Nonilex<p>Still on break, but…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Breaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breaking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FalsifiedBusinessRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalsifiedBusinessRecords</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> conviction:</p><p>Trump hush-money judge delays ruling on whether to throw out conviction</p><p>Postponement follows numerous successful attempts to delay case in which he was convicted on 34 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a> counts</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GagOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NodFarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NodFarter</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/trump-hush-money-conviction-presidential-immunity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/12/trump-hush-money-conviction-presidential-immunity</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>9 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witnesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witnesses</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> cases against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, & a grant of shares & cash from Trump’s media co.</p><p>If any benefits were intended to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a>, that could be a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a>.</p><p>by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott & Alex Mierjeski</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WitnessTampering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WitnessTampering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FeloniousTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeloniousTrump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsAFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAFelon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/donald-</span><span class="invisible">trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Okay honestly trying to make sense of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s “remarks” or attributing any sense to them is pointless. He is all over the place, rambling, throwing in the occasional recognizable rally line. It’s just nuts. He is lying nonstop & sounds crazy. And it’s still happening.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024Election</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GagOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/verdict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verdict</span></a> must be unanimous on the primary crime falsification of business records.</p><p>Once <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jurors</span></a> inform the court they have reached a verdict, Justice Juan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> will summon the parties to the courtroom to hear it read by the foreperson.</p><p>Merchan must still affirm the verdict & enter a final judgment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GagOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NodFarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NodFarter</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>There’s a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/verdict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verdict</span></a> </p><p>They request 30 minutes to fill out the forms.</p><p>Trump, who had been smiling a minute ago, is suddenly serious after the judge’s alert that there’s a verdict.</p><p>His arms are now crossed across his chest as he whispers with his lawyers.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GagOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NodFarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NodFarter</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> explains, “proof of guilt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BeyondAReasonableDoubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeyondAReasonableDoubt</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BARD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BARD</span></a>] is proof that leaves you so firmly convinced of the defendant’s guilt that you have no reasonable doubt of the existence of any element of the crime, or of the defendant’s identity as the person who committed the crime.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> explains the concept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReasonableDoubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReasonableDoubt</span></a>. He says, “It is an actual doubt, not an imaginary doubt. It is a doubt that a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReasonablePerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReasonablePerson</span></a>, acting in a matter of this importance, would be likely to entertain because of the evidence that was presented or because of the lack of convincing evidence.”</p><p>[“Reasonable person” is a legal term as well w/its own definition]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> reminds the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jurors</span></a> they need to “set aside” personal opinions or bias against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>He reads standard <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> language on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairness</span></a>, one phrase: “As a juror, you are asked to make a very important decision about another member of the community.”</p><p>An unintentional reminder that this is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CitizenTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenTrump</span></a> — just “another member of the community.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> entered court, today he is accompanied by his son Donald Trump Jr., his *friend* Steve Witkoff, his aides Natalie Harp & Karoline Leavitt, & his indicted *legal* adviser Boris Epshteyn. Eric Trump is not here today. Trump's aides Jason Miller & Steven Cheung are at the back of the room.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As usual, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has been quite active on his social media. Since court ended last night, he falsely claimed that prosecutors had introduced new “lies” about him during their closing arguments (you cannot introduce anything NEW in summation) & described <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>, w/o specifically naming him, as “the bum that got caught stealing from me.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GagOrder</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Blanche pointed out that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> secretly taped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & other people, raising questions about why he’d record his own client.</p><p>Redirect addressed it neatly, Cohen said he made it to prove to McDougal’s atty that Trump would come through.</p><p>Steinglass now has to guide jurors through some of the most important parts of his argument to drive home key points.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Break over. Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> thanks the jurors for their flexibility & calls <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> back to the lectern. Before they returned, the judge told Steinglass that he needed to wrap up — at least for the day — by 8PM (wuh?). If he does not conclude by then, it sounded as if it was possible that Steinglass would have to conclude tomorrow.</p><p>Wonder how the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NodFarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NodFarter</span></a> aka <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> will hold up…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>With the jury out of the room, the prosecution & defense argue about whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> can talk about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>’s state of mind.</p><p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> hears the lawyers out & sides w/the defense, telling Steinglass that he’s gone as far as he needs to go in talking about Daniels being <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intimidated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intimidated</span></a> by Trump, & that no further argument to that effect need be made.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a>: “Ask yourselves, why did the defendant lie about this & why did he do it while the grand jury was considering charges in this case?”</p><p>Steinglass asks why, if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> simply had a business relationship w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>, he attacked her in March 2023 when she made public that she had appeared before the grand jury.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> again reads passages of obe of Trump’s books, in which he wrote that he can’t stomach disloyalty. Steinglass argues that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> disparages <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witnesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witnesses</span></a> who speak out against him in order to discourage other witnesses from coming forward.</p><p>Steinglass reads a Truth Social post of Trump’s from Aug 2023, in which he wrote in all capital letters: “if you go after me, I”m coming after you.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WitnessIntimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WitnessIntimidation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Prosecutors have argued that a lawyer named <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RobertCostello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertCostello</span></a> was dispatched to keep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> loyal. Costello was the only substantive witness called by the defense, & his appearance was nutso 🦇💩</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial-robert-costello.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/05/20/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/trump-hush-money-trial-robert-costello.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> thanks the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jurors</span></a> for their patience & flexibility as he dismisses them for a 20-min break. Then, after they leave the room, he tells the lawyers, “they look pretty alert to me” & says that he will seek to finish closing arguments today — likely sometime in the evening, people are saying 7PM-ish. (My fingers are not thrilled)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> lands his argument by saying that while the sex between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took place in 2006, the payoff wasn’t until 2016 because his concern was NOT his family, as his lawyers have suggested, but the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>.</p><p>Though many of Trump’s family members have been staring at their phones throughout this summation, all of them looked up when Steinglass said that.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> needs to show the jurors that the *alleged* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Tower conspiracy between David <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> involved using “unlawful means” to aid Trump’s election.</p><p>Steinglass displays one of the unlawful means, a document called a business information overview that Cohen created as he sought to obtain the cash to pay <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Now, having painted a picture of just how desperate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> campaign was as it spun the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AccessHollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessHollywood</span></a> tape, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> reintroduces the jurors to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> (well done Josh).</p><p>“During the exact same month that the defendant was desperately trying to sell the distinction between words & actions, he was negotiating to muzzle a porn star who was preparing to go public,” Steinglass says.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
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