into consideration...However, if, tomorrow, Weisselberg publicly confesses to having committed perjury about a significant matter in the case before me, or if he pleads guilty to such perjury at any time before | issue my final decision, | will research and consider what the law allows...Indeed, Rule 3.3(a)(3) provides that “If a ...lawyer’s client...offered material evidence and the lawyer comes to know of its falsity, the lawyer shall take reasonable remedial measures, including, if necessary, disclosure to the tribunal.”..You and your co-counsel have been questioning my impartiality since the early days of this case, presumably because | sometimes rule against your clients. That whole approach is getting old. Your invocation of Cohen’s testimony and veracity is completely out of bounds. You have already submitted your post-trial briefs and made your final arguments. | am not reopening the case, but if someone pleads guilty to committing perjury in a case over which | am presiding, | want to know about it. Justice Engoron")
