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NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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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 🧵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
@meeper @kaia
Right. Photoshop will go the "to hoover:* way, LOL
Too late BTW:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photoshop
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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hoover
#WarInUkraine, #Legal, #Russia #Banking #InternationalLaw
*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
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...pressing his allies to seek ways of tapping into the roughly €260bn of Russian reserves, with the G7 leaders’ summit in Italy next month seen as a key moment to push for progress."
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#WarInUkraine, #Legal, #Russia #Banking #InternationalLaw
*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
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...the courts of another if they do not agree it has jurisdiction over it, say some academics. “It’s a very old and well-established principle, and it’s based on
the idea that all states are equal,” says Webb, a public international law professor at King’s. “Even the world’s superpowers can’t sit in judgment on a tiny island state.”
"#JoeBiden is...
#WarInUkraine, #Legal, #Russia #Banking #InternationalLaw
*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
Via #FinancialTimes
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"...#JoeBiden is pressing his allies to seek ways of tapping into the roughly €260bn of Russian reserves, with the G7 leaders’ summit in Italy next month seen as a key moment to push for progress."
"Any plan to use these assets would test the legal principle of state immunity, whereby no country can be sued by...
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?"
#BreakingNews #Legal #Fascists
*#BjörnHöcke--Leading German fascist convicted*
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#Justitia omnibus, #Justice For All, the state motto of Washington, D.C. holds true in Germany.
Germany's most infamous #fascist, the state leader of the the fascist #AfD in #Thuringia and quite likely the next prime minister ("Governor") of the Free State of Thuringa, #BjörnHöcke, was held to account by the district court in Halle: 13,000 EUR.
What for, you might ask?...
#TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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1/…More color from Pagliery:
Eric Trump just swapped seats with Rep. Donalds just in time for the congressman to appear in photos behind Trump's defense table.
That's what this trial is now for Trump, a political photo opp.
More...
NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal
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1/… First, via Lawrence O'Donnell:
J.D. Vance was on the phone the entire time. He wasn’t taking in a word of testimony. Tuberville, to his credit, looking straight ahead, taking it all in as best he can, whatever sense he can make of it
#MichaelCohen is asked to identify #Trump.
Cohen says that he came into Trump’s circle by purchasing Trump properties. Then, he says, Trump himself offered him an opportunity to work at the #TrumpOrganization “as his special counsel.” He describes that transition into Trump’s world.
#Hoffinger, the prosecutor, asks #Cohen if Trump paid him for early #legal work he did at a Trump building, Trump World Tower. “No, ma’am,” he replies.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
#Hoffinger used #MichaelCohen to testify how #Trump didn't like leaving a written record of what he was doing, because, in Cohen's telling, he didn't want his words to get him into #legal trouble. This helps prepare the jury for a gap in the prosecution's case: that they need to rely on Cohen's word - & not a written record, like an email - to prove that Trump himself was involved in the falsification of business records.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics
Importantly, New York has a "one-party consent" law as to recording conversations. If a single party consents to a recording, it is #legal.
Jurors are played, for the 2nd time, the recording that #MichaelCohen described.
Jurors read the transcript of the recording on screens as the audio plays.
Cohen addresses the payment to #Pecker, referring to the publisher as "our friend David." Court again hears #Trump ask about financing & then advising Cohen to "pay in cash."
#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
Ontario First Nations denied equal access to justice, lawsuit alleges
Lawsuit says the lack of resources is harming First Nations people
"A statement of claim filed by the Chiefs of Ontario says that many provincial and federal laws — including those related to tenancy, land management and environmental protection — don't apply on reserves."
#News #Indigenous #Onpoli #Canpoli #HumanRights #Legal
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/first-nations-equal-access-justice-1.7196842
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...held to account.
Being a candidate in an election process does NOT entail immunity from prosecution or punishment. Neither does, in particular, having held an office. Only holding office grants (temporary) immunity.
And this has been #TFG's endgame...until #MAGA can #Russify the #US constitution + revoke the 22nd Amendment1), analogous to what #TFG's authoritarian idol #Putler has done in 2020.
2)
https://theconversation.com/vladimir-putin-secures-constitutional-changes-allowing-him-to-rule-until-2036-what-this-means-for-russia-141103
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Vladimir Putin secures constitutional changes allowing him to rule until 2036 – what this means for Russia
Results of a nationwide poll showed 78% of voters backed changes to Russia’s constitution.The Conversation
#USpol #Legal #TrumpTrials
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Yes, and it is normal to indict and punish a former public official, even if (s)he has been Consul or president. This is how it has been since the times of the Roman Republic. France, for instance, has had no qualms doing so.
I thought yesterday that it would be good for the US public to be educated (for the most part) or reminded of these essential lessons of history.
"Equal Justice Under Law" means just that ANYONE can and will be...
Noch mal für alle die es nicht verstehen, so wie Herr Dedy vom Städtetag #NRW:
Der öffentliche #Konsum ist #legal und stellt KEINEN #Anfangsverdacht für irgendwas da. Er rechtfertigt keine #Durchsuchung oder ähnliches!
Es ist also falsch, dass der #Ordnungsdienst mehr kontrollieren muss oder Feinwaagen benötigt.
Hört diese jämmerliche Geheule auf. Ist ja unerträglich!
https://www.staedtetag-nrw.de/presse/pressemeldungen/2024/cannabisverordnung-land-mehr-verantwortung
#CanG #WeedMob #KnowYourRights #Cannabis
"Das Land hätte mehr Verantwortung übernehmen müssen"
Helmut Dedy, Geschäftsführer des Städtetages NRW, gegenüber der Rheinischen Postwww.staedtetag-nrw.de
Via #SethAbramson
" @SethAbramson-3m
We are still underestimating the historical gravity--the dark awesomeness--of the last answer #HopeHicks gave under direct examination.
She revealed, in essence, that #Trump admitted to her that he would have lost in 2016 had he not committed 34 felonies.
Sit a moment with that."
A court drawing of the judge, a blond woman, an #TFG w/ notes saying, "I'm automatically attracted...
Sounds good, but I am sure #TFG will be unable to keep his mouth shut for 2 reasons:
1) As he will be convicted in at least one trial, his strategy is to de-legitimize the #US legal system ("#WitchHunt," etc.)
2) The megalomaniac cannot accept that a mere judge tries to gag him, aka "no-one tells Donald J. Trump to shut up!"
(except maybe #Putler or #MBS, but that's a different đź’µ tory.)
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GOOD
#HarveyWeinstein faces New York retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned
Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul #legal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/may/01/harvey-weinstein-overturned-trial?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Via Kyle Griffin:
Breaking: An appeal's court has denied #Trump's request to delay the hush money [election interference] trial.
Trump sought a delay because Merchan refused to recuse, because he couldn't invoke an immunity defense and because the judge made his team file motions with a delay to allow for redactions. #legal #TrumpTrial
👀 “Google and Twitter recently provided hundreds of files to #Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-#Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake electors plot.” #legal
Prosecutors said Monday they will not retry an #Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury. #legal
https://apnews.com/article/877c1740e69bb576717873fd31961309
Arizona rancher accused of fatal shooting will not be retried, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury.ANITA SNOW (AP News)
Federal judge rejects Donald #Trump's bid for new #EJeanCarroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment
The judge said Trump delivered "malicious and unceasing attacks" against her. #legal
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
#legal
https://trib.al/OpHzqi2
Trump, Giuliani, Meadows are unindicted co-conspirators in Michigan fake elector case, hearing reveals
The Michigan AG last year charged 16 Republicans with being "fake electors."Laura Romero (ABC News)
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Let’s start with this, via @darthstar, because NY has laws that govern #GagOrders. I heard the Legals on TV say the same thing as Sean here:
https://mastodon.online/@darthstar/112320741962522803
Sean McCabe (@darthstar@mastodon.online)
@Wileymiller@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mastodon.social I don't think Merchan's giving him a pass...NY has a process.Mastodon
Via Tyler McBrien:
In addition to sanctions, the prosecution is also proposing an expansion of both the gag order and the protective order which established an anonymous jury to include "an additional restriction on speech with respect to prospective and sworn jurors." #Trump #TrumpTrial #legal https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24556619/20240418-people-supplemental-aff-in-support-of-motion-for-contempt-filed.pdf
At the bench conference Judge #Merchan appeared to be speaking firmly to #Blanche.
The result of the conversation — Blanche may not be allowed to accuse #MichaelCohen of #perjury directly. But he may say that Cohen lied under oath. A #legal distinction.
Blanche suggested to the #jury there was a monetary motivation for Cohen's testimony, saying his livelihood relies on #Trump being destroyed.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
It seems like #Blanche will seek to convince the jury that everything was appropriate & done by the book, not even worthy of notice. That #Cohen was #Trump's lawyer, & he was paid for #legal services. But he'll also seek to distance his client from the matter: "President Trump had nothing to do w/the invoice," he said.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
#TrumpTrial has begun
#Trump’s #criminal trial for falsifying business records during the 2016 presidential campaign to hide an extramarital affair that occurred while his 4th(?) wife was pregnant from his majority #evangelical #Christian #electorate; to that end he arranged an illegal & financially fraudulent #HushMoney pay-off to the adult-film actress #StormyDaniels.
Once the prosecutor & Trump’s #legal team have outlined their cases to the jury, the 1st witnesses will be called.
#law
#WomensHealth #Pregnancy #PregnancyAndChildbirth #Legal #LawFedi #Abortion #USpol
Wow. #PoliticsGirl is known for astute and well-read commentaries on #politics.
Being personally affected for decades, this is one of the most emotional and convincing speeches of hers.
It is about #MyBodyMyChoice and the life-threatening health impact her pregnancy has had on her and why there should be a right to an access to #BirthControl and to an #Abortion.
American Pregnancy
There are days when I actually can’t believe that with all our advances, and all we know, we’re even contemplating the idea of the American government forcin...YouTube
