Trump's team is more focused so far on building a sprawling network of "#ElectionIntegrity" #lawyers & #PollWatchers than on rounding up organizers & door knockers to reach voters.
It's a sign that 5 months before Election Day, the legal battle is underway —& that Trump PLANS to cry "rigged" if he loses, as it did after the #2020election & his #felony#convictions.
After brashly declaring he wanted to #testify in his #criminal trial, it appears increasingly unlikely that #Trump will do so, as the #jury seems poised to hear #ClosingArguments next week.
Defendants rarely testify, because their #lawyers advise them that the risks of doing so, particularly when it comes to being questioned by prosecutors #UnderOath, are simply too great.
In Trump’s case, the judge’s discussions w/ #lawyers in recent days indicate that even if the defense calls a small number of witnesses, they do not expect #Trump to be one….
4 people close to Trump said next wk’s plan does not include him testifying, & they expect the #jury to start deliberating later in the wk. Trump is famously mercurial & could always demand to testify….
“It sounds like we might possibly be done w/ the presentation of evidence on Monday,” NY Supreme Court Justice Juan #Merchan said Thurs.
Blanche quickly added, “I was not speaking about President Trump, obviously. … That’s another decision that we need to think through.”
★ If #Trump were to take the stand, such testimony could take many days, which would significantly extend the trial.
I've got a good friend who's looking for help: if anyone in Los Angeles knows of a good disability lawyer who only takes a reasonable percentage of back pay awarded, please reach out and let me know, and I will pass it along.
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is simply one of the best #lawyers in the United States of America. Brilliant, eidetic memory, persuasive, and just all-around incredible.
@ubo I'd really like to hear the comments on that by the Berlin police.
The article expressly names the two lawyers; and it shows a screenshot of a @tazgetroete article expressly stating they had confirmation of that ban existing, from both the police and the ministry. Later, as shown, they changed their story.
Somebody is clearly lying here, and I'd absolutely like to know who.
excellent, concise piece that not only explains the seriousness of the #election interference case (aka the hush money case, which is more salacious-sounding and therefore used more often) but the incorrect arguments, offered by some #lawyers and #media (this coverage contributed to my dropping the #WashingtonPost, I believe it was a #RuthMarcus piece poo-pooing the case) about the seriousness of the case (buttressed of course by calling it the hush money case).
since Apartheidboi rebranded #Xitter, and seems hell bent on destroying anything related to Twitter; is it an abandoned trademark? even if not, can tweet be transformed into a generic term for microblogging?
For the three reporters who have written articles about this, and the one who provided invaluable guidance, my gratitude is endless. This post doesn't apply to you, nor "the feds", the cybersecurity experts, or #lawyers (including and especially @eff), who were extremely helpful. The rest, however, should take note.
I've willingly laid my neck on a chopping block, unprotected, for over six months.
My outreach has been exhaustive:
• Attempted to engage with over 150 journalists and #news organizations,
• Coordinated frequently with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (#CISA or "the feds"),
• Consulted with numerous cybersecurity experts,
• Sought advice from multiple lawyers,
• Spoke with ten state and state court CISOs,
• Attempted to talk to several dozen state and county court clerks and judges,
• Sent emails to every Florida State Senator, State Representative, and Supreme Court justice, and to multiple governors,
• Discussed with the staff of multiple U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives,
• Contacted twelve vendors and over 40 employees
I've offered to write articles -- for free.
I've had no fewer than eight background checks done on me.
I've been cyberstalked by the Arizona Supreme Court.
I've put my job and my family's livelihood at risk in more ways than one.
I've made a grand total of $0; in fact, I've invested several hundred.
When I'm able to sleep, it's with one eye open, always waiting for "that" knock on the door.
After my first #disclosure, I prepared for a week to deal with what I expected to be a #media circus. What I received was one preemptive email from a state court #CISO (who was not affected) and one kind person (who is not a #journalist) on the #fediverse.
I've spent over 900 hours discovering, documenting, reporting, and disclosing vulnerabilities, trying to get this fixed on a mass scale, and attempting to contact the above list. I see no signs of this slowing down any time soon. All of this for what is merely a #hobby.
I've done my part. It's time for reporters to step up. The real-world harm these vulnerabilities have caused — and continue to cause — cannot be overstated. The need for widespread awareness and action is urgent.
Just to clarify things a bit, so people understand the scale of this...
As of today, I've discovered and reported vulnerabilities in court platforms from eleven(!) separate vendors, with another in a records request platform by one of the same vendors.
There are a large number of vulnerabilities in four(?) more platforms from some of those same vendors that will be reported this weekend.
The consequences of these vulnerabilities are exceptionally severe. I'll avoid the need for a content warning by saying that some of the documents that are available are life-threatening and some involve children; a reply to this post will have such a content warning.
There is a dire need for publicity of this knowledge, so that people can protect themselves, vendors can be held accountable, and real change can be made to solve these systemic problems.
It's still shocking to me that so many people and organizations turn down covering this story or outright ignore me. I've been told several times to call a reporter once it's being actively exploited. If you've been in the industry for very long (as they have), you know that we must assume, with or without direct evidence, that if we've found something -- trivially, I'll add -- that somebody else more nefarious already has as well, and will be abusing it to the fullest.
“Lawyers do their service by finding novel interpretations with formal (watertight) arguments under a system of constitutional axioms to better Human Condition.”
I just got denied a #job in #software#engineering because of what I read are #legal ly protected grounds. And hey, just like usual, they put it all in writing so it's a live fish in a small barrel.
Are there any #lawyers who care about #disabled folks that want to read my email to the company and help me gain fair compensation? I'm in Canada but applying to the US (California), also cross listed in Canada, if that helps. If this is your passion but it had a fair fee, I'd love to meet for a pro-bono quote. Just dm me your phone.
(Any greedy lawyers excited to wring my pocketbook dry on fees can immediately quit reading, as I'm far too quick to the con so do save yourself the time and find a better mark.)
I'm fairly sharp with these matters, so please just boost if you aren't a lawyer -- no need to reply. Do please reply if you know better hashtags to boost this.
Thanks for ANY boost... I am a very experienced and exceptionally talented software engineer without a job (15mo!) because of my protected limitations and need to stop losing time and spirit on #discrimination cases like these. #pleaseBoost !
So who wins from the abolition of #NonDom status... the Treasury?... well maybe, but the immediate winners (as ever) are going to be the #lawyers & #lobbyists employed by the rich to game the (new) system, or try to change its character.
@ChrisMayLA6 The £3.1B estimate of taxes raised is optimistic bullshit. Most of the newly taxable ‘income’ will mysteriously evaporate, I suspect. But Hunt has cleverly spiked Labour plans by removing a key pillar of their ideas for how to balance the books. Which made it well worthwhile for the Tories.