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Jurors will have to determine when — if ever — #MichaelCohen began telling the truth. #Blanche is demonstrating that Cohen told lies, big & small, over a long period of time & for various reasons.
At the same time, prosecutors have & will demonstrate in re-direct & closing arguments that #Trump has told lies, big & small, about a number of people & issues in this & other cases.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
In earlier testimony, #MichaelCohen made #RobertCostello (#Giuliani ally & lawyer who offered services to Cohen in 2018 when he was under investigation) sound as if he were an intermediary for #Trump, trying to keep Cohen #loyal. #Blanche is trying to complicate the relationship, asking if Costello told Cohen he had the option to cooperate w/ #law enforcement.
Reporting is #Costello’s role was convoluted, but Cohen did accept some legal advice from him at that time.
During the #TrumpTrial morning break, POS #MattGaetz posted an obvious reference to #Trump's Sept 2020 command to the #ProudBoys by writing “Standing back & standing by Mr. President.” 🤬
#WhiteSupremacy #StochasticTerrorism #GagOrder #criminal #law
#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
#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
The more I speak about #Biden's complicity in #genocide, the more desperate people are to tell me I must vote for him in *six months*.
This is what they focus on. Not the genocide happening *right now* but a vote that will happen in *six fucking months*.
They say the only way to stop the genocide is to make sure he stays in office. Again, they say the only way to stop genocide is by keeping the same person committing it in power.
Mind you, I haven't *once* indicated who I'm voting for, because it isn't the point. But also, I have ranked choice voting, so it's *really* not relevant. I don't have to vote *for* Biden to still vote *against* #Trump. I just have to rank the damned candidates, with Trump last. But again, this isn't even the point.
The point is that so many people who claim to care about genocide don't, and would rather focus on fighting me on my individual #vote 6 months away than a genocide happening right now.
“#Biden suggested that the two candidates could pick some dates, taking a dig at Trump’s ongoing New York hush money trial by noting that the Republican is “free on Wednesdays,” the usual day off in the trial” #Trump #debates
https://apnews.com/article/6b1d1dbb2ed61c7637041b23662d7da8
Biden challenges Trump to two debates but won't participate in nonpartisan commission debates
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September, but there are no guarantees they'll happen as their camps are far apart on key details.JOSH BOAK (AP News)
#Republican #LizCheney, the fmr congresswoman, #Jan6 cmte co-chair & #Trump critic, assailed #House Speaker #MikeJohnson for his impending appearance outside the courthouse where Trump's #ElectionInterference / #HushMoney trial is taking place. “Have to admit I’m surprised that SpeakerJohnson wants to be in the ’I cheated on my wife with a porn star’club,” she wrote on X. “I guess he’s not that concerned with teaching morality to our young people after all.”
#TrumpTrial #law #Republicans #GOP
Via Adam Schiff:
People are losing respect for our system of justice because a Speaker of the House stands outside a courthouse to falsely denigrate it.
If you have no respect for the rule of law, Mr. Speaker,
At least have some self-respect.
Aaron Rupar:
Speaker Mike Johnson is outside #Trump's trial offering a stream of lies
Emptywheel:
Tommy Tuberville says he went to Gotham to help an accused felon threaten a judge's family.
Via David Lurie:
Tuberville is a bad co-conspirator.
Aaron Rupar:
Tommy Tuberville admits on Newsmax that "one of the reasons he went" to NYC yesterday was to "overcome this gag order" #Trump #GagOrder
#Trump Is Getting #Slammed for #antiTrans #Pledge on #Reddit, saying he would #rollback #transgender #rights on “day one” in #office if he is #reelected.
A #commenter summed it up perfectly, “Imagine being so #hateful that this is a #Day1 priority.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://2paragraphs.com/2024/05/trump-is-getting-slammed-for-transgender-pledge-on-reddit/
Trump Is Getting Slammed for Transgender Pledge on Reddit
The 2021 executive order by Biden that Trump pledged to reverse said that “all students should be guaranteed an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex."2paragraphs.com
Hm, bei #Trump in den #USA, sicherlich.--Aber ist das Verwenden von #Wahlkampfkostenerstattungen und #Wahlkampfspenden (welche steuerbegünstig sind) in #Deutschland überhaupt zulässig.
Seit ettlichen Jahren ist es steuerrechlich nicht mehr möglich (ich meine sogar auf EU-Ebene) Geldbußen von der Einkommenssteuer abzuziehen bzw. sie als Aufwand oder Werbungskosten zu buchen bzw. deklarieren?
Leider konnte ich bei einer kurzen Recherche zu #DE nichts finden. Ich gehe davon aus.
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?"
LOL!! Nice try.
And she got reprimanded by Security in the court room today for sending a note to Necheles when she's not on the legal team.
Via Acyn:
#Habba: Look, the end of the day is we haven’t heard one thing… The one thing we’re not hearing up there is very simple, what did President #Trump do wrong… I am yet to hear that
Via Bill Pascrell,:
“Xi is a brilliant man. If you went all over Hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of President Xi, you couldn't find it. There's nobody like that. The look, the brain, the whole thing” —donald trump 4/11/2023
Reporter: #Trump says #China has been eating our lunch. What’s your response?
#Biden: He’s been feeding them a long time
#TrumpTrial Tues 14 May, 2024 🧵
#Trump has his posse again. Today it’s more #Republican elected officials. Today, Trump will be joined by the #House speaker, #MikeJohnson, as well as #NorthDakota’s governor, #DougBurgum, a contender to be Trump's running mate. Also present will be Representatives #ByronDonalds & #CoryMills of Florida, & #VivekRamaswamy, who was one of Trump's primary rivals this year. Both Donalds & Ramaswamy are longshot hopefuls to be Trump's running mate.
#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...
Trump May Owe $100 Million From Double-Dip Tax Breaks, Audit Shows
A previously unknown focus of an IRS audit is a dubious accounting maneuver that effectively meant taking the same write-offs twice on a Chicago skyscraper, a NYT and ProPublic investigation
#Trump #DonaldTrump #TrumpChicago #TrumpTaxes
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/us/trump-taxes-audit-chicago.html
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Donald #Trump‘s #poll numbers keep showing his is ahead, but I don’t believe them.
The reach and the content of his messaging has been severely curtailed and is no longer #shocking. He has #normed the conversation to himself.
Social media's influence on elections is different in 2024:
1. **Platform Policies**: Social media platforms have been under increased scrutiny and have made policy changes to reduce the spread of disinformation and to manage political advertising more strictly.
So all those of you protesters refusing to vote for Biden I hope you realize this is your future with a Trump presidency:👇
" Trump Wants to Deport Pro-Palestine Protesters—and GOP Lawmakers Are Filing Bills to Make It Happen"
"....comments come amid Republican-led efforts to brand ** all anti-war protesters *** as supporters of terrorism and a continued push to criminalize protest."
#News #Protests #Biden #Trump #Gaza
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/trump-protesters-gop-marco-rubio-palestine-college-deport/
Trump wants to deport pro-Palestine protesters—and lawmakers are filing bills to make it happen
Republicans continue their push to punish dissent.Mother Jones
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
Trump reportedly told oil execs he’ll end electric car incentives for $1 billion in donations
Donald Trump has reportedly told oil executives that he will end electric car incentives if they contribute $1 billion to...Fred Lambert (Electrek)
#Hoffinger, the prosecutor asks #MichaelCohen specific questions about the recording.
Cohen says that when he insisted that David #Pecker be paid, he made reference to Pecker's dossier on #Trump. And he says that while he said "financing," he meant "funding," meaning he was asking how Pecker would be repaid for silencing #KarenMcDougal's story.
#criminal #law #DeadBeat #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #StormyDaniels
#MichaelCohen says that the recording he made of himself talking to #Trump cuts off because a bank employee called him & he
"must have believed" the call was important.
But Cohen says he continued to speak to Trump about the #HushMoney deal w/ #KarenMcDougal after the recording ended.
This is another piece of #evidence that Trump's lawyers have sought to delve into, questioning why the call ended abruptly suggesting that Cohen may have manipulated evidence.
Michael Cohen testifies that he - & everybody - at the #TrumpOrganization spoke to #AllenWeisselberg about financial transactions. Weisselberg, currently in #jail, was involved in coordinating the repayments to Cohen after Cohen paid #HushMoney to #StormyDaniels.
Cohen is emphatic that Weisselberg was involved in every deal no matter the size.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics
#MichaelCohen's testimony about #AllenWeisselberg's financial advice on the #KarenMcDougal deal explains why Cohen would go on to pay #StormyDaniels, borrowing against his home. He says Weisselberg told him not to go through the #TrumpOrganization -linking the payment to #Trump's company would defeat the purpose- but to come up w/other more creative ways to pay.
This will help prosecutors explain why Cohen made the #HushMoney payment in such a roundabout way.
#Trump seems to have paid attention to very little of #MichaelCohen's testimony so far. He spent the first hour or so sitting still at the defense table with his eyes closed. After the morning break he's been awake but reading through printouts as he often does - likely news clippings printed by his staff.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal
Prosecution presents details of the financial transactions that #MichaelCohen originally planned to use to reimburse David #Pecker for the payment to #KarenMcDougal.
Cohen says that Pecker was not the one who was ultimately going to pay to silence the story. It was "Mr. Trump." &, as we look at his call history, he says that a 7-min call placed to Trump on 29 Sept, 2016 -a month before the election — was to inform #Trump that the McDougal matter was “being resolved."
#MichaelCohen says after all that, #Pecker called & told him that #Trump would not have to pay. Cohen said he looked forward to telling Trump this, because it "would make him very happy."
Cohen says Pecker's explanation was that the #KarenMcDougal deal had ended up being good for his co. But the jury heard from Pecker during his testimony, that he had spoken to his general counsel & decided that he did not want to be repaid - because he was worried about committing a #crime.
An incredible number of hours went into covering up #Trump's alleged affairs in 2016. #MicgaelCohen & the team at The #NationalEnquirer went to elaborate lengths & constantly communicated about how to keep #women quiet. Accounting departments were engaged. Front companies were created. Misleading invoices were produced.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal
#MichaelCohen testifies about being in London when the #AccessHollywood tape came out shortly before the #election. He says he got an email from #SteveBannon, who was the CEO of the #Trump campaign at the time.
Prosecution displays an email exchange about the tape that was forwarded to him by Bannon. Top campaign ofcls including the press sec
#HopeHicks, the campaign manager #KellyanneConway & the deputy campaign manager #DavidBossie were also on the email.
Part of Prosecution’s purpose is to make clear that #MichaelCohen is who the campaign staff members went to when they needed to address an issue related to a #woman alleging sexual misconduct by #Trump.
Cohen says Trump described the language heard on the #AccessHollywood tape as "locker room talk," & that Trump suggested that descriptor came from his wife, #Melania.
🤯 if she was in on the spin, the argument trump was concerned about her is BS.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial
Before court adjourned on Friday, Justice #Merchan asked prosecutors to tell #MichaelCohen to stop talking shit about #Trump, after a defense lawyer alerted the court to a recent TikTok video in which Cohen wore a shirt w/ a picture of Trump behind bars. We don’t know what, if any, discussions this prompted between prosectors & Cohen, but he appeared to stay off social media this past weekend.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
#Trump brought a posse today.
Senator #JDVance, Eric Trump, Boris Ephsteyn, his *legal* adviser; Alina Habba, one of the lawyers from his civil fraud trial; US House Rep #NicoleMalliotakis; Senator #TommyTuberville; & the #Iowa & #Alabama attorneys general.
This is the biggest entourage we’ve seen him with so far.
He must be scared.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal
