#Trump has his posse again. Today it’s more #Republican elected officials. Today, Trump will be joined by the #House speaker, #MikeJohnson, as well as #NorthDakota’s governor, #DougBurgum, a contender to be Trump's running mate. Also present will be Representatives #ByronDonalds & #CoryMills of Florida, & #VivekRamaswamy, who was one of Trump's primary rivals this year. Both Donalds & Ramaswamy are longshot hopefuls to be Trump's running mate.
As #MichaelCohen repeats that he worked w/David #Pecker & others at his company to do so, he again repeats that he took action at #Trump’s direction. The prosecutors use that testimony to lead into Cohen’s #guilty pleas in the federal case against him in 2018. Some of the charges against him were related to the #HushMoney payment.
In 2023, during #MichaelCohen’s testimony at #Trump’s #civil#fraud trial, the defense was able to trip him up while asking him about one of his federal guilty pleas. There, he seemed to suggest that he wasn’t actually #guilty of one of the #crimes he had pleaded guilty to. Ever since, Trump’s lawyers have accused him of perjury.
A fmr White House aide who worked closely w/ #Trump returned to the stand to testify about a significant meeting between Trump & #MichaelCohen his personal lawyer that is at the center of Trump’s #criminal trial.
What emerged in 2 interviews w/ #Trump, & conversations w/more than a dozen of his closest advisers & confidants,were the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape #America & its role in the world. To carry out a #deportation operation designed to remove >11M people from the country…he would be willing to build migrant detention camps [#ConcentrationCamps] & deploy the #US#military…
He is weighing #pardons for all of his supporters accused of attacking the Capitol on #Jan6, >800 of whom have pleaded #guilty or been #convicted by a jury. He might not come to the aid of an attacked #ally in Eur or Asia if he felt they weren’t paying enough for its defense. He would gut the US civil service, deploy the #NationalGuard to US cities as he sees fit, close the WH #pandemic-preparedness office, & staff his Admin w/acolytes who back his false assertion the 2020 election was stolen.
A #juror was quickly dismissed at the start. She was among the 7 already selected, she said she was very worried that despite the fact the court ruled to keep jurors’ name secret, she would still be exposed & targeted.
Steinglass explains the concept of “accessorial liability.” He uses the same analogy he did on Tues: a husband hiring a hitman to murder his wife, he asks prospective #jurors if they would understand the husband to be #guilty of the #crime. Today, though, the #defense lawyers object. #Merchan overrules, & the hitman question stands.
Steinglass managed to compare #Trump coordinating the falsification of docs w/a husband putting out a hit on his wife.
Steinglass wrapped up by asking whether any of the 18 prospective jurors would have trouble finding #Trump#guilty if prosecution proves its case. He asks each individually. Not one expresses any concerns about doing so.
Susan Necheles, defense, is up. She begins by saying she has “the honor of representing President Trump."🤮
This could backfire if any prospective jurors are irked by hearing Trump referred to in the “dear leader” way he insists.
#Trump's allies are preparing the #MAGAts for his conviction on #felony charges related to his payment of #hushMoney to #StormyDaniels in the weeks prior to the #2016election. They're putting out all the absurd legal theories, and justifications for his unjustifiable conduct so that when he's inevitably found #guilty, the MAGAts are ready to parrot the nonsense his team is pushing.
#Trump arrived Monday at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money/election interference trial, marking a singular moment in U.S. history.
Trump stands to gain billions… from the merger between TrumpMedia & Tech & the blank-check co [#SPAC] #DWAC, which took the parent company of #TruthSocial public.
4 other #sheriff’s deputies & a Richland #Police Dpt officer,all #White, also pleaded #guilty & are scheduled for sentencing this week. …Federal prosecutors said the #Mississippi officers — who called themselves the “Goon squad” — forced entry into a #Braxton, MS, home on Jan 24, 2023, w/o a warrant & #assaulted the 2 #Black victims, #MichaelCoreyJenkins & #EddieParker, w/a stun gun, sex toy & other objects.
The charges, returned by a grand jury in #Manhattan, come just 2 months before Mr. Menendez, Ms. Menendez & 2 New Jersey businessmen are scheduled for #trial.
All 4 defendants had pleaded not guilty to the earlier charges & are expected to appear for an arraignment on the new charges soon.
The #indictment comes just days after a 5th defendant, Jose Uribe, a New Jersey businessman, pleaded #guilty to 7 counts, including #obstruction of justice & #conspiracy to commit #bribery, & agreed to cooperate w/the government’s investigation.
Was This Perjury A full-blown Criminal Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice?
Trump’s longtime CFO & accountant, Allen Weisselberg, has pleaded #guilty to even more #crimes—this time, Perjuring himself and frustrating the bank fraud case against his former boss.
In other words, in what universe are you telling me Allen Weisselberg did not lie because he was told to lie by Donald Trump and/or discussed with him his plan to lie to save his boss
And yet he gets a lesser sentence and doesn’t have to give up any more information. That’s pretty damn good for someone who lied, got caught, and perjured himself.
#DOJ ofcls announced the arrests of 2 “facilitators” of 1 sanctioned #RussianOligarch, while also moving to #seize 2 luxury condos in Miami held by another Russian oligarch already under #UnitedStates#sanctions. The DOJ also filed a separate #indictment against an ofcl in connection w/an alleged scheme to operate a luxury yacht owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, & it highlighted a #guilty plea related to #MoneyLaundering on behalf of other sanctioned #Russian entities.
Effective Tue 13 Feb 2024, every firearm purchase will require a photocopy of a receipt of a locking mechanism intended to secure said firearm. If you plan on securing any upcoming firearm purchases in a safe, make sure you locate and scan its receipt so you can print copies on-demand....
Reminder: Print Your Receipts
Effective Tue 13 Feb 2024, every firearm purchase will require a photocopy of a receipt of a locking mechanism intended to secure said firearm. If you plan on securing any upcoming firearm purchases in a safe, make sure you locate and scan its receipt so you can print copies on-demand....