Most Americans see #MemorialDay as a time to pay tribute to the US service members who gave their lives for their country, or perhaps fire up the BBQ w/friends & family to celebrate the unofficial start of summer, or maybe save some money on a new mattress. Acc/to Google, a lot of Americans also make a point to look up what the “Memorial Day meaning” is. Then there’s Donald #Trump.
… #Trump wished a happy holiday “to All, including the Human Scum that is working so hard to destroy our Once Great Country,” before repeating attacks on the 2 NY judges who presided over cases against him & TrumpOrg this yr. Trump devoted most of the post, however, to once again defaming #EJeanCarroll, who a #jury ruled Trump sexually assaulted in a NY dept store in the 1990s, & who has 2X successfully sued Trump for #defamation, incl’g in Jan when a jury awarded her well over $80M in damages.
NYT Maggie Haberman then reported:
After #Trump, who arrived in NY last night, attacked #EJeanCarroll again on Truth Social today, her lawyer Roberta Kaplan says, "We have said several times since the last jury verdict in January that all options were on the table. And that remains true today -- all options are on the table."
Trump continues to defame E. Jean Carroll. I look forward to her suing the asshole yet again. This time, I hope the punitive damages gut him so deeply that dead Fred feels the pain. #EJeanCarroll#Trump#RapistTrump
#Trump honored the nation's heroes by defaming #EJeanCarroll—again—and attacking the various judges who have presided over his plethora of civil and criminal trials. It's insane that he also thinks he's suited to be the president. We deserve a real president who upholds the #Constitution, and respects the #ruleOfLaw.
The prosecution asks that the defense be precluded from asking #StormyDaniels whether she was arrested. Justice #Merchan agrees w/the prosecutors, saying that “anybody can be arrested” & that it “doesn’t prove anything.”
The people call Stormy Daniels back to the stand
#Trump atty #Necheles begins questioning by saying that in 2011, Daniels denied having had sex w/Trump.
The defense's playbook:
Portray #StormyDaniels as a money-grubbing, sleazy, dishonest operator who tried to use #Trump to get fame & riches from the anti-Trump resistance. Every aspect of her questioning hits at one of these themes.
This is similar to the arguments used by Trump’s lawyers in his trial over #EJeanCarroll's defamation suit: that people who opposed Trump had perverse financial incentives.
It didn’t work in the Carroll case.
Let’s hope it fails again.
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 third video shows #Trump at a news conference in 2017 during the presidential transition, saying, “#MichaelCohen is a very talented lawyer, he’s a good lawyer.”
Defense had no questions.
We've moved on to a new witness, someone named Phillip Thompson who works at a company supplying court reporters, interpreters that transcribed Trump's deposition in #EJeanCarroll trial. He was subpoenaed.
Rebecca Mangold, one of the prosecutors, had Phillip Thompson walk through the validity of the transcript of Trump’s deposition in one of the #EJeanCarroll cases. We are now seeing video clips of #Trump in that deposition verifying that Truth Social is his social media site & what his handle is.
Asked to describe Truth Social, Trump answers, “It’s a platform that’s been opened by me as an alternative to Twitter.”
Prosecutors are now playing video, & having Thompson verify the corresponding transcript, of #Trump describing when he married his wife Melania (it was 2005).
And now is the portion of the deposition in which Trump was asked by #EJeanCarroll’s lawyer if he was familiar w/ the infamous "#AccessHollywood” tape. Trump confirmed in the deposition that it was him speaking on that video.
Federal judge rejects Donald #Trump's bid for new #EJeanCarroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment
The judge said Trump delivered "malicious and unceasing attacks" against her. #legal
Alright, who’s ready to see #Trump get his just deserts? He fucked up the whole damn world & that’s not an overstatement.
PS #BabySquirrel & I had a lovely weekend. It’s as boy! (He’s developed discernible - stuff)
He is doing quite well! Name: “Ramone” because he’s a sweet little punk rocker.
the #civil#fraud finding that he misstated his assets; his 2 violations of a #GagOrder stemming from that case; 2 separate court findings of #defamation of #EJeanCarroll; & the dissolution of the #Trump foundation as part of a settlement w/the NYAG. The judge said he would not allow prosecutors to discuss in detail the underlying facts of those matters — but added a warning that could change.
In #Trump's NY criminal case, prosecutors file so-called "Sandoval" notice—disclosing unchged prior bad acts they intend to use at trial to impeach his credibility.
The list rattles off NYAG civil fraud case, #EJeanCarroll case, & more.
"If the defendant chooses to testify, the People intend to inquire regarding the following"
The risk here is the company will not have the liquidity to pay on the bond when demanded, and the beneficiary of this bond, the #NewYorkAG, may not have a direct claim against the reinsurer. That the reinsurer is in the #CaymanIslands compounds this issue as it is a non-U.S. jurisdiction with problematic banking transparency laws, which makes collection very difficult. The bond issued may ultimately be worthless.