As I was unable to do a #TrumpTrial 🧵 today, here’s a #GiftArticle on the day’s proceedings:
“After 2 wks of enthralling jurors w/stories of sex & scandal, prosecutors delved into the documents at the heart of Trump’s #criminal trial on Mon, a pivotal turn in the case that came on the same day the judge held #Trump in #contempt & threatened to #jail him.”
“After the judge rebuked #Trump for violating a #GagOrder & mounting ‘a direct attack on the rule of #law,’ the prosecutors provided jurors w/their first look at the 34 records they say he falsified to #coverup an infamous payment.
“Trump made the payment to his longtime fixer, #MichaelCohen, reimbursing him for a $130k #HushMoney payoff to a porn star, #StormyDaniels, prosecutors say. Before Trump repaid Cohen, prosecutors say, he orchestrated a scheme to falsify the records.
“#Trump, the first American president to face prosecution, is on #trial for 34 #felony counts of falsifying business records, 1 for each doc: 11 checks to #MichaelCohen, 11 invoices from Cohen & 12 entries in Trump’s general ledger. The invoices & ledger entries claimed that Cohen had been repaid for ‘legal expenses’ that arose from a ‘retainer agreement.’”
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