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Nonilex<p>Last night on social media site, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> criticized the length of prosecutors’ closing argument, which lasted ~5hrs, describing it as a “filibuster,” even though there is no such thing in court. He also complained that he did not get a chance to respond to it, which is not how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> work &amp; prosecution is always last in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> court.</p><p>This morning, he again went after Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a>, who he falsely claims is biased against him.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSNBC</span></a> Team last night discussed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> in T****'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CampaignFinanceFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinanceFraud</span></a> (aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a>) trial that closed yesterday.</p><p>"The defense never even *tried* to explain away <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weiselberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weiselberg</span></a>'s handwritten notes on the breakdown &amp; reasons for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cohen</span></a> reimbursement."<br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/wagner-trump-s-chilly-body-language-suggests-displeasure-with-defense-summation-211817029672" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/</span><span class="invisible">watch/wagner-trump-s-chilly-body-language-suggests-displeasure-with-defense-summation-211817029672</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Pictured is a sampling of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s post <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> mania.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrimeFraudException" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrimeFraudException</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GagOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> says that soon it will be time to deliberate and that the jurors should return &amp; find <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> guilty on all 34 counts against him. He asks that, in the interest of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> &amp; the state of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>, the jurors find Trump guilty. He thanks the jurors for their time &amp; he’s done.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> have ended in the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> trial of an American president.</p><p>Tomorrow, the jury will receive instructions on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> from the judge, &amp; then begin their deliberations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> puts his own spin on one of the defense’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a>, that the existence at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpOrganization</span></a> of financial documents related to the charged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> shows that they were not crimes.</p><p>“You almost have to laugh at the way Mr. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a> explained it to you,” he says. “They would have destroyed evidence — committed another crime — to hide this crime, but because they didn’t do that, &amp; these documents exist” that’s evidence that there was no crime.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Blanche says he is going to talk a lot about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> today. “You cannot convict *President* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> on any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> beyond a reasonable doubt on the words of Michael Cohen,” Blanche says, adding that Cohen took the stand during the trial &amp; told “lies” while there.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> have many visual components. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a> is currently breaking down <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> that is being displayed on screens.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>After 5 wks of testimony, prosecutors &amp; defense attys now present <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> aka summations. Closing arguments give each side several hrs to highlight the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> that best proves its case. While similar to the opening statements delivered at a trial’s start, closing arguments tend to be more forceful.</p><p>When both sides are finished, Judge Juan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a>, will instruct the jurors on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &amp; how to apply it to the evidence, &amp; they will be sent off to deliberate.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Tues 28 May 2024 🧵 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> to Begin in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection w/a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> payment made to a porn star to influence the 2016 election. The case could be in the jury’s hands as early as Wed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/28/nyregion/trump-trial-closing-arguments?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2024/05/28/ny</span><span class="invisible">region/trump-trial-closing-arguments?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>After brashly declaring he wanted to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>testify</span></a> in his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> trial, it appears increasingly unlikely that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> will do so, as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jury</span></a> seems poised to hear <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> next week.<br>
Defendants rarely testify, because their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> advise them that the risks of doing so, particularly when it comes to being questioned by prosecutors <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnderOath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnderOath</span></a>, are simply too great.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/18/trump-trial-testifying/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/05/18/trump-trial-testifying/</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>Judge rescinds permission for Trump to give his own closing argument at his civil fraud trial</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-fraud-trial-closing-arguments-420997f889922423dbce8a0945f0c348" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-fraud</span><span class="invisible">-trial-closing-arguments-420997f889922423dbce8a0945f0c348</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TrumpCivilFraudTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCivilFraudTrial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ClosingArguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosingArguments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JudgeRescindsPermission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudgeRescindsPermission</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CivilFraudTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilFraudTrial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TrumpFraudTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpFraudTrial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RescindedPermission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RescindedPermission</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>