👍🏻Secret Service prepares for if #Trump is jailed for contempt in hush money case - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/US/secret-services-prepares-potential-trump-contempt-order-hush/story?id=109542824
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Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: #Trump tells Judge #Cannon his New York trial is moving "expeditiously" and encourages her to postpone some filing deadlines while his lead attorneys are largely stuck in NY. #legal
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.458.0.pdf
REMINDER: I can’t always reply/answer questions. Use NFL (Not For Laffy)
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Pagliery:
Trump is sitting at the defense table, with Todd Blanche at his right and Emil Bove at his left, plus Susan Necheles at the far left.
Blanche is explaining something, waving his right hand around while Trump nods in approval.
Dozens called for jury duty are downstairs and going through metal detectors.
The judge just sat down. We begin.
Stupid, yes, but also, willfully gaslighting/lying, propping up their loser #DefendantSleepyFlopSweatMcBrainspurs
Brad Moss:
& then he falsified the biz records in furtherance of effort to viol campaign finance laws.
Are these folks really this stupid?
Bash: We actually have the reimbursement checks… Are you comfortable with this?
#Noem: #MichaelCohen worked for #Trump. Pres Trump paid his legal fees, he paid his Michael Cohen legal fees & bills & that's what this trial will bringing fwd
Via the #DailyBeast
#DonaldTrump’s #legal payroll is easily the largest and most diverse of any political figure in modern U.S. #history. But while most of the attorneys that #Trump’s various fundraising committees have paid over the years are a matter of public record, one of the top recipients still poses a mystery—with more than $8 million in legal costs going to an unknown firm, or firms, through what appears to be a corporate intermediary.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-legal-bills-are-hiding-an-dollar8-million-mystery
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Raw Story:
Internet melts down as Trump identified as 'unindicted co-conspirator' in Arizona filing
Trump's own niece, Mary Trump, had this to say about the news from Arizona:
"Good. Now indict the unindicted."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-unindicted-arizona/
#TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal 1/…
Via Klasfeld:
Trump entered the courtroom in his usual slow stroll and perturbed disposition.
He let out a slight exhale as he reached the defense table before sitting down.
Present in the gallery again today:
Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn.
#TrumpTrial Day 4 🧵 starts here.
Yesterday came to an abrupt end when the dishwasher leaked all over the floor. It’s fixed now, but what a mess.
Linus, Ramone & I are all doing well.
Yesterday’s 🧵 start:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112332007257451711
#criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder
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Veteran Democratic strategist Joe Trippi warns us to be skeptical of claims now being pushed by Republicans that RFKJr's candidacy may hurt Trump. Trippi thinks that RFK's threat is primarily to Biden, and Republicans are trying to run a bait-and-switch with the claim that RFK may hurt Trump
#RFKJr #Biden #Trump #Republicans
https://newrepublic.com/article/180912/dont-fooled-heres-know-rfk-jr-tacitly-boosting-trump
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Via Klasfeld:
Expected first:
The judge may issue his Sandoval rulings, determining what prior bad acts prosecutors can confront Trump with if he testifies.
A key question: "What's fair game?"
"Academic psychologists tell us that between 65% and 75% of jurors make up their minds about a case after the opening statement.
What’s even more incredible is that 85% of those jurors maintain the position they formed after the opening statement once all evidence is received and the trial is closed."
A Harvard Law School professor previews the psychology of today's court proceedings:
https://theconversation.com/expect-lawyers-to-set-the-tone-in-trumps-hush-money-trial-with-dramatic-possibly-explosive-opening-arguments-228366
#Trump #News #BreakingNews
Ahead of #TrumpTrial court Monday morning, #Trump posted on Truth Social that “America Loving Protesters should be allowed to protest at the front steps of Courthouses.” He added that people should “GO OUT AND PEACEFULLY PROTEST.” It’s very quiet outside the court in Manhattan — mostly just reporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/22/trump-hush-money-trial-live-updates/
Via Brad Moss:
If he has $175 million in cash why did he need a bonding company at all?
#Trump: I put up $175 million in cash but she said the bonding company isn't good. She doesn't like the bonding company because she doesn't know if their collateral is good. I put up $175 million in cash and she is questioning the bonding company.
"I have a spoiler alert. There's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. It's called democracy."
— Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's attorney
Citizen's United should be treated as the legalization of bribery. Bribe is still illegal thru a shell company. so create a PAC and there's no bribes anymore?
had Trump, Cohen & Pecker created a PAC instead, it would most likely been more difficult to prosecute #Trump's case under criminal conspiracy laws:
Mr. Blowdryer cooperated. I'm back, catching up now.
NEW THREAD🧵 #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal 1/...
Klasfeld:
We're back.
Prosecution: "The People call David Pecker."
Pecker, 72, provides some biographical information. He's married, and he now does consulting work.
After seeing that Jurors do not currently have notepads, the judge asks those who want them to raise their hands.
Their hands immediately shoot up — a studious bunch.
They are provided with them.
Via Asha Rangappa:
Fact that they never took it as tax deduction is telling, not exculpatory: This guy deducted his son’s $5 Boy Scout dues as a charitable donation
More evidence of trying not to leave a paper trail
#Trump: It’s a case as to bk-keeping, which is a very minor thing in terms of the law in terms…This is a case where u pay a lawyer, it's a lawyer & they call it a legal expense. That's the exact term they use. We never even deducted it as a tax deduction
Alright, who’s ready to see #Trump get his just deserts? He fucked up the whole damn world & that’s not an overstatement.
PS #BabySquirrel & I had a lovely weekend. It’s as boy! (He’s developed discernible - stuff)
He is doing quite well! Name: “Ramone” because he’s a sweet little punk rocker.
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😴Via Acyn:
A source tells Ben Meiselas that #Trump is taking ‘full-on bonafide naps’ in the courtroom: Trump looked to be close to deep REM sleep. His lids are heavy..
More people responding to Trump's latest campaign stop, er, gaggle on court steps.
Here's Brad Moss's take:
#Trump: It’s a case as to book-keeping, which is a very minor thing in terms of the law in terms… This is a case where you pay a lawyer, it's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense. That's the exact term they use. We never even deducted it as a tax deduction
Via Ruth Ben-Ghiat:
Desperation➡️call for "disruptions" so he can be saved and public will think it is too dangerous & inflamnatory to prosecute him.
#Trump: Letitia James, she is the worst attorney general in the country… Somebody has to step in. The governor, somebody has to do something
📌 👉🏼 Via Orden:
woah
Frank G. Runyeon:
NEW: NY Courts will release daily transcripts of Donald #Trump's criminal trial. #TrumpTrial
Inform yourselves on NY #GagOrder law: #TrumpTrial
"The judge would be on firm legal footing to sanction #Trump for all of the statements, but in an abundance of caution, may distinguish some of the repostings for the sake of taking a balanced approach and an incremental one...We expect the court to impose fines against Trump for a substantial number of the violations and to warn him that future violations will result in additional fines and potentially jail time" https://www.justsecurity.org/94878/why-trump-will-likely-be-held-in-contempt-and-what-then/
Sigh.
"#Trump is poised to receive an additional 36 million shares of Trump Media Tuesday — an “earnout” bonus worth more than $1.25 billion, at Monday’s price.
Trump Media, which owns the Truth Social app, was trading at around $35 per share mid-day Monday."