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Via Lisa Rubin:
Good morning. It's 10:22 a.m. here in New York, and the clerk of the New York Supreme Court has yet to enter judgment in the #Trump civil fraud case. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court has neither resolved Trump's stay motion nor decided Trump v. Anderson, the Colorado ballot case. And so we wait. #legal
🤦🏻♀️ Via Anna Bower:
NEW: #Trump's legal team wants Judge McAfee to consider addit’l evidence as he mulls whether #FaniWillis should be disqual. The proposed exhibit incl affidavit from private investig who analyzed N. Wade's cell phone location data
Trump's investigator says phone data shows in 2021 Wade twice arrived late in evening at Willis's then-home in Hapeville & left in early a.m. hours.
Willis & Wade testified that they did not begin dating until 2022, but defense disputes that #legal
#FaniWillis walked unaccompanied through the front door of a #FultonCounty courtroom on Thurs afternoon in a bright magenta dress & announced she was ready to testify. She was interrupting her lawyer, who at that very moment was trying to convince a judge that she should not have to testify at all.
- Richard Fausset, NYT
#GiftArticle #criminal #law #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/us/fani-willis-trump-georgia-testimony.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V00.hYXJ.qvFl1lSoIE5X&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Biden campaign blasts #Trump's comments on Putin and #NATO in a new ad 💪🏼
https://youtu.be/ffwkBpChy0E?feature=shared
#Trump opts against #SupremeCourt appeal on civil immunity claim over #Jan6 lawsuits
The decision not to seek high court review means cases brought against Trump over Jan. 6 can move forward in district court, although he can still mount an immunity defense. #legal
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-opts-supreme-court-appeal-immunity-claim-police-jan-6-lawsuits-rcna138869 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-opts-supreme-court-appeal-immunity-claim-police-jan-6-lawsuits-rcna138869?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=65cf789670a0d90001ca126a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Klasfeld:
#Trump would need to post "a bond in an amount equal to the judgment" to delay enforcement.
Between the civil fraud and E. Jean Carroll judgments, "the immediate question is whether Trump has the liquidity" to post those bonds.
Via Brad Moss:
#Navalny was poisoned on #Trump’s watch, and imprisoned again on Trump’s watch.
Fox Host: I think you could venture to wonder if Navalny would have died, been treated how he was, if there were a different president in office #ClusterFox
🤦🏻♀️Guess this is how he plans to scrape up enough to pay his legal bills and fines?
Via Ron Filipkowski:
#Trump is Selling “Trump Sneakers at Sneaker Con Today for $399.
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-is-selling-399-shoes-today-at-sneaker-con
And Via Kyle Griffin:
Biden-Harris 2024 Comms Director Michael Tyler on Trump's appearance at Sneaker Con:
"Donald Trump showing up to hawk bootleg Off-Whites is the closest he'll get to any Air Force Ones ever again for the rest of his life."
via Pagliery!
Breaking news, first
@thedailybeast
Donald Trump has been hit with a massive one-two punch in his bank fraud case.
He owes $372 million for lying—and he can't borrow money from any New York bank, frustrating his ability to appeal the judgment.
Best 🧵o' the Day (except if you're a Debbie Downer). 1/...
Via NY AG Letitia James:
In a massive victory, we won our case against Donald #Trump for engaging in years of incredible financial fraud to enrich himself.
Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, and his former executives must pay over $450 million in disgorgement and interest.
“He found that the #Trump-branded buildings collapsed in value by 25 percent compared with similar properties from their peak in 2013. “It’s huge,” he said.”
1/.. The clips from the #Trump ego rally are beyond unhinged.
Here's a partial quote from one of them, via Ron Filipkowski:
Time for E. Jean Carroll v Trump Lawsuit #3!
Aaron Rupar:
Trump attacks #EJeanCarroll, who he was found liable of assaulting and has repeatedly defamed: "I'm saying, who the hell is she? Who's the woman?"
Why yes, I am rubbing it in.
Via Klasfeld:
Notable passage:
“Defendants all but concede that Mr. #Trump has insufficient liquid assets to satisfy the judgment amount; defendants would need ‘to raise capital’ to do so.”
Over the weekend, Donald Trump suggested creating a police force that metes out punishments with impunity—a model used by Hitler and Mussolini. That story is the most important development over the weekend. It deserves to be headline news in every major media outlet
#hitler #nazi #fascism #authoritarianism #trump #biden #voteblue #police #policebrutality
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/keep-calm-and-carry-on-955
“Bipartisan ethics regulators in #Wisconsin have recommended felony charges against one of #Trump’s fundraising arms and other Republicans in a scheme that they say was meant to circumvent campaign finance laws to take out a powerful GOP lawmaker who has turned against Trump” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/23/wisconsin-ethics-trump-fundraising-charges/
Via Lisa Rubin:
NEW: Supreme Court orders list out; nothing about immunity appeal on it. But that’s what experts expected because a decision on #Trump’s stay motion will likely come through a miscellaneous order. #SCOTUS
https://supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/022624zor_m6ho.pdf