#trumptrial — Public Fediverse posts
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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 -
#EricSwalwell shames #DoNothingRepublicans on the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees; *both* those who were absent and instead being sycophant pawns at the #TrumpTrial , *and* those who were present for being sycophant pawns who #DoNothing but create #chaos. ✅
#USpol #VoteBlue up and down to #SaveAmerica from the #MAGA cult of ignorance and death ☠️.
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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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#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics -
#MichaelCohen says #Trump’s praise made him feel like “I was on top of the world.”
Cohen testifies about threatening lawsuits against people while he worked for Trump. One was a #MissUSA contestant (I assume sexual assault but it isn’t said). In other cases, Cohen said, he would be antagonistic to reporters, warning them that Trump would sue them over specific stories.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
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‘His lack of #impulsecontrol is remarkable’: #MichaelCohen’s online antics worry prosecutors
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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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Robert: “The evidence is clear that (#EricTrump & #DonaldTrumpJr) had no real involvement in the…statements of financial condition.”
(Only if it’s ignored)
#NYAG atty Kevin Wallace spoke in opposition to the defendants' bid to end this case.
Wallace said #Trump et al have failed to meet the standard for a #DirectedVerdict. Under #NY #law, when a judge considers such a motion, they must consider every inference in the light most favorable to the #plaintiff, in this case the state.
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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