"I think the reason is you can't incrementally help Ukraine, you know, a bit of this and a bit of that. Do we want Ukraine to win? Or do we want them to lose? […] Ukraine will abide by any restrictions you put on them. So you could give them Taurus. And you could add all sorts of restrictions about where you want it used or not used," Wallace said.
By all accounts the recording was terrible in terms of quality/audibility.
#Trump cont’d bashing #Forbes. He was all over the place, but among the things he said were:
Forbes is, 1) owned by China, 2) owned by Russia, 3) is out of business or 4) all of the above.
#Engoron mostly backed off attempts trying to reign trump’s testimony in, he let NYAG #Wallace deal w/ Trump how he wanted.
#NYAG: Why did you have the statements of financial condition prepared…2011-2017"
The day began w/ yesterday’s drama. Trump attys accused #NY Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron's #LawClerk, #AllisonGreefield, of bias, & the asserted she influences the judge.
Yesterday, Engoron warned Trump atty #Kise not to speak about court staff, & noted a pattern of #misogyny in Kise’s behavior toward women in the courtroom.
Engoron (to Kise): “If you want to make a motion at this point, go ahead & do it. …You've made speeches. You've made observations. …What more of a record do you want?"
Kise tried to use the "two adversaries" line again. (Apparently he’s used it 4X now)
The trial is scheduled to last until the end of Dec but is expected to end sooner.
Trump arrived in the courtroom & strode past AG #LetitiaJames, seated in the first row, w/o making eye contact & immediately took a seat at the defense table.
While pool photographers took his picture at the defense table, looking solemn, in camera-ready way, Judge #Engoron looked amused.
Jonah Bromwich NYT:
As I write these posts about “generally accepted accounting principles” & “materiality” it occurs to me that this opening statement is already deep in the #legal & #financial weeds where most of this #trial will take place. Were this a #jury trial, we might be getting a glossier, more exciting… opening statement. But perhaps because #Engoron is the arbiter of fact here, #Wallace seems to feel no qualms about a far more detailed, less flashy presentation.
#Wallace, the attorney general's lawyer, is noting that the defendants received remarkably #favorable#InterestRates on the #loans for which they used the statements, & that they gained more than $250 million. The attorney general is asking the court to assess #Trump a penalty of that amount.
Wallace concludes, saying that while it may be one thing to exaggerate for #Forbes Magazine & a #television audience, “you cannot do it while conducting #business in the State of #NewYork.”
Britischer Verteidigungsminister will laut Medienbericht Amt aufgeben
Er hat auf seinem Posten bereits drei konservative Premierminister erlebt. Nun kündigte Ben Wallace in der "Sunday Times" an, dass er sein Amt niederlegen will - möglicherweise bereits im Herbst.