#trumptrial — Public Fediverse posts
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#Steinglass says that defense is arguing that #AllenWeisselberg & #MichaelCohen assumed authority over large amounts of #Trump’s money. “That’s crazy,” Steinglass says. “Neither one had anywhere near that kind of authority.”
Steinglass attacks defense’s “false narrative” about #Trump not attending to his finances after he became president. He notes an assistant in the #WhiteHouse, #MadeleineWesterhout, testified Trump paid extremely close attention to his personal finances.
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#Steinglass list the many witnesses who testified who are still loyal to #Trump: #HopeHicks, #MadeleineWesterhout, #JeffreyMcConney, #RhonaGraff & David #Pecker. Steinglass says that Pecker has “absolutely no reason to lie here,” & adds, “and yet, his testimony is utterly devastating.”
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
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The afternoon session is beginning.
#Trump is back w/his posse, including #DonaldTrumpJr; #ChuckZito, the fmr #HellsAngel ldr; & the actor #JoePiscopo.
Justice #Merchan asks the defense to argue on behalf of one of its many requests: to add the word “willfully” in 2 places to the #JuryInstructions on a federal #ElectionLaw which isn’t charged.
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#Trump's *guests* today in court:
#DonaldTrumpJr
Fmr Acting AG #MattWhitaker
Fmr Florida AG #PamBondi
Sen #EricSchmitt
#US #House Reps
• #DanielWebster
• #DanMeuser
• #RonnyJackson
• #TroyNehls
• #DaleStrong
• #MariaSalazar
#SebastianGorka
#ChuckZito
#JoePiscopo
#BillWhite#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter
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#Trump addressed a rally of bikers in DC in 2016 before the election.
“Do we love the bikers? Yes. We love the bikers,” he told the crowd.
A group called Bikers for Trump took part in several “Stop the Steal” rallies after Trump lost in 2020.
#ChuckZito was joined Mon by several Trump allies who have been charged w/ #crimes.
Zito has experience w/the #criminal #justice system, having served a prison term 1985–1991 for [#racketeering #conspiracy & #DrugTrafficking].
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#ChuckZito, helped found in the early 1980s the NY Nomads chapter of the #HellsAngels, the infamous club that started in California. The #DOJ described the org as a #criminal enterprise & linked the NY chapter to the #Gambino #crime family. Zito later left the biker group to try become a movie star in Hollywood.
#Trump has long shown an affection for macho bikers [#ToxicMasculinity]….
#law #TrumpTrial #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #criminals
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Former Leader of the #HellsAngels Motorcycle #Gang Joins #Trump in Court
#ChuckZito, who spent years in prison on #drug #conspiracy charges, has tried to recast his persona as a general-purpose tough guy around town.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #criminals
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/nyregion/chuck-zito-hells-angels-trump-trial.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb -
Importantly the falsified documents at issue in the #TrumpTrial weren’t to hide Trump’s affair #KarenMcDougal, but the #StormyDaniels #situationship.
Blanche asks about the story about McDougal: “President Trump at least initially, did not think it would hurt him, correct?”
#MichaelCohen: “Initially, yes.”
Though, Cohen concedes that ONE of the things Trump was worried about w/that story was his wife & *children* — that was a nearly year long affair while Melania was preggers so yeah.
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#Hoffinger is going through a lengthy list of all that #MichaelCohen has lost financially. This is similar to something #StormyDaniels said, when pushed on cross-examination about whether she had money to gain by telling her story about #Trump. She said that she had also lost a lot.
Cohen also acknowledges that he has been #disbarred.
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#MichaelCohen reads aloud the tweets #Trump put out when Cohen pleaded guilty, saying that he felt “very badly for #PaulManafort & his wonderful family” & praising #Manafort for refusing to “break“
“Such respect for a brave man.”A sitting president was tweeting these things.
Also shown: Trump's tweets attacking Cohen saying if anyone wants a good lawyer, he doesn’t recommend Cohen. He contrasts Cohen & Manafort, a #loyal ally, & criticizes Cohen for “breaking.”
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#MichaelCohen says he told David #Pecker, fmr publisher of #NationalEnquirer, that he had been told that the federal investigation Cohen faced would be “taken care of” by #JeffSessions, then the #UnitedStates #AttorneyGeneral. Cohen testifies that it was #Trump who told him that.
Cohen testifies he continued to deal w/ #StormyDaniels in early 2018 w/Trump’s backing & blessing. He says that the president asked him to get a temporary restraining order against Daniels.
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#GeorgiaLongstreet is reading a series of #tweets from #Trump, many of them attacks on #MichaelCohen. She just read a post in which Trump unfavorably compared Cohen — who made the #HushMoney payment to #StormyDaniels & is expected to testify starting Monday — to #PaulManafort, who pleaded #guilty to #crimes & was sentenced to 7 years in #prison but was #pardoned by Trump while he was still in office.
#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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#DavidUrban, professional choad, Trump lickspittle, and second only to #JacobMiller in defining the term "neck bubble", thinks every aspect of this #TrumpTrial is good for him, but unfair to him, but also good for him. Yes, it's confusing, but it's both unfair and also helps him.
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The people called #MadeleineWesterhout. #Westerhout was Trump's executive assistant in the #WhiteHouse. She was fired after she spoke out of turn about the Trump family at an off-the-record dinner.
Westerhout went on to write a book in which she extensively praised #Trump. Prior to his presidency, she worked for the RNC. Trump is watching her, pursing his lips at times. He smirks when she says she is nervous to be here today.
#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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Madeleine Westerhout wrote a book, Off the Record: My Dream Job at the White House, How I Lost It, and What I Learned August 11, 2020
https://www.amazon.com/Off-Record-Dream-White-Learned/dp/1546059709
Here's some excepts
https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-ex-secretary-tells-her-white-house-story/#TrumpTrial #MadeleineWesterhout #Witness #WitnessIntimidation
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Supposedly Madeleine Westerhout was pushed out of the White House for making comments about Trump's Daughter Tiffany https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kstvEN28HRw NFL @GottaLaff
She resigned in Aug 30, 2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-personal-assistant-madeleine-westerhout-abruptly-resigns-n1048166
#TrumpTrial
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#Steinglass presented texts between #MichaelCohen & #KeithDavidson about a statement prepared before #StormyDaniels' #JimmyKimmel appearance in Jan 2018.
The statement said that she was denying an affair w/ #Trump. Asked how truthful that was, Davidson testified that it's technically true because no one had alleged a #relationship between the 2 of them. He said a relationship is an ongoing interaction.
[#situationship?]#criminal #law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #TrumpTrial
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Colony Capital was founded by #TomBarrack, a real estate mogul who chaired #Trump's #inauguration cmte & was the 2016 Trump campaign’s go to on foreign policy stuff.
Barrack was charged & went to #trial in Brooklyn #federal court re #FARA - it was alleged he was secretly acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the UAE in the campaign & then the WH.
In the end he was acquitted - but there was a cooperation deal.
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
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(The trust was set up to hold #Trump’s business assets during his presidency to avoid conflicts of interest.)
#NYAG questions #DonaldTrumpJr about other certifications re #Trump’s #SFCs they sent to #lenders over several years.
There are more letters to #banks from #Mazars. Each letter, every time says that the #trustees (Jr & #AllenWeisselberg) of the #DonaldJTrumpRevocableTrust are responsible for the Trump's SFCs (oops).
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#NYAG asks #DonaldTrumpJr more about his certification of Trump’s #SFCs for other yrs, & he answers he doesn't recall details, but he that he would have followed the same process in those yrs.
#NYAG shows another 2017 letter sent to #DeutscheBank from #Mazars, the #TrumpOrganization's fmr accounting firm.
It says BASED ON discussions Mazars had w/ the #trustees (Jr & #AllenWeisselberg) of the #DonaldJTrumpRevocableTrust, #Trump’s #SFCs are correct.
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#Civil #fraud #TrumpTrial Nov 2, 2023
Again, #DonaldTrumpJr is testifying & questioning is by #NYAG lawyer Faherty.
NYAG asks Jr about his role, in inflating #Trump's wealth.
Jr testifies that he relied on accountants, at #Mazars specifically, & fmr #TrumpOrganization CFO #AllenWeisselberg, for info.
NYAG shows a 2017 letter *authenticating* Trump's #NetWorth, signed by Jr (oops), which accompanied Trump's statements of financial condition (#SFC) that was sent to a #bank re a #loan.
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#McConney testified that he & then-CFO #AllenWeisselberg reviewed the final version of the #financial compilations & that once #Weisselberg signed off, he would notify their #accounting company, #Mazars.
But he acknowledged that, through his own handwritten notation, he amended Mazars’ issuance letters to indicate #TRUMP HIMSELF was entitled to a FINAL REVIEW of the compilation of statements of financial condition.
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#Trump’s attys declined to cross-examine #CameronHarris, but they reserved the right to call him back to the stand later.
Instead, they spent the last hour of court continuing their cross-examination of fmr #Mazars USA #accountant #DonaldBender.
After defense highlighted Bender's inconsistent statements about Mazars' use of specialists to evaluate assets, #Bender seemed to struggle to articulate how Mazars provided #accounting expertise.
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The trial resumed w/o #Trump, the mood in the courtroom considerably lighter now that he is is gone.
#Engoron allowed an interruption to #Bender’s testimony to accommodate #CameronHarris, the partner at #WhitleyPenn who handled Trump’s #accounting work after #Mazars resigned in 2020.
#Harris is now discussing the role of #JeffMcConney, the #TrumpOrg comptroller, in their engagement to compile the statements of financial condition.
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#Suarez is now cross-examining #Bender about #accounting principles — deep accounting weediness that #Trump is nonetheless sitting through.
Trump's lawyers are trying to show — despite the #TrumpOrganization’s WRITTEN ASSERTION that it, not #Mazars, was responsible for the preparation of the #statements in #compliance w/standardized accounting practices — that Bender should have known & should have guided Trump better.
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#Suarez took #Bender through a series of “engagement continuance forms” internal to his fmr #accounting firm #Mazars that listed #Bender as the partner in charge. The #judge seemed unimpressed, however, & suggested they move on.
#Trump appeared engaged w/his fmr #accountant's #testimony & complained at one point he couldn't hear what Bender was saying. Bender then started speaking more clearly & closer to the microphone.