#necheles — Public Fediverse posts
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Justice #Merchan criticizes defense for not #objecting to #testimony that was later used in a motion for #mistrial. He says he agrees that the question about whether #Trump wore a condom should not have been asked or answered. But he says he does not know "why on earth” defense atty #Necheles didn't object to that question.
Not only is Merchan signaling that he will likely reject defense’s mistrial motion, but he's dressing down their lawyering in front of their client.
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Steinglass also criticized Blanche's colleague Susan #Necheles's cross-examination of #StormyDaniels, calling it "very thorough but somewhat misleading" [& hardcore #SlutShaming ]
Prosecutor #Steinglass says that the details of Daniels's story before & during the sexual act corroborate her account, & show the fact that sex happened, which increases the motivation to silence her.
#law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
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"Colossal blunder": Legal experts warn Trump lawyer's "bullying" of Stormy Daniels may backfire
(about Necheles:)
“She chose to try to outdo her two male co-counsel in aggressiveness by starting her examination with a substantively weak question, suggesting that Daniels had ‘rehearsed’ her testimony,”
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“Bullying may work well on the schoolyard, but doesn’t often go so well in courts of law.”#Trump #CriminalCase #NYC
#StormyDaniels #testimony #Necheles -
#StormyDaniels’s is beginning to sound upset as #Necheles attacks her account of the story, saying she described it differently in her book & at trial.
Necheles continues to call it the "supposed" meeting at a hotel, but there was evidence that Daniels had not just #Trump's bodyguard, Keith Schiller, listed in her phone, but his gatekeeper, #RhonaGraff.
#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
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#StormyDaniels is pushing back on #Necheles, asking for evidence when the lawyer claims that Daniels had called her lawyer weak-willed.
Daniels: “Show me where I said that,” - forcing the defense to produce exhibits to back up allegations.
Necheles pulls up the transcript & audio & Daniels’s voice is not on the tape; it is #MichaelCohen & #KeithDavidson, her lawyer at the time - so Daniels is correct, not the #Trump atty.
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#Necheles now accuses #StormyDaniels directly of seeking to #extort #Trump through the #HushMoney deal.
Daniels: “False.”
Necheles repeats the accusation: “That’s what you did, right?”
Daniels almost yells: “False!”
The defense has been building to this since Emil #Bove, accused Daniels’s lawyer, #KeithDavidson, of being a serial extorter of celebrities on behalf of other clients.
#BelieveSurvivors #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
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The question of whether #StormyDaniels was threatened has come up before. #KeithDavidson, cast some doubt on the story as he read his texts w/ #MichaelCohen.
#Necheles has hardly asked about the actual case — whether there was a #conspiracy to cover up a #HushMoney payment made before an election, & if business records were falsified in the process. Instead she has focused on whether Daniels embellished her story about being threatened in Vegas by someone connected to #Trump.
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#Necheles tries something else, asking whether #StormyDaniels had talked to the lawyer #GloriaAllred about potentially suing #Trump.
Again, Daniels fires back, saying that she also told Allred, “I had sex with Donald Trump.”
[Allred is a prominent women’s rights lawyer — often representing survivors of sexual harassment or assault by powerful men.]
Daniels hasn’t been fased by any of these questions.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
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#Necheles asks #RhonaGraff if she wants to be here or not. Graff says she does not, & indicates that the only reason she's testifying is because she was subpoenaed & the #TrumpOrganization is paying her legal fees.
Graff is done testifying. #Trump stands as Graff is leaving, approaches & touches her hand. Justice #Merchan, stands too, waiting for the lawyers to come to the bench. Given all the focus on witnesses & Trump interacting w/them, that was weird. The court takes a recess.
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#RhonaGraff testifies rather sycophantically about the success of “The Apprentice,” calling it THE most popular TV show & saying #Trump acquired “rock-star status.”
Under direct, Graff verified Trump had contact entries for both #KarenMcDougal & #StormyDaniels. Graff also confirmed she saw Daniels at Trump Tower.
Now, #Necheles, Trump's lawyer, suggests that visit by Daniels could have been about appearing on "The Apprentice."
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #ElectionInterference
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Before #Hoffinger wrapped direct, we again heard the name of #HopeHicks, Trump’s spox during the 2016 #TrumpCampaign & in the #WhiteHouse. There was not an apparent reason to reintroduce her, it may be that prosecutors laying foundation for future evidence/testimony in proceedings.
#CrossExamination by #Trump lawyer Susan #Necheles begins:
#RhonaGraff testifies that "99% of the time," discussions w/Trump were related to business.
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#RhonaGraff testifies that she saw #StormyDaniels at #Trump Tower, in the waiting area of the 26th floor, where Trump’s office is located.
Susan #Hoffinger, the prosecutor, wraps up. Susan #Necheles is now cross-examining #Graff for the defense.
Trump cracks a small smile as Graff speaks glowingly of her time working for Trump. She says she never had the same day twice & called Trump “fair” as a boss.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney