😄🔪Via Klasfeld:
Steinglass with a zinger:
"Cohen spent more time being cross examined in this trial than he did doing legal work for Donald #Trump in 2017." #TrumpTrial #legal
😄🔪Via Klasfeld:
Steinglass with a zinger:
"Cohen spent more time being cross examined in this trial than he did doing legal work for Donald #Trump in 2017." #TrumpTrial #legal
📌Via Kyle Cheney:
MARK IT DOWN: Jury deliberations began at about 11:30am. We'll hear from them if they have a question ... or a verdict.
Via @atrupar:
#Trump fans haven't been rooting so hard for something to be hung this hard since Mike Pence #TrumpTrial #legal
Tues 29 May 2024 🧵
Good morning! It’s the last day of the #TrumpTrial before jury #deliberations.
Today Justice #Merchan will give #JuryInstructions. Then they will discuss the case among themselves for the first time; they have not been allowed to even discuss it w/each other as yet.
Closing arguments took place yesterday, & the lawyers will have no further opportunity to address the jurors before they determine whether #Trump is #guilty or not guilty of 34 felonies.
Via Kyle Griffin:
New York's Appellate Division has upheld Judge Juan Merchan's decision not to recuse himself from Trump's criminal trial case.
The panel of judges ruled that Trump failed to prove the judge overstepped his authority by denying a defense motion for recusal.
#TrumpTrial #legal
Via Kyle Cheney #TrumpTrial
HAPPENING NOW: The jury says it wants Merchan to begin the instructions with the part about how they are supposed to consider the evidence and draw inferences -- including the metaphor about how if the ground is wet in the AM, you can infer it rained over night.