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  1. #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.

    #law #TrumpTrial

  2. #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

  3. 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.

    #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #MobTactics

  4. #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].

    #law #TrumpTrial

  5. #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

  6. Justice Merchan said before proceedings began that he would not allow in a piece of evidence related to #AllenWeisselberg, the fmr CFO of the #TrumpOrganization, who is currently in #jail.

    Prosecutors had hoped to put in evidence his severance agreement that requires #Weisselberg still be loyal to #Trump, to help explain his absence at the trial. But the judge is saying he won’t allow it.

    #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics

  7. Prosecution presents a page from #AllenWeisselberg’s phone records.

    #JennieTomalin mentioned the names of 2 people who factor into the case: #Weisselberg, the #TrumpOrganization's fmr CFO, & #KeithDavidson, #StormyDaniels's fmr lawyer.

    Tomalin testimony concluded.

    #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference

  8. Prosecutors say that #AllenWeisselberg, the fmr CFO of the #TrumpOrganization, designed the specific way that #MichaelCohen would be reimbursed for the #HushMoney payment he made to #StormyDaniels. #Weisselberg worked in coordination w/ #Trump, prosecutors say. #Necheles is trying to cast doubt on that.

    We are starting to see the “blame it on Allen Weisselberg” defense.

    #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference

  9. 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

  10. I’m back. #BabySquirrel Ramone is totes fine, he’s just getting — well squirrelly 🤷🏼‍♀️ — so he’s currently in old purse the size of a deck of cards, lined w/old fleece & slung around my neck.

    this is where we are now:
    “If yer doin stuff, I want to do stuff too.”

    It’s a fair complaint. I’m not his superior, just the safety belt in our scenario.

    Resuming #TrumpTrial blow-by-blow (nonintentional pun)

    #criminal #law #Trump #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

  11. Okay, after feeding/hydrating/bathing/drying/loving #BabySquirrel Ramone, my #TrumpTrial coverage is back on. Thank goodness they recognize adoptive #squirrel parental rights [obviously I’m kidding]

    #BorisEpshteyn, Trump's #illegal adviser who was indicted yesterday in #Arizona, is here.

    #Epshteyn is *aggressively* using his cell phone, which is #barred in #court. #CourtOfficers who patrol #journalists & others from doing the same aren’t enforcing the restriction on him.

    #law #TrumpTrial

  12. #MichaelCohen, who was then #Trump's #fixer, would later set up a similarly named company, #EssentialConsultants, to #payoff #StormyDaniels.

    Lots of evidence per the disguised monetary transactions related to the #KarenMcDougal deal. But most of the #jurors are still paying close attention, turning their heads from the prosecutor, Joshua #Steinglass, to the #witness, #Pecker, & back again.

    #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

  13. #MichaelCohen, who was then #Trump's #fixer, would later set up a similarly named company, #EssentialConsultants, to #payoff #StormyDaniels.

    Lots of evidence per the disguised monetary transactions related to the #KarenMcDougal deal. But most of the #jurors are still paying close attention, turning their heads from the prosecutor, Joshua #Steinglass, to the #witness, #Pecker, & back again.

    #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

  14. #MichaelCohen, who was then #Trump's #fixer, would later set up a similarly named company, #EssentialConsultants, to #payoff #StormyDaniels.

    Lots of evidence per the disguised monetary transactions related to the #KarenMcDougal deal. But most of the #jurors are still paying close attention, turning their heads from the prosecutor, Joshua #Steinglass, to the #witness, #Pecker, & back again.

    #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

  15. #MichaelCohen, who was then #Trump's #fixer, would later set up a similarly named company, #EssentialConsultants, to #payoff #StormyDaniels.

    Lots of evidence per the disguised monetary transactions related to the #KarenMcDougal deal. But most of the #jurors are still paying close attention, turning their heads from the prosecutor, Joshua #Steinglass, to the #witness, #Pecker, & back again.

    #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

  16. #MichaelCohen, who was then #Trump's #fixer, would later set up a similarly named company, #EssentialConsultants, to #payoff #StormyDaniels.

    Lots of evidence per the disguised monetary transactions related to the #KarenMcDougal deal. But most of the #jurors are still paying close attention, turning their heads from the prosecutor, Joshua #Steinglass, to the #witness, #Pecker, & back again.

    #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

  17. Sorry folks, I had to take a break to feed #BabySquirrel Ramone.

    Here’s a catch-up:

    #Blanche said #Trump is entitled to complain about "2 systems of justice."

    "There's 2 systems of justice in this courtroom? That's what you're saying?" Justice #Merchan said.

    Justice Merchan is pushed Blanche to do a forensic accounting of how reposts happen in Trump's world. "It's not passive," the judge finally said.

    #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

  18. Another interesting detail:

    While #NYAG questioned #Birney about the spreadsheets & notations, Birney testified that Allen #Weisselberg directed him to use a specific rate to boost the value of #TrumpTower.

    NYAG: “Where did that conversation occur?

    Birney: “In the restroom of Trump Tower.”

    (which calls to mind…)

    #NYAG #civil #fraud #TrumpTrial #Day9