Justice Merchan called #Trump’s lawyer to a sidebar to say Trump was “cursing audibly” & possibly intimidating Daniels...
“I understand your client is upset at this pt, but he is cursing audibly & shaking his head visually & that’s contemptuous. It has the potential to intimidate the witness & the jury can see that...I am speaking to you here at the bench because I don’t want to embarrass him. You need to speak to him. I won’t tolerate that.” #TrumpTrial
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/07/stormy-daniels-testimony-trump-hush-money-trial/
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#Trump Is Getting #Slammed for #antiTrans #Pledge on #Reddit, saying he would #rollback #transgender #rights on “day one” in #office if he is #reelected.
A #commenter summed it up perfectly, “Imagine being so #hateful that this is a #Day1 priority.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://2paragraphs.com/2024/05/trump-is-getting-slammed-for-transgender-pledge-on-reddit/
The #Biden admin plans to stop #businesses & #wealthy individuals from manipulating the value of #assets in arcane ways such as using the same assets over & over again to lower their taxes. (#Trump)
High-end business partnerships like hedge funds & wealthy individuals such as real estate investors have inappropriately used labyrinthine structures to shield tens of billions of dollars from taxation, #Treasury Dept ofcls said Mon.
#law #finance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/17/tax-basis-shifting-irs-partnerships/
A video filmed during Donald #Trump's New Jersey rally on Saturday has shown "thousands" of people leaving while the former president was still talking.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-new-jersey-rally-crowd-walks-out-speech-video-1899832
#TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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1/… more preamble, via Rupar:
Trump this morning printed out new NYT poll showing him ahead in swing states+ some Fox columns for good measure.
"A legal expense is a legal expense. It's marked down in the book, 'legal expense'" --Trump still pretending he doesn't understand why he was charged w crimes re Stormy payment
Apologies for my late start
Monday May 13
#MichaelCohen is on the stand today
#criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal
"Nearly 3weeks ago, #Giuliani was charged in #Arizona in connection with actions he allegedly took after the 2020 presidential election to try to reverse #Trump's loss in the state. Two state attorney general agents traveled to New York to hand-deliver a summons to Giuliani but weren't able to get past a doorman. Other attempts have also failed. If Giuliani doesn't appear in court on May 21, he could be held in contempt." https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/14/rudy-giuliani-arizona-charges/?location=alert
#TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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1/… Via Rupar: Trump wraps up his morning rant by attacking one of the prosecutors, Colangelo, which is a flagrant violation of his gag order
#TrumpTrial 🧵 Thursday 16 May 2024
Cross-examination of #MichaelCohen resumes, an opportunity for the defense to poke holes in his testimony & perhaps trip up or provoke the state’s key witness. The questioning of Cohen, #Trump’s fmr fixer, is the beginning of the end of Trump’s #criminal trial, which began April 15 & might conclude before Memorial Day weekend at this pace.
#law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #StormyDaniels
#WompWomp Arizona’s attorney general says Rudy #Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn #Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Giuliani’s political adviser, Ted Goodman, confirmed Giuliani was served Friday night after his 80th birthday celebration as he was walking to the car.
https://apnews.com/article/86f4938ff4570a833dd4d1c44705460f
Donald #Trump's 'Glitch' During NRA Speech Raises Questions
“Trump sparked commentary on social media after he stopped speaking for more than 30 seconds during a speech.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-glitch-nra-speech-1902257
Via Lisa Rubin:
What is supposed to be a holding room for a former president’s security has, at their own admission, become a de facto campaign HQ . . . in a government building.
Olivia Nuzzi:
The #Trump campaign has moved its operational headquarters from West Palm Beach to a holding room inside Manhattan criminal court.
After brashly declaring he wanted to #testify in his #criminal trial, it appears increasingly unlikely that #Trump will do so, as the #jury seems poised to hear #ClosingArguments next week.
Defendants rarely testify, because their #lawyers advise them that the risks of doing so, particularly when it comes to being questioned by prosecutors #UnderOath, are simply too great.
#TrumpTrial #law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/18/trump-trial-testifying/
NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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1/…
Tyler McBrien:
At 2:04 p.m., the prosecution strolls back in and lays out stacks of papers, binders, and other documents on the desk.
Via Aaron Rupar who has the video:
#Trump is getting booed at the Libertarian National Convention
#TrumpTrial started earlier than I did today. Grabbing coffee, starting THREAD HERE🧵1/… #Trump #legal
Here’s the list of Trump’s allies attending his trial today:
AG Alan Wilson
Rep. Eric Burlison
Rep. Andrew Clyde
Rep. Mary Miller
Rep. Keith Self
John Coale
Alan Dershowitz
Will Scharf
Steve Witkoff
Bernie Kerik
Kash Patel
Vernon Jones
Jerry Kassar
Chuck Zito
#TrumpTrial 🧵 Monday 20 May 2024
#Trump has a huge posse today, including #KashPatel; #GerryKassar, a #conservative party leader in NY; #BernieKerik, fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; #AlanDershowitz, lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & #BorisEpshteyn, *legal* adviser who was #indicted in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.
#criminal #law #ElectionInterference #MobTactics #StochasticTerrorism #GagOrder
NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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1/... Tyler McBrien:
It's 2:09 p.m., Trump walks in with his defense team in tow.
Alan Dershowitz is still here as well.
All five members of the prosecution are already seated.
WTAF?
Exclusive: #Trump #ForeignPolicy advisers met Israeli PM #Netanyahu
3 fmr #UnitedStates foreign policy ofcls in Trump's admin met w/ Benjamin Netanyahu & other public figures in #Israel on Mon….
The delegation was comprised of Robert O'Brien, who served as Trump's 4th & final #NationalSecurity adviser, as well as fmr Ambassador to the #UAE John Rakolta & fmr Ambassador to #Switzerland Ed McMullen….
#geopolitics #Gaza
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump-foreign-policy-advisers-met-israeli-pm-netanyahu-source-says-2024-05-20/
#Trump’s Social Media Company Posts Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/
😆🤦🏻♀️Just hours after #Trump asked libertarians for their party's nomination and votes, the party chair said he never submitted the appropriate paperwork to actually be considered at the party's nominating convention. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-doesnt-submit-paperwork-libertarian-party-nomination-soliciting-rcna154132
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-doesnt-submit-paperwork-libertarian-party-nomination-soliciting-rcna154132
#TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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1/...Tyler McBrien:
Trey Gowdy again...
Per Trump's campaign, this is today's Greek chrous: Don Trump, Jr., Matt Whitaker, Pam Bondi, Sen. Eric Schmitt, Rep. Daniel Webster, Rep. Dan Meuser, Rep. Ronny Jackson, Rep. Troy Nehls, Rep. Dale Strong, Rep. Maria Salazar, Sebastian Gorka, Chuck Zito, Joe Piscopo, Bill White
#TrumpTrial 🧵 Tues 21 May 2024
Testimony may conclude today in Trump’s #criminal NY #ElectionInterference trial, after 5 weeks & 22 witnesses.
Yesterday the jury was introduced to #RobertCostello, a #Giuliani associate & #lawyer who acted as a “back-channel” for #MichaelCohen to #Trump in the summer of 2018.
Yesterday, Costello behaved so atrociously on the witness stand that Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom to admonish him & the defense attorneys. Costello is due back on the stand
Um…
#Trump posted a video on Monday showing images of a fake newspaper article that references a “unified Reich” if he’s reelected in 2024.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/21/politics/trump-unified-reich-video?cid=ios_app