charges are falsifying business records to hide #HushMoney payments in lead up to 2016 election to #influence electorate
just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.
#StormyDaniels's lawyer, #KeithDavidson, to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.
[NYTimes]: The prosecutor, Joshua Steinglass, is really bearing down on Keith Davidson, grilling him on how Stormy Daniels’s denials could have been thought to be true. It’s a really important point to highlight for jurors — and to make as memorable as possible — again to take the wind out of the sails of any argument by the defense that Daniels denied her encounter with Trump. By Jonah Bromwich
Testimony started w/a bang last week as David #Pecker, the fmr publisher of The #NationalEnquirer, said that he had entered into a secret plot w/ #Trump & #MichaelCohen to #CatchAndKill negative stories about Trump as he ran for president in 2016. #GaryFarro, the 3rd to testify, started off w/dry details about banking transactions. But #Farro is leading us to the #HushMoney payment
The #Republican candidate for president owes half a billion in fines for #BankFraud and is currently spending his days farting himself awake during a #PornStar#HushMoney trial and the race is tied?!? The race is tied. Nothing makes sense anymore.
Officials HAVE had preliminary discussions about how to protect the former president in the unlikely event that he is jailed for #contempt during the trial.
Prosecutors in Trump’s #criminal trial say he has violated a #GagOrder barring him from attacking #witnesses, #jurors & others close to the case. Testimony is set to resume later Tuesday morning.
What is “catch-and-kill” in the tabloid newspaper world? Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial are expected to learn about it today.
AP reports: "A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign."
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.
@hotdogsladies More because I know you prefer to be correct than not [than being That Guy], His Corruptionness was the 45th POTUS, and you said 46th a few times on ROTL. The mnemonic is how they used to call his following “Cult 45”.
Trump has arrived at the Manhattan #criminal courthouse, where a jury will be picked to determine whether he broke state #law by falsifying business records when he reimbursed his lawyer for a hush money payment to keep an adult-film actress quiet about an alleged sexual tryst.
NBC News has obtained a list of likely witnesses in the New York #criminal trial of Donald Trump. Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, Hope Hicks, David Pecker & Michael Cohen are among those who may testify.
Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby explain why Trump is so eager to stop his trial that begins on Monday:
"This case is about how Trump used illegal means to hide the truth from the American people in order to increase his chances of victory in the 2016 presidential election."
1 wk before Trump’s#criminal trial in Manhattan, appeals court judge rejected effort to pause the case & move it to a diff location.
Judge #LizbethGonzalez issued the decision Mon afternoon after hearing arguments from Trump’s lawyers & lawyers from the Manhattan DA #AlvinBragg’s office.
State Supreme Court judge blocked #Trump’s attempt to gain access to #NBC’s documentary material related to adult film actress #StormyDaniels.
Manhattan Judge Juan #Merchan said Trump atty’s subpoena was “far too broad” & did not meet the #legal standard to compel #NBCUniversal to turn over docs & other items related to the documentary “Stormy.”
Trump attys argued the judge’s daughter works for a marketing firm that benefits from politically targeting Trump because it works for some Democrats—making the exact same argument that failed before.