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… paring down time on social media … ?? Fully migrated to mastodon now that the bird self destructed. Though if you want to view my old posts, same username.

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds ’s

Stephen# Bannon, a longtime ally of , had been found of defying a subpoena from the House committee.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/us/politics/stephen-bannon-contempt-upheld.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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The decision by the court means that could soon become the second former aide to be jailed for ignoring a subpoena from the committee, the first. is facing a 4-month term in .

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#TrumpTrial Friday 10 May 2024 🧵:

Madeleine #Westerhout testimony resumes

A fmr White House aide who worked closely w/ #Trump returned to the stand to testify about a significant meeting between Trump & #MichaelCohen his personal lawyer that is at the center of Trump’s #criminal trial.

Cohen is expected to testify Monday.

#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

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Prosecution presents a page from ’s phone records.

mentioned the names of 2 people who factor into the case: , the 's fmr CFO, & , 's fmr lawyer.

Tomalin testimony concluded.

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Before the morning recess, the defense sought to exclude an interview w/ from 1999 where said he had extensive knowledge of . Emil , one of Trump's lawyers, said finance had changed since that interview. , one of the prosecutors, argued that the “defendant’s admission that he had extensive knowledge of campaign finance law is relevant.”

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, a paralegal at the Manhattan DA's office who reviews posts as part of her role, is on the stand. testified about Trump’s social media posts once before during this trial.

has been hunched over the defense table reviewing & writing on papers in front of him. He only looked up at Longstreet when she started reading his tweets.

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is reading a series of from , many of them attacks on . She just read a post in which Trump unfavorably compared Cohen — who made the payment to & is expected to testify starting Monday — to , who pleaded to & was sentenced to 7 years in but was by Trump while he was still in office.

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is now guiding the court thru a series of texts from 2016 between , who was the editor of The , & Gina Rodriguez, who was ’s manager.

The texts show that reps for The Enquirer & Rodriguez were in conversation for months about Daniels’s story. This suggests that The Enquirer was monitoring the story, as its publisher, David , said he had promised he’d do.

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In these texts, Gina Rodriguez tells Dylan Howard that had sex w/ / It is another piece of presented by the prosecutors that matches Daniels's story — a story that Trump denies.

2016 texts between Daniels' manager & the 's Howard:

"Stormy Daniels was his mistress"
"She doesn't want to go on record... will tell the story through a source..."
"I'm trying to get Keith here on Monday on something so standby. Will know tomorrow. Keep that between us."

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More texts from ’s testimony

Daniels' manager texts Oct 2016:

Rodriguez: "not doing the trump deal"

Howard: "Keith gave me a heads up. What
happened?"

Rodriguez: "They didn't pay..."

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More from ’s testimony

Prosecutors showed another text from ' manager to ’s :

“I blew a gasket at his people..."

Longstreet spoke about the long negotiations between Daniels’s reps & The Enquirer over the deal. Eventually, The Enquirer's editor, Dylan Howard, alerted .

The texts delved into the amounts that Daniels’s reps were asking for, originally $250k but it was haggled down.

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The direct examination of is over.

Now Todd , one of 's lawyers, is cross-examining Longstreet.

Defense asks about 's account.

Blanche asks if Longstreet has reviewed Cohen’s TikTok account. Blanche doesn’t ask anything further clearly not seeking to get Longstreet to actually address the TikToks, but to get the jury wondering about them.

Longstreet is off the stand.

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Jaden Jarmel-Schneider is expected to be our final witness of the day. Like Longstreet, he is a paralegal at the Manhattan DA’s office.

tells jurors he was involved in the extraction of data from ’s phone.

After explaining his work, the witness is now certifying specific exhibits: calls between various witnesses, including & . They are then offered into , & are accepted.

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Some records being entered into evidence today involve calls made by or to who is expected to take the stand Monday.

Prosecution displays a comprehensive chart of the 34 business records falsified. There are 11 invoices, 11 vouchers & 12 checks, all relating to the reimbursement of Cohen — all of the documents laid out on a single screen.

These went by quickly during testimony, prosecutors are using 's testimony to highlight them.

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atty Emil cross-examines . He tries to win the witness over, first by asking him how he prefers to be addressed & then expressing sympathy as he acknowledges that a paralegal's work can be boring.

Jarmel-Schneider isn't biting, saying he enjoys his work.

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is now poring over the tiny details of the data that worked with, suggesting to the jury that there are issues w/the paralegal's work.

Bove suggests that the reports were edited in a suspicious manner. On redirect, Jarmel-Schneider clarified that the report we are looking at is abridged per prosecutors’ request. Bove on re-cross continues trying to raise suspicion about the call list displayed.

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Justice discusses w/ both prosecutors & defense lawyers what the jury instructions may look like. This is an important part of the case, because of the complexity of the charges against , which wrap in a secondary w/ which he is not charged: prosecutors have tried to convince jurors that second crime is an crime.

will tell the how to deal w/that complexity.

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#Steinglass, one of the prosecutors, says he expects to call 2 witnesses next week, & that it is entirely possible that they will rest by the end of the week.

Keep in mind that we only have a 3-day wk next wk. The trial is always off on Wednesdays, & we'll have next Friday off to allow #Trump to attend Barron’s HS graduation.

Monday will bring the appearance of #MichaelCohen, Trump’s fmr fixer & lawyer, & a crucial #witness.

#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference

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The lawyers argued about whether or not evidence should be allowed in that relates to #AllenWeisselberg, the fmr #TrumpOrganization CFO, who is currently in #Rikers Island after pleading #guilty to #perjury.

The evidence is Weisselberg’s severance agreement which stipulates he will get an extra $2M if he does not cooperate w/any prosecutions of Trump.

The agreement would show that he is still waiting to be paid his full severance by the #Trump Org.

#law #TrumpTrial #ElectionInterference

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The judge is suggesting that prosecutors should, in fact, call as a witness, which appears as if it would be a major shift in their plan.

Justice is very familiar w/Weisselberg, having sentenced him to before.

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#Blanche, one of Trump’s lawyers, is now asking the judge about #MichaelCohen, Blanche says he has continued to attack #Trump on the social media platform TikTok. Blanche asks the judge to order prosecutors to instruct Cohen to stop talking until the trial is over.

#Steinglass, a prosecutor, says they have repeatedly asked witnesses, including Cohen, to remain silent but have little control over them.

#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference

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Justice #Merchan asks prosecutors to tell #MichaelCohen that he is personally asking him to refrain from making any more statements about the case or #Trump. “That comes from the bench,” Merchan says.

Trump flashes a wide grin as the prosecutor #Steinglass says he can’t control Cohen’s statements outside court. Then he shakes his head as court adjourns.

Trump looks delighted as he stands up at the end of the proceedings.

Court adjourns.

Monday will be exciting.

#law #TrumpTrial

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Here is the start of today’s 🧵:
[Friday 10 May 2024]

https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112417126485941098

Nonilex,
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@timo21 amazingly yes. It was presented during Trump’s civil fraud trial.

Nonilex,
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Here’s Lisa Rubin’s analysis of ’s severance package agreement from ’s trial.

Also a few contemporary articles linked here:
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ally-promised-his-silence-exchange-24-million-1834233

https://www.courthousenews.com/eric-trump-takes-full-responsibility-for-allen-weisselbergs-shady-severance-package/

P2 of Lisa Rubin’s analysis of Allen Weisselberg’s TrumpOrg severance package agreement
P3 of Lisa Rubin’s analysis of Allen Weisselberg’s TrumpOrg severance package agreement
P4 of Lisa Rubin’s analysis of Allen Weisselberg’s TrumpOrg severance package agreement

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@vees I just posted an analysis of it

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