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#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
#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
#law
#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
#Atheism #Theocracy #SCOTUS #Catholic #Biden #Trump #TrumpForPrison
#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/
Trump Media: Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million
Trump Media and Technology Group reported $770,500 in revenue for the first quarter of 2024 and a net loss of $327.6 million.Todd Spangler (Variety)
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/
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.
#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
#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
TRUMP ADMITTING GUILT?
Remember Trump's own words when he declines to take the stand this week in his hush money trial!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CpfDwx7tiLY&si=BWN44bLuBnxZKJAZ
All the Times Trump Bashed the Fifth Amendment
Trump just 'took the Fifth' during a civil investigation into his business by the NY attorney general. Here’s a flashback to all the times he stated that peo...YouTube
What do Americans really know about Trump and Biden?
Why Biden’s good news isn’t getting through, and what Biden should do about it - @rbreich
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
At least 11 injured in overnight shooting in Savannah, police say
At the same time, Trump promised an NRA audience that he will loosen restrictions on gun ownership in the US!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump #NRA #Breaking #BreakingNews
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/19/us/savannah-georgia-weekend-shooting/index.html
I have to get my dad’s house cleaned out, which is gonna cost thousands of dollars. This guy showed up to pitch his services in a truck covered in fuck Joe #Biden and related stickers and it cost him real money. I’m sure it’s not the first time.
That’s your work truck, dude, and you service a county where #Trump got 36% of the vote.
These people are really not smart. #maga
That's even longer than the famous "akward pause."
No, he obviously lost it.--Little sleep or #dementia, I'd say.
🤔 🤔 Excuses Trump will have for avoiding the debate with Biden....
Any ideas??
Feel free to add your thoughts, please...
1) Gag order
2) I need a nap
3) Media is unfair
4) Biden won't allow my friend and supporter Mike Johnson and his friends set up a cheering section in the front row
5) Biden won't let me use cue cards
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/
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.
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
Donald Trump's 'Glitch' During NRA Speech Raises Questions
Trump stopped speaking for more than 30 seconds while addressing thousands of members of the National Rifle Association in Dallas.Khaleda Rahman (Newsweek)
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
Rudy Giuliani served indictment in Arizona fake electors case
Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor 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 former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden …SCOTT SONNER (AP News)
As with all of her postings, everything Heather Cox Richardson says today deserves attention. She opens by noting that the Dow Jones closed above 40,000 for the first time in history. But "in comparison to the breathless coverage of the stock market during Trump’s administration, this milestone is getting very little coverage."
#Biden #Trump #economy #SupremeCourt #SamuelAlito #Jan6
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-17-2024
May 17, 2024
Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 40,000 but then dropped back below it; today it closed above 40,000 for the first time in history, ending the day at 40,003.59.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
Is there some reason why Alito (and Thomas) is not recusing himself from any cases having to do with #Trump, the #2020Insurrection, or #electioninterference?
And #JusticeRoberts has the gall to whine about how #SCOTUS is so disrespected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html
Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:
“Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald #Trump’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.
“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-stand-back-stand-by-proud-boys_n_66462d52e4b0dd63cd2ba653 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stand-back-stand-matt-gaetz-174110101.html
'Stand Back And Stand By': Matt Gaetz Parrots Trump's Call To Violent Extremists At His Trial
The House Republican, one of several who joined Trump at his criminal trial in New York, repeated a line hailed by the neo-fascist Proud Boys.Jennifer Bendery (HuffPost)
Civil Discourse by Joyce Vance
Justice Alito
“You can hardly blame the folks who saw the flag flying at the #Alito’s home and decided it had to be brought to the Court’s attention. Surprisingly, it’s taken this long to become public. The Times reported that the half-dozen or so neighbors who were aware of it asked to remain anonymous because they “feared reprisal.” Let that sink in as we contemplate what a second #Trump term in office might look like.” #SCOTUS #USPol
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/justice-alito
Justice Alito
When I saw this headline in the New York Times late Thursday, a lot of different things ran through my mind. First, I wondered who had gotten through security to rig the flag at the Justice’s home.Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
An expert on deceptive communication says the jury might not like that #Trump is sitting with his eyes closed instead of making eye contact – or they might view it as him sending a message.
That’s just one of the observations he has, in a discussion with a former federal judge about this week’s testimony:
#News #BreakingNews #USPolitics #TrumpTrial
A silent Trump with eyes closed and a convicted liar on the stand − 2 experienced observers of Trump’s criminal trial discuss what stands out
Lying liars and closed eyes − both played roles in the most recent chapter of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York City.The Conversation
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.
After #MichaelCohen is off the stand, the defense will have an opportunity to present its own case, calling witnesses & questioning them to try to seed reasonable doubt within the jury. Prosecutors can then put on additional #witnesses to rebut expert witness testimony.
Though from what #Trump’s attys have said, it sounds like they aren’t going to bother calling any witnesses or putting on a #defense — I guess they don’t have one.
#criminal #law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
#Trump arrives in the courtroom, trailed by his son #EricTrump, his lawyers, as well as #Republican members of the #House of Representatives, including #LaurenBoebert & #MattGaetz.
The entourage is so large today that some people are being made to sit in the back. Others had to leave & go to Trump’s hold room.
If they do today what was done Tues, I hope Merchan hold Trump in contempt of the #GagOrder.
#criminal #law #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics #StochasticTerrorism #NodFarter
#Court officers explain, yet again, the courtroom's no-cellphone policy to the people here with #Trump.
The lawyers and the judge are having one of the longest sidebars that have taken place during this trial, if not the longest. Their voices are louder than usual, though the words they're saying aren't clear.
#law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter
Before entering the courtroom, #Trump potentially violated the #GagOrder forbidding him from talking about prosecutors in the case, other than Bragg. He made what sounded like a reference to Matthew #Colangelo, one of the prosecutors, saying, "a lead person from the #DOJ is running the trial," & baselessly adding, "So #Biden's office is running this trial." Colangelo USED TO work at the Dept of #Justice, & Trump has used similar language to describe him in the past.
The long sidebar may have been about scheduling issues. The judge just told the jurors that, if they are OK w/it, court may be in session next Wed, despite the fact that the trial is usually off on Wednesdays.
This suggests prosecutors & defense were quibbling over the calendar.
The defense sought to delay the trial many times before it started, & #Trump has complained that it was going too fast.
#law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
#MichaelCohen has been called back to the stand. The jury to be brought in.
#Trump atty Todd #Blanche continues cross-examination.
Blanche asks about texts between Cohen & the DA’s office.
Cohen agrees that texts shown w/ DA investigator are from around same time that he told a grand jury he was going to hold Trump accountable.
We are now on our third sidebar today.
#law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #NodFarter
#MichaelCohen says that he learned that #Trump was indicted before the #indictment was unsealed in the courtroom, when NYT broke that news in 2023. He says Rosenberg alerted him to that article.
Blanche’s point here seems to be that Rosenberg, the investigator, did something inappropriate, alerting Cohen to the fact that the indictment had been handed up. But NYT broke that news widely before the indictment was unsealed.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
There’s laughing when Justice #Merchan shoots down Todd #Blanche, #Trump's lawyer. Blanche asked for a sidebar & got a dismissive “no” from Merchan.
We’ve had 10 objections in <20 mins.
Defense plays a recording of #MichaelCohen celebrating Trump's indictment on his podcast. His voice is loud & enthusiastic to the point of seeming off-putting.
Some jurors seem uncomfortable.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
#MichaelCohen seems deflated after hearing that clip. Blanche asks if that was the first time that he had said he wanted #Trump to feel what Cohen himself had felt when he was prosecuted. Cohen says that he had expressed that sentiment before.
Reportedly Cohen’s voice sounded truly odd in the podcast clip. Giddy, high-pitched, & speaking so fast that it sounded as if the tape had been artificially sped up.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
#Blanche plays a 2nd clip of #MichaelCohen from his podcast, in which he says he hopes “that this man ends up in prison,” & “revenge is a dish best served cold,” & “you better believe I want this man to go down & rot inside for what he did to me & my family.”
Blanche asks Cohen if he believes his podcasts & media interviews played a role in #Trump's #indictment. “I took some credit, yes,” he says.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
