#trumptrial — Public Fediverse posts
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Sounds like a criminal offence to me. or 34 offences, to be precise 😉
“The defendant, Donald J. Trump, is guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election.”
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Fmr DC Metropolitan PD Officer #MichaelFanone’s 78-year-old mother was the victim of a #swatting call hours after he spoke outside the criminal #TrumpTrial in #NewYork.
During the #insurrection on #Jan6, Fanone was nearly killed by #Trump supporters while protecting congresspeople & staff inside the Capitol building.
#StochasticTerrorism #MAGA #DomesticTerrorism #Terrorism #RightWingExtremism #extremism #PoliticalViolence #StateSponsoredTerrorism #TrumpIsATerrorist
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“#StormyDaniels was a walking, talking reminder that Trump was not just words" at a time when Trump was trying to distinguish between his words & both Clintons’ actions, #Steinglass said.
Steinglass notes that Trump had not shown much interest Daniels' story until after the #AccessHollywood tape came out.
He shows phone records w/a huge increase in communications between #KeithDavidson, #DylanHoward, #MichaelCohen & #Trump. -
De Niro, Dunn, and Fanone Keep Focus on January 6 Outside Manhattan Criminal Court
Actor Robert De Niro and former Capitol police officers Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn came to a campaign news conference for President Joe Biden outside of Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan on Tuesday, with the goal of refocusin
https://newsviews.online/2024/05/28/de-niro-dunn-and-fanone-keep-focus-on-january-6-outside-manhattan-criminal-court/
#NoFascistUSA #CapitolInsurrection #RobertDeNiro #TrumpTrial -
#DanielDixon is another #CustodialWitness — a fact verification role to authenticate phone records.
Dixon, an #ATT employee, is a reminder that every call & text we send leaves an electronic trail.
After a brief cross-examination, Dixon is done.
The next witness is #JennieTomalin who works for Verizon, another custodial witness.
#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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Briefly, as she concluded re-direct, #Mangold sought to show the #jury that #Westerhout was a #Republican loyalist, noting that her current boss, too, is a veteran of the #Trump admin.
Westerhout finished testifying.
The next witness, #DanielDixon, is from #Florida. He will be questioned by the prosecutor #ChrisConroy. Dixon testifies that he is an #ATT employee, & that he is a lead compliance analyst at the company. He’s done that work for 6-7 yrs.
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#Conroy says that #Trump “violates the order when he posts about known #witnesses or reasonably forseeable witnesses,” & “violates the order when he posts about a #juror or prospective juror.”
+ Throwing a "#MAGA" into a post doesn't make it #political, Conroy says, dismissing the idea that Trump's comments fall under the category of protected political speech. It may, in fact, make it more ominous, Conroy adds.
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Someone who's this angry about being rejected as a #juror after being caught lying about past criminal charges is exactly the type of person who shouldn't be on the #jury. This guy clearly had an agenda, and was rightly dismissed. Great work by #JudgeMerchan and the prosecutor!
#TrumpIndictment #HushMoneyTrial #TrumpTrial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/18/herson-cabreras-juror-no-4-rips-cowardly-judge-jua/
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#TrumpTrial🧵 cont’d
One prospective #juror said he only reads the New York Post & the New York Daily News. In other words, he's a NY unicorn.
At another point he said he only has a flip phone. "And therefore I do not *watch* any podcasts," he says, elliciting laughter.
The man says he has no friends or family who have been convicted of a #crime, but quickly amends his answer, more loudly, to no "close friends."
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The first potential #juror that is being questioned this morning says she has previously worked as a #law clerk for the federal government & has discussed the #legal merits of this case w/many of her coworkers. Justice #Merchan asks if that would influence her if she’s chosen for the jury. She paused before saying she could be fair, but then added: “It is hard to unring a bell.” [no doubt. I couldn’t be on this #jury]
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#Merchan is now saying that the DA’s office came across information about juror #4 that called the veracity of that juror's answers into questions. The juror did not arrive at court on time.
The judge notes that the #juror was asked to be here at 9:15 & is still not here, & he expressed some reluctance to come in this morning. He is letting the parties discuss whether to dismiss the juror or wait for him.
#Trump #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial
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A Manhattan DA prosecutor, Joshua Steinglass, said that #juror 4 or someone w/ their name seems to have been #arrested in the 1990s in Westchester for tearing down #political ads. After some more research, he says, they also found that the juror's wife was previously involved in a #corruption inquiry & cooperated w/ the DA's office. This means that the juror, if they've identified the right person, #lied in response to one of the questions on the questionnaire.
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"There's a reason this is an #anonymous #jury & why we have taken the steps we have taken," Justice #Merchan says, asking that the #press "abide common sense," & avoid physical descriptions.
Merchan says we lost a #juror who he thinks would have "been a very good juror."
"I'm directing the press to refrain from writing anything you observe w/your eyes & hear w/your ears that's not on the record," the judge says.
#media #Trump #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial
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The #juror explained that aspects of her being part of the jury are now out in #public. She said she was concerned about people knowing her identity.
The juror is worried about what has already been reported about her publicly. She said she had friends, colleagues & family conveying to her that she had been identified as a potential juror.
#Trump #criminal #law #intimidation #harassment #JuryTampering #TrumpTrial
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The first criminal trial against a US president starts today.
In April 2023 the Manhattan DA charged Trump with 34 felonies for falsifying documents related to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels to cover up an affair and to interfere in the 2016 election.
Follow along with a timeline, read the indictment & view other resources:
#Trump #TrumpTrial #ManhattanDA #DonaldTrump #TrumpCriminalTrial
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@mnutty April 15th case #1. Stay tuned. 😊
HASHTAGS
#newsjunkie #journalism #right_wing_media" #earth2 #trump #trumptrial #Campaign2024 #VoteBlue2024 #voteblue2savedemocracy
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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 is first on the stand today; followed by #AllenWeisselberg on Tues; after that, #NickHaigh, a risk manager w/ #DeutscheBank; then #PatrickBirney of #TrumpOrganization, & depending on time, #MichaelCohen by the end of next week.
Justice #Engoron called the trial to order, & McConney is on the stand. McConney is also a #defendant in the case. Today he’s to be questioned about the Trump Org’s relationship w/another #RealEstate company, #Vornado.
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#NYAG #Amer asked #McConney about his use of capitalization or #CapRates, which he used to #value #Trump #commercial assets. (The lower the cap rate, the higher the property value.)
Amer grilled McConney about his communications w/ #DougLarsen, an #appraiser retained by #CapitolOneBank & #LadderCapital, in their capacity as #lenders concerning 40 Wall Street.
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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.