Author Topic: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC (Read 20535 times)

LMAO · « **Reply #175 on:** April 19, 2024, 05:57:48 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on April 19, 2024, 05:46:35 pm

Is being a crackpot a requirement for living in NYC?

Well, AOC was born there( Bronx)

rustynail · « **Reply #176 on:** April 19, 2024, 06:16:20 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on April 19, 2024, 05:46:35 pm

Is being a crackpot a requirement for living in NYC?

It's 'catch 22'.

mountaineer · « **Reply #177 on:** April 19, 2024, 06:32:38 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on April 19, 2024, 05:46:35 pm

Is being a crackpot a requirement for living in NYC?

Apparently.

BREAKING: A man just set himself on fire outside the Trump trial in New York City.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1781379851967951170

Wingnut · « **Reply #178 on:** April 19, 2024, 06:45:44 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on April 19, 2024, 05:35:51 pm

3 minutes ago
Full panel of jurors selected for Trump trial
By Kyle Schnitzer

Two more juror has been added to the panel, making it six alternate jurors selected.

A total of 18 jurors have been selected.

They are gonna need a bigger pool.

mountaineer · « **Reply #179 on:** April 19, 2024, 06:46:39 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on April 19, 2024, 06:32:38 pm

BREAKING: A man just set himself on fire outside the Trump trial in New York City.

Aaron Sibarium
@aaronsibarium
Earlier this month, UCLA med school hosted a talk glorifying self-immolation. Psychiatrists warned that valorizing such behavior would encourage more of it.
Today, a man set himself on fire outside of the courthouse where Trump’s trial is taking place.
2:35 PM · Apr 19, 2024

Aaron Sibarium
@aaronsibarium
NEW: UCLA medical school’s psychiatry department hosted a talk this month that glorified self-immolation as a form of "revolutionary suicide." We have obtained audio of the talk, which argued taboos on self-immolation serve "the interests of power." https://t.co/95SxWsnl7z
11:19 AM · Apr 12, 2024

Aaron Sibarium
@aaronsibarium
The talk, "Depathologizing Resistance," was delivered on April 2 by two psychiatry residents at UCLA, Drs. Ragda Izar and Afaf Moustafa, under the auspices of the department’s diversity office and UCLA’s Health Ethics Center.
11:19 AM · Apr 12, 2024

mountaineer · « **Reply #180 on:** April 19, 2024, 06:49:21 pm »

I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸
@ImMeme0
Sign belonging to the man who set himself on fire reads: “TRUMP IS WITH BIDEN AND THEY’RE ABOUT TO FASCIST COUP US”

2:44 PM · Apr 19, 2024

Wingnut · « **Reply #181 on:** April 19, 2024, 06:51:15 pm »

Drs. Ragda Izar and Afaf Moustafa Of the storied Amish clan in Pennsylvania near where Joe grew up no doubt.

Wingnut · « **Reply #182 on:** April 19, 2024, 06:55:23 pm »

NYC. The greatest show on earth.

Step right up and see the show. For one thin dime, a tenth of a dollar you can witness the 9th wonder of the world. A third world shithole in the making on American soil!

mystery-ak · « **Reply #183 on:** April 20, 2024, 12:46:57 am »

Trump trial: Prosecutors withhold witness lineup from former president’s team
By
Ashley Oliver
April 19, 2024 7:31 pm
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Prosecutors made the unusual decision this week to remain almost entirely mum about the order in which they planned to call their first witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.

Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor working on behalf of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, said Friday evening he would let Trump’s attorneys know the name of their first witness on Sunday night, the day before opening arguments in the case are set to begin, according to a report from the courtroom. Trump’s defense team had asked for the names of the first three witnesses that prosecutors would call.

However, Steinglass warned that if Trump posted about the first witness on social media, he would cease extending defense attorneys the courtesy of a heads-up.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys receive lists of witnesses before the trial, but they do not know the order in which the opposing parties will call their witnesses. It is common practice for parties to give advanced notice to each other of the general order in which the witnesses will appear.

Steinglass’s remarks about waiting until Sunday to provide the name of the first witness came after prosecutors initially declined altogether to offer any information about the first witnesses they planned to question. Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche had asked on Thursday if Steinglass could tell him who the first three would be.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/2972781/trump-trial-prosecutors-withhold-witness-lineup-trump-team/

mystery-ak · « **Reply #184 on:** April 20, 2024, 01:35:42 pm »

Trump trial: Prosecutors withhold witness lineup from former president’s team
By
Ashley Oliver
April 19, 2024 7:31 pm
.

Prosecutors made the unusual decision this week to remain almost entirely mum about the order in which they planned to call their first witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.

Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor working on behalf of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, said Friday evening he would let Trump’s attorneys know the name of their first witness on Sunday night, the day before opening arguments in the case are set to begin, according to a report from the courtroom. Trump’s defense team had asked for the names of the first three witnesses that prosecutors would call.

However, Steinglass warned that if Trump posted about the first witness on social media, he would cease extending defense attorneys the courtesy of a heads-up.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys receive lists of witnesses before the trial, but they do not know the order in which the opposing parties will call their witnesses. It is common practice for parties to give advanced notice to each other of the general order in which the witnesses will appear.

Steinglass’s remarks about waiting until Sunday to provide the name of the first witness came after prosecutors initially declined altogether to offer any information about the first witnesses they planned to question. Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche had asked on Thursday if Steinglass could tell him who the first three would be.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/2972781/trump-trial-prosecutors-withhold-witness-lineup-trump-team/

mystery-ak · « **Reply #185 on:** April 20, 2024, 01:58:59 pm »

Michael Avenatti says he’s talking to Trump’s legal team — and would testify for the ex-prez
By Social Links for Jon Levine
Published April 20, 2024, 8:21 a.m. ET

Disgraced Stormy Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti has been in contact with former President Trump’s legal defense team and is ready and willing to testify against his former client, he told The Post in an interview from jail.

“The defense has contacted me,” Avenatti told The Post in a phone call from Terminal Island, a minimum-security federal prison in Los Angeles where he is currently serving a 19-year sentence for extortion, tax evasion, fraud, embezzlement and other federal crimes.

“I’d be more than happy to testify, I don’t know that I will be called to testify, but I have been in touch with Trump’s defense for the better part of year,” Avenatti said.

more
https://nypost.com/2024/04/20/us-news/michael-avenatti-says-hes-in-conversations-with-trump-legal-team/

mystery-ak · « **Reply #186 on:** April 22, 2024, 01:02:42 pm »

Day 5

And so it begins

mystery-ak · « **Reply #187 on:** April 22, 2024, 01:05:02 pm »

Truth Details

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Four years ago I was a very successful and popular President of the United States and, in November, went into an Election where I received more votes, by far, than any sitting President in the history of our Country. Unfortunately, the Election was Rigged and Stolen, and our once great Country has quickly become a Nation In Serious Decline. Tomorrow morning I report to a New York Criminal Court for a Trial on, somewhat ironically, ELECTION INTERFERENCE, ruled over by Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ, before a Corrupt and Highly Conflicted Judge, a failed Soros funded District Attorney who didn’t want to bring this case, which could have been brought eight years ago, but wasn’t, in an almost completely Democrat District. Virtually every Legal Scholar and Expert says that there is NO CASE, NO CRIME, NO NOTHING! IT IS A SHAM THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT, EXCEPT TO TRY AND DAMAGE BIDEN’S POLITICAL OPPONENT, ME. SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING!

mystery-ak · « **Reply #188 on:** April 22, 2024, 01:06:31 pm »

Former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker Reportedly First to Testify in Trump Trial

Elizabeth Weibel 21 Apr 2024

David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, is reportedly set to be the first to testify in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.

Pecker, whose tabloid reportedly engaged in “catch and kill” practices to bury damaging stories about Trump, will be the first to take the stand after opening arguments in the trial on Monday, a source close to the matter told the New York Times.

Trump is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in relation to hush money payments made to adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.

The hush money trial will center around allegations that Trump falsified his business records to hide reimbursement payments made to Michael Cohen, his former attorney.

Cohen was provided with reimbursement payments after he had arranged hush money payments to people such as Daniels to bury negative stories about Trump.

more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/21/former-national-enquirer-publisher-david-pecker-reportedly-first-testify-trump-trial/

corbe · « **Reply #189 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:40:28 pm »

Wonder if pecker will be asked about the Cruz hit stories that he printed at the behest of the defendant.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #190 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:47:03 pm »

14 minutes ago
Prosecutors: Trump orchestrated 'criminal scheme to corrupt' 2016 presidential election
By Kyle Schnitzer

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo said at the beginning of his opening arguments that Donald Trump orchestrated a "criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 president election."

He added: "He then covered up that conspiracy by lying in his New York business records, by lying over and over again.”

libertybele · « **Reply #191 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:47:54 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on April 22, 2024, 02:47:03 pm

14 minutes ago
Prosecutors: Trump orchestrated 'criminal scheme to corrupt' 2016 presidential election
By Kyle Schnitzer

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo said at the beginning of his opening arguments that Donald Trump orchestrated a "criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 president election."

He added: "He then covered up that conspiracy by lying in his New York business records, by lying over and over again.”

Wow, that's quite an opening statement of lies right off the bat.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #192 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:48:59 pm »

32 minutes ago
‘Hush money’ is not a crime, and Bragg has no case against Trump: Andrew C. McCarthy
By Andrew C. McCarthy

Opening statements get under way in Manhattan this morning in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial – the first-ever criminal trial against a former American president and, indeed, against a de facto major-party presidential nominee.

It got me to thinking: Why do we call it the “hush money” trial?

Well, sure, the media-Democrat complex loves the salacious overtones of that spin. But that’s not the real reason. If Trump had robbed a bank or, as he once famously put it, shot someone on Fifth Avenue in broad daylight, we’d be talking about Trump’s bank robbery trial or his murder trial. That is, we’d be talking about the crime.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #193 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:49:25 pm »

44 minutes ago
Judge allows prosecutors to introduce 'Access Hollywood' tape at trial
By Kyle Schnitzer

Justrice Juan Merchan said he will allow prosecutors to introduce Donald Trump's infamous "Access Hollywood" tape into evidence — but only the transcript.

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass said last week he wanted to bring the transcript — but not play the video for the jurors. The judge had said he felt the video itself — in which Trump boasts about grabbing women "by the p---y" — was too prejudicial.

“I don’t see any reason why a transcript which accurately summarizes what was said on the tape should not be submitted into evidence," the judge ruled.

Trump's attorney Todd Blanche objected to use of the transcript.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #194 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:50:40 pm »

2 minutes ago
Prosecutors: Trump, Pecker and Cohen carried out three different 'catch and kill deals to get him elected'
By Kyle Schnitzer

Prosecutors told a jury that Donald Trump, ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker and Trump's "fixer" Michael Cohen "carried out three different catch and kill deals to get him elected," during opening statements.

18 minutes ago
Prosecutors: Trump orchestrated 'criminal scheme to corrupt' 2016 presidential election
By Kyle Schnitzer

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo said at the beginning of his opening arguments that Donald Trump orchestrated a "criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 president election."

He added: "He then covered up that conspiracy by lying in his New York business records, by lying over and over again.”

mountaineer · « **Reply #195 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:51:22 pm »

Quote from: libertybele on April 22, 2024, 02:47:54 pm

Wow, that's quite an opening statement of lies right off the bat.

They're throwing all kinds of pasta against the wall, aren't they?

mystery-ak · « **Reply #196 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:53:37 pm »

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a minute ago
One ‘catch and kill’ deal included ex-Trump Tower doorman who claimed Trump fathered a child
By Kyle Schnitzer

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Mathew Colangelo said the first “catch and kill” deal that Trump contributed to was covering up allegations by a former Trump Tower doorman who claimed he father a child with a former housekeeper.

The doorman was paid of $30,000 by the National Enquirer, according to prosectors.

“It was the first time that David Pecker had ever paid anyone for information about Donald Trump,” prosecutors told the jury.

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2 minutes ago
Trump 'desperately' wanted to silence Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal: DA

Trump was "desperate" to silence the Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal from coming forward about an alleged affair she had with him while he was married, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said.

"Mr Trump desperately did not want this information about Karen McDougal to become public because he was concerned about its impact on the election," the DA said.

Trump worked with Michael Cohen and David Pecker to pay McDougal $150,000 to keep quiet, the prosecutor added.

libertybele · « **Reply #197 on:** April 22, 2024, 02:59:37 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on April 22, 2024, 02:51:22 pm

They're throwing all kinds of pasta against the wall, aren't they?

And I'm sure, more to come....

mystery-ak · « **Reply #198 on:** April 22, 2024, 03:05:34 pm »

Quote

a few seconds ago
Trump shakes his head when prosecutors accuse him of election fraud

Donald Trump shook his head when prosecutors said that he committed election fraud during the 2016 presidential election.

"It was election fraud. Clear and simple. We’ll never know — and it doesn't matter — whether this conspiracy was the difference maker in a close election," Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo said.

Trump then shook his head twice as he looked down.

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6 minutes ago
Prosecutors: Access Hollywood tape 'depicts Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault'
By Kyle Schnitzer

"The transcript depicts Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault," ADA Matthew Colangelo said about Trump's "Access Hollywood" tape.

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8 minutes ago
Jurors hear portion of Trump's 'Access Hollywood' transcript read by prosecutors
By Kyle Schnitzer

Prosecutors just read to the jury a portion of the "Access Hollywood" tape where Donald Trump "bragged about sexual assault."

"I'm quoting the defendant's words," Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo said, before reading a portion of the "Access Hollywood" transcript.

"You can do anything — grab them by the p---y, you can do anything," he said, citing the quote to Trump.

Colangelo then added that those were "Donald Trump's words on video released" one month before the election, which he said had an "immediate and explosive" impact on Trump's election.

corbe · « **Reply #199 on:** April 22, 2024, 03:18:30 pm »

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Cruz Blames Nat’l Enquirer Story on ‘Trump and His Henchmen’: ‘Trump May Be a Rat But I Have No Desire to Copulate with Him’

BREITBART TV25 Mar 2016

During a news conference in Oshkosh, WI on Friday, Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ripped “Donald Trump and his henchmen,” including Roger Stone, a former Trump adviser, and blamed them for a report in this week’s issue of National Enquirer alleging Cruz had extramarital affairs with five different women.

“It’s not surprising that Donald Trump’s tweet occurs the day before the attack comes out,” Cruz said. “And I would note, that Mr. Stone is a man who has 50 years of dirty tricks behind him. He’s a man for whom a term was coined for copulating with a rodent. Well, let me be clear. Donald Trump may be a rat but I have no desire to copulate with him.”

Trump and Stone parted ways last year.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/03/25/cruz-blames-natl-enquirer-story-on-trump-and-his-henchmen-trump-may-be-a-rat-but-i-have-no-desire-to-copulate-with-him/