GottaLaff

GottaLaff, 12 hours ago

63/ McB:

🤦🏻‍♀️It was amazing working with Trump, she says, smiling. I think—I—I hadn't spent any time with him, I don't know if anyone should feel like they deserve they should be in the West Wing, but Trump always made me feel like I belonged, especially in a place with a lot of older men.🤢

GottaLaff, 12 hours ago

64/ McB:

We now get a portrait of Trump, the family man.

He had a close relationship with his children, and a lovely relationship with his wife? Yes, definitely, Westerhout says.

Westerhout paints a touching scene: Trump would be on the phone w/ his wife, & would tell her to come to the window in the residence, where she could look across and see Trump in the Oval Office. He would also call his wife to tell her he's boarding AF1, though he didn't have to

GottaLaff, 12 hours ago

65/ Just... wow.

McB:

Right on schedule, Merchan stops it there.

We end with an image of Trump the family man from Westerhout's testimony, which couldn't be further from this morning's depiction of Trump the philanderer and bully of Daniels' testimony.

GottaLaff, 12 hours ago

66/ Bower:

The jurors are done, but the parties are not.

Merchan says we'll take a 10 minute break. When we return, I assume Blanche will raise the issues he alluded to at lunch regarding (1) Renewed mistrial motion, (2) blocking McDougal's testimony, and (3) a gag order matter.

GottaLaff, 12 hours ago

@Lizette603_23 Me too

GottaLaff, 12 hours ago

67/ I wanna throw up.

Klasfeld:

As Trump leaves, a spectator tells Trump: "God is with you. Stay strong."

The man is escorted out — no outbursts, any outbursts, whatever the content, are allowed in court.

GottaLaff, 12 hours ago

68/ Part of 🧵 by Lisa Rubin:

After she broke down crying remembering her “youthful indiscretio" Necheles gently reminded her, as x-exam opened, that she was very young, that she made a mistake, and that Trump had forgiven her

I’m not saying the grace Necheles showed Westerhout, who was 28 when she left WH, was undeserved. But boy does it stand in marked contrast to her treatment of then-27-yr-old whose sexual encounter w Trump so distressed her that her hands shook as she put her shoes back on

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

69/ NEWS...

Via McB:

Merchan says we'll take 10, then pick it back up with Mr. Blanche.

As Trump walks out, a member of the public says something to Trump. "Guys, we're not doing that," a court officers scolds them. After the parties leave, the officer takes out the 2 men who spoke to Trump.

At 4:09 p.m., Trump and co. walk back in, Merchan walks back in as well, almost simultaneously.

👇🏼
👉🏼NEWS: The People no longer intend to call Karen McDougal to testify.👈🏼

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

70/ McB: Only 2 issues now, 1st: gag order.

Blanche asks that Trump be allowed to respond to Daniels' testimony, bc of all the reporting about it, which tells completely different story than Trump's. This will tie into mistrial motion, he says.

Daniels was on a polit TV show w "political commentators" last night, Blanche says & Trump can't say this never happened, this is never true, to this "new version of events" which deals with a very diff issue than sexual event that took place in 2006.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

71/ McB:

We said repeatedly, and I'm not going to dwell on it, Blanche says, but Trump needs an opportunity to respond to the American people.

The only witness left subject to the gag order is Mr Cohen, Blanche says, but his argument is a bit garbled, hard to follow.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

72/ McB:

There are voters out there, asking questions, but Trump can't say anything, Blanche says. There are numberous articles about it in the news, and Daniels' testimony will be a feature on shows today, and it "cannot be" that he can't respond to it, says Blanche.

It's much different than the same story that's been going around for several years, so Blanche asks that Trump be released from the gag order.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

73/ McB:

Conroy up now: It seems the other side lives in almost an alternate reality.

Conroy wants to look back at why the order was an issue in the first place, and says that it has been somewhat successful thus far.

This is where facts are brought out, and if someone wants to respond to something someone 👉🏼said in this room, it should happen in this room, not out there, Conroy says.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

74/ McB:

We have been told repeatedly by witnesses—even in the courtroom, even on the stand—about their fear, Conroy says. Even with a witness today, there was something with her home address on it, and you could see the fear in her eyes.

He does it selfishly with no concern about the safety of the people he's attacking, and unfortunately we have seen the results, Conroy says.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

75/ McB:

Conroy brings up the NYPD's explosion in threat cases about the number of threats against the members of the DA's office and their families. I had a conversation with a
👉🏼custodial witness last night concerned about their safety, Conroy says.👈🏼
Modifying this gag order now in the middle of trial would signal to future witnesses that they could be at risk as well, says Conroy.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

76/ McB:

He cites a DC circuit case about "hostile messages" that have an effect of "deterring, chilling, or altering the involvement" of witnesses.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

77 McB:

The gag order is not just designed to protect the witness until they walkoff the stand, or to protect the proceedings part of the way, Conroy says.
Modifying the gag order now is for Trump to attack Daniels—that's what he wants to do,👉🏼let's not pretend he wants to engage in high-minded discourse, 👈🏼Conroy says.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

78/ McB:

Blanche is back now, and he says everything we just heard in different in kind from what they're requesting.

In this case, a narrowly tailored gag order, the court should be constantly making sure its terms remain in effect, Blanche says.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

79/ McB:

A completely different set of events, Merchan repeats, What exactly are you referring to?

For example, transcript pg 2610, Blanche cites, "at first I was just startled, jump-scare...room spin in slow motion...felt the blood leave my hands and my feet."

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

80/ McB:

What she had previously said, Blanche says, hinting that he's now getting to the mistrial motion, was "ugh, here we go, we started kissing, I hope he doesn't try to pay me."

👉🏼Merchan: Help me understand how it's different.
Blanche: One is about consent, and one is not.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

81/ McB:

Merchan wants to take the issues one-by-one so we stay on the gag order

👉🏼It's interesting what Mr Conroy said, bc I wrote the same thing from the book down, Merchan says. My concern is protecting the integrity of these proceedings as a whole

Other witnesses, incl but not only Michael Cohen, will see your client doing whatever he intends to do, Merchan says. 👉🏼I can't take your word for it that this is going to be low key, this is going to be a response, bc that's not the track record

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

82/ McB:

These were very real, very threatening attacks on witnesses, so 👉🏼I can't take your word for it, Merchan says, while saying he is still concerned by some witnesses using the gag order as a sword, not a shield.

#WompWomp

Application to modify gag order is DENIED.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

83/ McB:

Merchan will now hear motion for a mistrial.

Blanche starts by saying he will put something together over the weekend explaining why this trial cannot go forward in light of Daniels' testimony.

Blanche cites Merchan's finding that Daniels' testimony not only completes the narrative of events, but is also probative of the defendant's intent, but says he alerted the court and the government of Daniels' contradicting previous claims.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

84/ McB:

Blanche says this new story is about how "this completely made up encounter with President Trump may have been nonconsensual," which they learned from the documentary, at which point they previously objected. Prosecution and court promised not to get into the details, then did.

GottaLaff, 11 hours ago

85/ McB:

Questions about whether the encounter brought up Daniels' difficult childhood, Daniels spanking Trump, it almost defies belief that we're here about a records case and the government is asking questions about an incident that happened in 2006, that we don't even believe happened

GottaLaff, 12 hours ago

@DoctorDNS Fingers crossed!