Still on break, but…

#Breaking #News in #Trump #criminal #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #FalsifiedBusinessRecords #HushMoney conviction:

Trump hush-money judge delays ruling on whether to throw out conviction

Postponement follows numerous successful attempts to delay case in which he was convicted on 34 #felony counts

#law #TrumpTrial #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/trump-hush-money-conviction-presidential-immunity

The #verdict must be unanimous on the primary crime falsification of business records.

Once #jurors inform the court they have reached a verdict, Justice Juan #Merchan will summon the parties to the courtroom to hear it read by the foreperson.

Merchan must still affirm the verdict & enter a final judgment.

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There’s a #verdict

They request 30 minutes to fill out the forms.

Trump, who had been smiling a minute ago, is suddenly serious after the judge’s alert that there’s a verdict.

His arms are now crossed across his chest as he whispers with his lawyers.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

As Justice #Merchan re-reads the #JuryInstructions, #Trump has had his eyes closed, & his chin has sometimes slumped to his chest. At other times, his head has been fallen backwards — just waiting for his mouth to drop open & let flies enter. #NodFarter

Merchan is now in the middle of p 17 of the instructions, explaining jurors can consider whether any #witness would benefit from his or her own #testimony. (hmm)

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial

Break over. Justice #Merchan thanks the jurors for their flexibility & calls #Steinglass back to the lectern. Before they returned, the judge told Steinglass that he needed to wrap up — at least for the day — by 8PM (wuh?). If he does not conclude by then, it sounded as if it was possible that Steinglass would have to conclude tomorrow.

Wonder how the #NodFarter aka #Trump will hold up…

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Heading into what may be the final week of the #TrumpTrial, here are links to my threads for each day of coverage starting w/opening statements & then testimony (excludes jury selection)

#criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

Justice #Merchan tells the attys he will get them a final version of the #JuryInstructions by end of the day Thurs.

Court is adjourned.

Testimony in the #TrumpTrial is over.

The jury will be back in a week for closing arguments.

Thanks for reading 🥰

#criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

After arguing for 5 mins, a word in the #JuryInstructions is now plural — “crime” is now “crimes”

Defense & prosecution debate if the instructions should be available to the #public & #press.

(#Trump is asleep — #NodFarter)

Justice #Merchan jokes they’ll next address “the most challenging issue” — how to pronounce a word.

He spelled out “eleemosynary,” which means having to do w/charity.

“Why do we even have it?” Merchan asked. The lawyers don’t know, & it’s removed.

#law #TrumpTrial

With defense resting their case, we now know definitively that #Trump did not #testify in his own #defense of 34 #criminal charges.

As he exited the courtroom, & raised his hand in a fist, Trump did not answer reporters’ questions about why he had not testified in the trial.

#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

The defense rests, Todd #Blanche says.

#Testimony in the first #criminal trial of Donald J. Trump has concluded.

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Per a pool report, #Trump confirmed that the defense will be resting today, as expected, in remarks outside the courtroom in the hallway. “We’ll be resting pretty quickly,” he said. “Resting meaning resting the case. I won’t be resting. I don’t rest. I’d like to rest sometimes but I don’t get to rest.” #NodFarter

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #MobTactics

#Trump's *guests* today in court:

#DonaldTrumpJr
Fmr Acting AG #MattWhitaker
Fmr Florida AG #PamBondi
Sen #EricSchmitt
#US #House Reps
• #DanielWebster
• #DanMeuser
• #RonnyJackson
• #TroyNehls
• #DaleStrong
• #MariaSalazar
#SebastianGorka
#ChuckZito
#JoePiscopo
#BillWhite

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

Prosecutors now have 3 days to prepare re-direct, when they will seek to build #MichaelCohen back up & refocus the jurors on the most important elements of their case & the actual charges for which they’ve presented mountains of evidence regardless of whether Cohen is a liar or not.

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#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

#MichaelCohen has been called back to the stand. The jury to be brought in.

#Trump atty Todd #Blanche continues cross-examination.
Blanche asks about texts between Cohen & the DA’s office.

Cohen agrees that texts shown w/ DA investigator are from around same time that he told a grand jury he was going to hold Trump accountable.

We are now on our third sidebar today.

#law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #NodFarter

#Court officers explain, yet again, the courtroom's no-cellphone policy to the people here with #Trump.

The lawyers and the judge are having one of the longest sidebars that have taken place during this trial, if not the longest. Their voices are louder than usual, though the words they're saying aren't clear.

#law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

#Trump arrives in the courtroom, trailed by his son #EricTrump, his lawyers, as well as #Republican members of the #House of Representatives, including #LaurenBoebert & #MattGaetz.

The entourage is so large today that some people are being made to sit in the back. Others had to leave & go to Trump’s hold room.

If they do today what was done Tues, I hope Merchan hold Trump in contempt of the #GagOrder.

#criminal #law #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics #StochasticTerrorism #NodFarter

#TrumpTrial 🧵 Thursday 16 May 2024

Cross-examination of #MichaelCohen resumes, an opportunity for the defense to poke holes in his testimony & perhaps trip up or provoke the state’s key witness. The questioning of Cohen, #Trump’s fmr fixer, is the beginning of the end of Trump’s #criminal trial, which began April 15 & might conclude before Memorial Day weekend at this pace.

#law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #StormyDaniels

#Blanche tries, for a 2nd time, to contrast #MichaelCohen’s inability to recall his conversations w/prosecutors to his very clear recollection of the important conversations w/ #Trump.

Blanche reviews Cohen’s #criminal history & his 2 separate pleas to federal #crimes, the 1st in Aug 2018 & the 2nd in Nov. In the 2nd, he pleaded guilty to lying to Congress.

[#NodFarter is sleeping again]

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As #MichaelCohen testifies, #Trump has dropped his head repeatedly & appears to be struggling to stay awake. #NodFarter

Blanche asks Cohen questions about the properties he has owned in Trump buildings. Prosecutors told a story about Cohen loving Trump until he felt he was betrayed in 2018. Blanche emphasizes that indeed there was a time when Cohen was devoted to Trump.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics

#MichaelCohen has so far remained calm, sitting w/his hands clasped in his lap.
He's taking a beat before answering his questions & appears to be choosing his words carefully. #Trump is sitting w/his eyes closed at the defense table.

#Blanche is almost certainly trying to get under Cohen's skin.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics #NodFarter