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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 07:13:37 pm »
14:04
Trump is asleep. Cohen is giving deadpan answers

Trump appears to have fallen asleep, while Cohen is keeping his cool.

The former president has his eyes closed with his chin resting on his chest.

Blanche brought up a February 2023 interview Cohen did on CNN with Don Lemon in which he said that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office asked him to hand over his two phones.

Blanche said that Cohen had ‘very specific recollections’ about calls with Trump in but ‘no recollection’ of promising prosecutors he wouldn’t go on TV.

In a flat voice, Cohen replied: ‘I don’t recall even having these conversations about not going on television’

Blanche tried asking the question again. Cohen replied: ‘I recall the conversations with President Trump at the time’

Blanche asked if Cohen asked if Cohen recalled a conversation with prosecutors last March in which they said ‘how important it was for you to stop talking?

Cohen said: ‘I don’t recall anything because I don’t recall agreeing not to go on television’

Blanche asked: ‘You don’t recall the District Attorney telling you you were unwittingly helping President Trump by going on TV?’

Cohen said: ‘No, sir’.

Cohen agreed that he had done about 200 episodes of his podcast and Trump was ‘mentioned in every single one’.

Turning to his posts on TikTok, Cohen said he started doing them to ‘vent because I have a difficult time sleeping, so I found an outlet’.


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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 07:06:52 pm »
2 minutes ago
After perking up briefly, Trump now has eyes closed again

Trump perked up at the start of cross-examination, chatting animatedly to lawyers on both sides of him at the defense table.

But now he's slouched again deep in his chair with his eyes closed, leaning back.

He has not opened his eyes for the past 10 minutes.


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Cohen: 'I was knee deep into the cult of Donald Trump' in 2015
By Kyle Schnitzer

“At that time, I was knee deep into the cult of Donald Trump, yes," Michael Cohen testified when being asked about comments of praise he made in 2015 about Trump.

Blanche asked him if he was "obsessed" with Trump during that period, but Cohen wouldn't budge.

“I don’t think I’d categorize the word obsessed. I admired him tremendously,” Cohen said.

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a minute ago
Cohen says he read 'Art of the Deal' twice and called it a 'masterpiece'

Todd Blanche has used part of his time today to elicit testimony from Cohen that Cohen read Trump's book "Art Of The Deal" twice.

"You have called it a masterpiece?" Blanche asked.

"Yes," Cohen replied.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 07:00:27 pm »
a few seconds ago
Cohen testifies that he still lives in a building with Trump's name on it
By Ben Kochman

"You still live in a building with Trump's name on it, correct?" Todd Blanche asked Michael Cohen.

"I do," Cohen replied.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 06:59:45 pm »
a minute ago
Jury shown merch from Cohen's website including Trump t-shirt, 'Convict 45' pin
By Kyle Schnitzer

Jurors were shown images of merchandise that appears on Michael Cohen's "Mea Culpa" podcast website — including a pin that suggests convicting Donald Trump.

According to the images, a "Convict 45" enamel pin is being sold for $17.

For $22, you can purchase a Send Him To The Big House Not The White House" coffee cup.

Cohen was asked by Trump attorney Todd Blanche about a shirt depicting Trump in an orange jumpsuit behind bars. Blanche complained to the judge about the shirt last week.

"You actually wore that t-shirt last week on your TikTok Wednesday night," Blanche asked, which Cohen said he was wearing it.
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Tucker On Twitter / Re: Some on the Right Are Having a Moral Meltdown
« Last post by the OlLine Rebel on Today at 06:57:48 pm »
This brings up the age-old argument about if one would do this or that.

The real question is always “who is better?”  Who gets to survive?  That is what it comes down to. Now, if it’s literally JUST you, a single individual person, feel free to turn the other cheek.

But if it’s more people, a whole society, you have to choose who is going to survive.  I prefer Americans, eg.  if there is a fight, I will choose my family. It’s that simple.

So it’s not about how they die or are injured, it’s whether you must oppose an aggressor.  As a society always protect yours.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 06:55:40 pm »
13:49
Blanche tears into Cohen for memory lapse

Cohen, an experienced attorney, is relying on a common answer in testimony and depositions: saying he doesn’t recall to multiple questions by Blanche. Blanche is trying to nail him down on repeated warnings from prosecutors to not talk about the case, or about other matters where he assisted prosecutors.

‘No sir, I do not recall that either,’ he said when asked if he got a warning from the DA. ‘Because I don’t recall ever agreeing not to go on television.’

You don’t recall the district attorney telling you that you were unwittingly helping President Trump going on TV?’ Blanche asked. ‘No sir, Cohen said, his voice dropping to measurably in volume.

That prompted Blanche to ask how he could firmly recall details of years-old conversations with Trump.

Cohen stood firm on his right to talk, despite not remembering getting admonished. ‘I do have a First Amendment right. I can speak,’ he said.

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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 06:54:43 pm »
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2 minutes ago
Cohen testifies he wants to see Trump convicted in hush money case

"Do you want to see President Trump convicted in this case?" asked Trump attorney Todd Blanche.

"Sure," Michael Cohen said, drawing laughs from the overflow room.

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4 minutes ago
Cohen: I spend six days a week talking about Trump on TikTok
By Kyle Schnitzer

Michael Cohen testifies that he charges $5.99 for monthly subscriptions to his TikTok, but doesn't spend every day of the week talking about Donald Trump on the social media platform.

“Well, I only do it six days a week," Cohen said, when responding to a question about how many nights a week he speaks about Trump.

He then admitted that he talks about Trump "six days a week.”

Cohen said he started the TikTok account six weeks ago.

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9 minutes ago
Cohen says he doesn't know how many times he's been told not to speak about Trump case
By Kyle Schnitzer

Trump attorney Todd Blanche pressed Michael Cohen on how often he has been warned by the Manhattan District Attorney's office not to speak about the "hush money" case.

Cohen testified he was told that it was "probably better off if you don't speak about it."

Blanche then tried to twist Cohen's words, insinuating they don't "direct you" to not speak about the case.

"Well, I do have a First Amendment right. I can speak," Cohen shot back.

He said he doesn't recall how many times prosecutors have asked him to refrain from talking about the case since the indictment last year
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Tucker On Twitter / Re: Some on the Right Are Having a Moral Meltdown
« Last post by the OlLine Rebel on Today at 06:52:24 pm »
Wonder how FR feels about Tucker lately?

They were all in that it’s the last straw for evil Fox to fire Carlson.
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Jokes and Humor / Re: The Official TBR Silliness Thread---2024
« Last post by 240B on Today at 06:48:23 pm »

Really very popular in Mexico
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 06:41:15 pm »
13:33
Trump is unimpressed so far

The cross-examination has started with fireworks. Cohen is being presented with things he has said or posted about Trump or this trial or the defense lawyers. The public gallery in the overflow room has erupted in laughter. Reporters are on the edge of their seats, waiting to see whether Cohen gets tripped up. The judge has made several interventions as objections have flowed.

Only one person is unmoved. Trump is sitting back in his chair, eyes closed. Either he had a good lunch and is suitably relaxed. Or he is putting on a show of how little he cares about any of this.
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