MSNBC: Michael Cohen is prosecution's final witness. #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal
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All via McB for awhile:
Counsel approaches, brief sidebar
"Binoculars down."
As I mentioned, courtroom rules strictly enforced. During sidebar, court security doesn't allow reporters to use binoculars they had brought to see exhibits and facial expressions better
NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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1/... Erica Orden:
Trump returned to courtroom accompanied by Eric, Lara Trump, + rest of entourage.
McB:
Back in overflow, the rules are as strict as ever—even Chris Hayes
gets ID'd.
"Press credentials?" a court officer demands, as another reporter gives a good natured, "You sure you're a member of the press, Chris?"
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/
#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
#TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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Running a little late, so some preamble included here.
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
Via @stevebenen:
Quite a quote from Eric Swalwell on the parade of GOP members attending #TrumpTrial this morning:
“I don’t think that anything could animate the phrase ‘do-nothing Congress’ more than missing votes and canceling hearings to go up and be a spectator at your cult leader’s trial.”
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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Running a little late, so some preamble included here.
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.
#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.
#CountdownToCanada ends today! TODAY.
(Click on that hashtag to see all the dopey gifs, including one with Hammy!)
You've been with me every step of the way and for that I thank you.❤️
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For the next few days we'll be on the road to #Canada 🇨🇦, our new home. Bear with me for not replying w/ more than a "like" & for not live-posting the #TrumpTrial.
I'll post alerts & pop in.
IT'S HAPPENING!!
Reminder: I'm on the road today, so I will NOT be live-posting the #TrumpTrial
Please follow @Nonilex for coverage. She's terrific!
#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
FYI, #TrumpTrial...
Via Katie Phang:
Court has resumed. Judge Merchan is back on the bench. All counsel are present and Trump is also present.
First jury instruction argument over FECA (Federal Election Campaign Act).
Via Katie Phang:
Before the lawyers depart, Judge Merchan strongly tells Blanche that he doesn’t think it was an accident when Blanche told jury that the jury should think twice before “sending a man to prison.”
Merchan to Blanche: Your statement was “outrageous” & “highly inappropriate.”
Merchan’s tone was tempered but you could tell he was angry w Blanche. Merchan noted that Blanche’s experience as a federal prosecutor suggests that this was no accident on his part #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal
Tues 28 May 2024 🧵 #ClosingArguments to Begin in #TrumpTrial
#Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection w/a #HushMoney payment made to a porn star to influence the 2016 election. The case could be in the jury’s hands as early as Wed.
#law #ElectionInterference
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/28/nyregion/trump-trial-closing-arguments?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Btw, I am reading live posts of the #TrumpTrial but unable to post for you (sorry). Prosecution is killing it.
FYI: Via Kyle Griffin:
Judge Merchan tells the jury that Trump lawyer Todd Blanche's comment was "improper, and you must disregard it."
"If there is a verdict of guilty, it will be up to me to impose a sentence." He adds: A "prison sentence is not required in the event of a guilty verdict." #legal #Trump
People, no. No bail. He’s not jailed.
No bail was even requested. #TrumpTrial
#TrumpTrial Thurs 30 May 2024 🧵#Deliberations continue
Justice #Merchan says he believes that the #jury wants him to repeat a significant portion of the #JuryInstructions.
He will read pages 6-35.
Each page yesterday took him just a little more than a minute, so this will take >30 mins.
Between that & the testimony readbacks, also expected to take >30 mins, there will likely be >1 hour this morning w/the jury in the courtroom, not actively deliberating.