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28/ #WompWomp (I made the same point a couple of posts ago)
Klasfeld:
Blanche complains about Trump's inability to respond to press and witness statements: "Everyone in the world can say everything that they want."
👉🏼Justice Merchan notes the difference — Trump is a criminal defendant.👈🏼
#Tesla has backed away from an ambitious plan for innovations in gigacasting, its pioneering manufacturing process, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in another sign that the electric-vehicle maker is retrenching amid falling sales and rising competition.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-retreats-next-generation-gigacasting-manufacturing-process-2024-05-01/
#Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles + getting rid of public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.
"Customers not turned off by #Musk's antics instead are losing interest w product lineup of 2 EVs that are ancient in car years (the Models S and X) & 2 EVs that are merely old (the Models 3 and Y)..Any other automaker would have 2nd-gen Model 3 ready to go either this yr or next, but at Tesla, the product pipeline is empty"
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles
Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.Ars Technica
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
9/ Mini #WompWomp
Klasfeld:
Bove questions Pecker more about Hope Hicks, and his meeting with federal prosecutors on July 2018.
When Bove gets close to the same territory that got him in trouble on Thursday, prosecutors object.
Sustained.
21/ Phang: #WompWomp.
JUST NOW: During his cross of Pecker, Trump's defense attorney, Emil Bove, has been repeatedly referring to Trump as "President Trump" when referencing periods of time when Trump was not in office.
The DA's office keeps objecting and Judge Merchan keeps sustaining those objections.
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
😂 #WompWomp
Former #NewYork Rep. George #Santos, who was expelled from the House and is facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his bid for Congress in New York’s 1st District.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/george-santos-ends-independent-bid-new-york-1?cid=ios_app
68/ Via Klasfeld:
For those unfamiliar:
The judge reserving decision simply means he will issue his order at some later time — potentially even later in the day.
👉🏼As Trump and his lawyers re-enter the courtroom, Blanche appears to look even more miserable than his client.👈🏼 #WompWomp
AND WITH THAT, I’M OFF. I MAY HAVE TIME FOR MORE POSTING IN A WHILE, BUT FOR NOW, I’M DONE.
52/ McB:
😂 #WompWomp 👉🏼If you can't tell from my live tweets so far, this contempt hearing doesn't seem to be going well for the defense.
Blanche mentions two potential violations that the DA didn't bring up.
That suggests that somehow the people or the court does not take action on a violation, that the gag order is waived, that's just silly, 👈🏼Merchan says. That doesn't negate the validity of the gag order.
“#Tesla has cut prices in a number of its major markets - including in China and Germany - after price cuts in the United States - as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs), especially against cheaper Chinese EVs.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cuts-prices-across-its-line-up-china-2024-04-21/
Via Kyle Cheney:
NEW: Judge Mehta has *denied* Donald #Trump's motion to pause the #Jan6 lawsuits against him filed by members of Congress and police officers.
Trump wanted them put on hold until his criminal case is resolved.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/18/jan-6-lawsuits-trump-00153133
Stee-rike 2! Yer out! #WompWomp
Senate rejects #Mayorkas #impeachment charges at trial, ending GOP bid to oust him
Senate rejects Mayorkas impeachment charges at trial, ending GOP bid to oust him
The Senate's 51-member Democratic majority voted to dismiss both charges as unconstitutional over the objections of Republican members.Kaia Hubbard (CBS News)
Via Kyle Griffin:
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by three Republican congressmen — Andrew Clyde, Lloyd Smucker, and former Rep. Louie Gohmert — who were fined $5,000 each by the House for dodging security scanners installed after Jan. 6. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/15/supreme-court-republicans-house-security-jan-6/73281636007/
Supreme Court snubs House Republicans who dodged metal detectors in Congress after Jan. 6
Three GOP members of Congress sued the House sergeant-at-arms and another official after they were fined for violating post-Jan. 6 security rules., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
I stopped counting. 🧵 1/…
“The judge in #Trump’s hush money criminal case on Friday turned down TFG’s request to postpone his trial bc of publicity about the case.
It’s the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various courts this week as he fights to stave off the trial’s start Monday with jury selection.
#legal
https://apnews.com/article/4c79619c5e89e13d672e070a4244a302
New York hush money case: Judge declines to delay trial after Trump complains of pretrial publicity
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case has turned down the former president's request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case.JENNIFER PELTZ (AP News)
“#Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor to Face Inquiry for Role as Fake #Trump Elector
#FaniWillis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., had been disqualified from pursuing the case against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, but another prosecutor said he would now take it over.” #legal
“#Florida cannot prohibit a 10th grade math teacher from asking her students to call her by her preferred pronouns, a federal judge has ruled.
The decision from the US district judge is a blow to an anti-#LGBTQ law championed by #DeSantis, which prohibits discussion of sexuality in public schools. 2023 expansion of the measure, widely known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, prohibits teachers and students from using pronouns that align with their gender identity.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/florida-pronouns-teacher
Florida can’t ban teacher from asking students to use her preferred pronouns, judge rules
Katie Wood, a transgender algebra teacher, has long gone by ‘Ms Wood’ but the law required students to say ‘Teacher Wood’Sam Levine (The Guardian)
“Allen #Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the #Trump Org, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury last month in his testimony during Trump’s civil fraud trial.
Weisselberg is expected to be sentenced to 5 months in jail under a recommendation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.” #legal
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ex-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-perjury-trump-civil-fraud-tri-rcna147144
Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months for perjury in Trump civil fraud trial
Allen Weisselberg, the former Trump Organization chief financial officer, will be sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial.Adam Reiss (NBC News)
“#Trump’s media & tech group, DJT, has lost about 36% of its value since it began publicly trading on 22 March, dropping his stake to approximately $2.8bn.
As of Monday afternoon, DJT stock was priced at about $36 – down from a high of $66 seen on 27 March. But market analysts are saying it’s too soon to draw any firm conclusions…value now stands at where it was when Trump Media merged under a special-purpose acquisition co. deal w shell company in March”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/09/djt-stock-price-trump-media
Trump’s media company loses a third of value after initial surge in trading
Stock has become actively shorted as traders are betting on company’s fall, and the ex-president’s stake is now valued at $3bnEdward Helmore (The Guardian)
“A New York appeals court judge has rejected #Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money/interference criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.
The decision came Monday, a week before jury selection was set to start” #legal
Appeals court denies Donald Trump’s bid to halt New York hush money trial
A New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.MICHAEL R. SISAK (AP News)
Via Kyle Cheney:
Judge MERCHAN has denied #Trump's effort to subpoena NBC for details of the new #StormyDaniels documents.
The judge said Trump has not met the "very heavy burden" to "rifle through the privileged documents of a news orgarization." #legal
https://nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/pdfs/DecisionOnMotion-Quash4-5-24.pdf
Exclusive: Tesla scraps long-promised low-cost car plans that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker ..amid fierce Chinese EV competition
Entry-level Tesla car won’t be built, three sources tell Reuters
• Tesla to focus on self-driving taxis instead, sources said
• Strategy shift comes as Tesla faces competition from China EV makers including BYD
#Trump Media Stock Price Continues to Fall
“The stock traded at a high of $74.74 on the second day of trading. Since that time Trump Media dropped steadily, closing today's trading at $46.15 a share. That means the stock has lost 33.74% of its value in just the last 5 days. By the time Trump is able to sell his shares, they may be close to worthless” https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-media-stock-price-continues-to-fall
#BREAKING via Anna Bower: #WompWomp
JUST IN: Judge #Cannon DENIES #Trump’s motion to dismiss the classified #documents case based on the presidential records act.
In the same order, Judge Cannon also denies the special counse #JackSmith’s request for a prompt ruling on jury instructions prior to trial.
She calls the special counsel's request "unprecedented and unjust."🤦🏻♀️ #legal
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24531793-cannon-deny-pra-mtd
Via Kyle Cheney:
NEWS: Bar discipline authorities say #JeffClark violated his professional duties in his bid to help #Trump derail the transfer of power in 2020.
Bar investigators say they intend to seek his disbarment. #legal
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/jeffrey-clark-ethics-rules-00150631
#WompWomp 1/…
Via Anna Bower:
NEW: Judge McAfee denies #Trump's efforts to throw out criminal charges in Fulton County on First Amendment grounds.
Read the order: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24531545-order-on-first-amendment. #legal #Georgia
Via Anna Bower: 1/…
New: Justice Merchan denies #Trump’s bid to stave off criminal trial in New York based on presidential immunity.
#legal
ADDED: Merchan says that Trump’s motion is denied as untimely.
“The court finds that the defendant has myriad opportunities to raise the claim of presidential immunity well before March 7, 2024”—the date when Trump filed his immunity motion.
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/pdfs/Decision-Defendants-Motion-re-Presidential-Immunity.pdf
#WompWomp 👇🏼
“#Florida venture capitalist Michael Shvartsman and his brother Gerald Shvartsman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in an insider trading scheme linked to the blockbuster deal that brought #Trump’s social media business public.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/business/trump-truth-social-insider-trading/index.html?Profile=CNN&Date=20240403
