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Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
Wingnut:
--- Quote from: mystery-ak on May 14, 2024, 08:29:48 pm ---4 minutes ago
Court is off on all Wednesdays.
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When I was a youngin all the Barber shops in town were closed on Wednesdays.
240B:
Wednesday is derived from "Woden's day". Woden is an old germanic way of sayin 'Odin'.
In some weird joke of history, Wednesday = Odin's day
Cyber Liberty:
--- Quote from: 240B on May 15, 2024, 12:59:45 pm ---Wednesday is derived from "Woden's day". Woden is an old germanic way of sayin 'Odin'.
In some weird joke of history, Wednesday = Odin's day
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That is correct. Tomorrow is Thor's Daeg.
mystery-ak:
DAY 18
Michael Cohen is set to retake the stand Thursday, the third day this week he is doing so as a star witness in former President Trump’s hush money trial.
He will undergo further cross-examination by Trump’s attorney, who at the start of the proceeding attempted to paint the former president’s ex-personal attorney as someone who profited over his hatred of his former boss.
Cohen is expected to be the prosecution’s last witness in the historic trial, which has stretched into its fourth week.
--- Quote ---Michael Cohen is expected to be the prosecution’s final witness in their case in chief, though they may later call a rebuttal witness if Trump has an expert testify in his defense.
“We had indicated that, potentially, that we could call another witness, that was going to be another book publisher, but we’ve decided that we really don’t need to do that,” Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass said during a sidebar conference on Tuesday.
The exchange was out of the earshot of reporters but surfaced in the court transcript.
“So, Mr. Cohen will be the last witness,” Steinglass said.
Cross-examination of Cohen from Trump’s attorneys is expected to last most, if not all, of Thursday.
Court will not meet on Friday so Trump can attend his son’s graduation, so it is possible Cohen will need to return on Monday.
— Zach Schonfeld
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--- Quote ---08:38 AMMay 16, 2024
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rrahman
Long lines form at courthouse for Cohen testimony
The lines to get into the courthouse to catch a glimpse of Trump’s hush money trial were already long at about 5:30 a.m. this morning.
Members of the public and the press were huddled underneath umbrellas to face the rainy weather.
Despite the early hour, most members of the public will likely not get in due to a very limited number of seats inside.
By 6:30 a.m., police appeared to already close off the line.
—Lauren Sforza
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mystery-ak:
14 minutes ago
Trump slams 'sham' 'hush money' case: 'Biden's office is running the trial'
By David Spector
Former President Donald Trump slammed the conditions of his "hush money" trial in early morning remarks before proceedings were to begin.
"Outside it's like Fort Knox," Trump said, lamenting the immense security surrounding his trial.
"A lead person from the DOJ is running the trial, so Biden's office is running the trial," raged the former president.
Trump resumed slamming the judge in his case as "conflicted" and cited legal scholars such as Alan Dershowitz to support his view that there's "no case."
"This trial is a scam and a sham and it shouldn't happen," Trump said.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office is a state office and does not answer to President Biden.
One of the prosecutors on the case, Matthew Colangelo, was a high-ranking DOJ official, but he also worked with Bragg earlier at the New York Attorney General's Office.
There is no evidence that Biden is involved in this prosecution.
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