HAPPENING NOW: The jury says it wants Merchan to begin the instructions with the part about how they are supposed to consider the evidence and draw inferences -- including the metaphor about how if the ground is wet in the AM, you can infer it rained over night.
#Florida CFO backs a Senate bill that would allocate an initial $5 million in state funds to pay for Trump’s legal defense, then use state agencies and employees to collect additional money for #Trump when people renew their driver’s licenses.
Plz remember to use "NFL" (Not For Laffy) & remember: typos are theirs, not mine. No time to correct.
Inner City Press (aka Press):
They're back.
Trump's lawyer Blanche: Half an hour ago, we learned who the next witness is - and we have some objections. Invoices from Michael Cohen are not business records of the Trump Organization. If she stamped them, sure
Unbelievable pile of crap : US President Joe #Biden: #Gaza and the #WestBank should be reunited under one governance structure and ultimately under the leadership of the Palestinian Authority
Were the fuck can Palestinians in west bank live? Through Israeli checkpoints, apartheid wall, under daily attack by Jewish #Taliban settlers and humiliated by #IDF protecting the criminals? Where was he when Israel killed American citizen and Al Jazeera reporter? Where was he when Netanyahu keep expanding illegal settlements and destroyed homes, farms and schools of palestinians in occupied West Bank since the day he got into power?
It's so sickening to read such drivel every time Israel bombs and kills Palestinians and they fight back.
Specially coming from the disgusting hypocrite worse than #Trump Biden who has done nothing to stop the fascist coalition government of #Netanyahu Ben-Gvir in the past 3 years and now suddenly thinks he can sell the snake oil of 2 state solution under unelected and corrupt PA and their gang of criminals?
#EJeanCarroll v #Trump trial resumes. Remember, I’m quoting @KlasfeldReports, Matthew Russell Lee, occasionally Lisa Rubin, so I may get redundant when 1 add some new detail but I post all of their reporting. All credit goes to them, not me. #legal
Long thread. 🪡 1/…
Lisa Birnbach takes the stand.
Carroll's counsel: How long has you known Ms Carroll?
Birnbach: 32 or 33 years
Counsel: Did Ms Carroll tell you about an encounter at Bergdorf's?
Birnbach: Yes. In the Spring of 1996, I think
Federal judge has determined Rudy #Giuliani forfeits the defamation lawsuit from two #Georgia election workers against him, a decision that could lead to significant penalties for the former #Trump attorney. #legal
#EASTMAN taken the stand to face questions from California bar counsel. He's been sworn in...
...now recounting how Cleta Mitchell recruited him to #Trump's "election integrity" working group months prior to Nov 3, 2020 in order to start preparing for post-election fights.
Bar counsel starting out by probing the details of Eastman's atty-client rel'ship w Trump, which became formal in Dec 2020. Now intro'ing vid of Eastman's appearance before #Georgia legislators #legal 1/..
There's a story about Ben Franklin emerging from the Constitutional Convention & telling a woman who asked what type of government they’d created, “a Republic, if you can keep it.” The #2024election is the moment where we find out if we can.
If #Trump wins in 2024, we lose the Republic. That’s not drama, and that’s not overstatement. That’s what Trump is promising. It's what he's been working on since at least October of 2020.
“Does U.S. want a "well-meaning elderly man," or one who means ill? Would rather have a POTUS who briefly confused Egypt for Mexico, or one who'd start a war on the border?
On the slow train wreck of democracy - it doesn't have to be this way.”
JUST IN: #SCOTUS sets unusual, short-notice opinion release for Monday morning. Appears to signal that ruling on #Trump ballot eligibility is looming. #14thAmendment#legal
#FlopsweatTrump might have broken Judge Tanya #Chutkan's gag order just 75 min after it was reinstated: #Trump attacked his former attorney general — and potential witness — Bill Barr on his failed social media site.
The gag order prohibits Trump from targeting witnesses. #legal 1/…
Tues 29 May 2024 🧵
Good morning! It’s the last day of the #TrumpTrial before jury #deliberations.
Today Justice #Merchan will give #JuryInstructions. Then they will discuss the case among themselves for the first time; they have not been allowed to even discuss it w/each other as yet.
Closing arguments took place yesterday, & the lawyers will have no further opportunity to address the jurors before they determine whether #Trump is #guilty or not guilty of 34 felonies.
Feds alert judge to Trump’s ‘If you go after me, I’m coming after you!’ post (www.politico.com)
Prosecutors say the former president’s message on Truth Social raises specter he might use evidence to target witnesses....
New Explosive Roger Stone Video Dooms Donald Trump’s Main Legal Defense (newrepublic.com)
The video was filmed before the election results had even been announced.