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Nonilex

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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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Nonilex, to Law
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2yrs AFTER an American flag was flown outside the VA home of Justice Samuel , another provocative symbol was displayed at his…house in NJ….the flag…like the inverted flag was carried by rioters [] at the… 2021 [].


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.2xMd.Y8aUZ-CGwkQJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex, to Law
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#TrumpTrial 🧵 Tues 21 May 2024

Testimony may conclude today in Trump’s #criminal NY #ElectionInterference trial, after 5 weeks & 22 witnesses.

Yesterday the jury was introduced to #RobertCostello, a #Giuliani associate & #lawyer who acted as a “back-channel” for #MichaelCohen to #Trump in the summer of 2018.

Yesterday, Costello behaved so atrociously on the witness stand that Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom to admonish him & the defense attorneys. Costello is due back on the stand

#law

GreenFire,
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@qotca @Nonilex
In March 2016, CREW discovered that the Trump Foundation had broken the law by giving an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. Charitable foundations like the Trump Foundation are not allowed to engage in politics. Even more problematic was the fact that the contribution was given as Bondi’s office was deciding whether to take legal action related to Trump University.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/the-trump-foundation-pam-bondi-scandal/

donray,
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@Nonilex

Good ol’ — who wore a medal from Hungarian Nazi collaborators to tRump’s inaugural ball.

Nonilex,
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’s attitude is already brusque under cross-examination from .

Hoffinger asks Costello about his relationship w/ .

Costello confirms that he is close to & has known him for 50 yrs. Costello & his law firm recently sued Giuliani for unpaid legal bills.

👀 Hoffinger reads an email Costello sent to in which he described his relationship w/Giuliani as potentially being “very useful to you.”

Nonilex,
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wrote to that there had been positive comments about him from the White House & that he had “friends in high places.” Hoffinger gets Costello to say it “definitely referred to President Trump.” 👀

The emails corroborate prosecutors’ story, suggesting that Costello was manipulating Cohen at the direction of & , while misleading Cohen so that he would not understand what was happening.

Nonilex,
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#Hoffinger asks #RobertCostello if an email in which he offers to provide a “back channel” between #Trump & #MichaelCohen “speaks for itself” Costello used the phrase while [#mansplaining to her yesterday].

Costello says it does not because there was more context, & offers to provide that context.

“That’s all right,” Hoffinger says, moving on to her next question. 😊

#misogyny #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics

Nonilex,
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testifies that “sometimes” his emails speak for themselves. Sometimes, the implication is & as he said earlier, they do not.
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🚨🚨 Costello wrote in an email that his mission was to “get Cohen on the right page without giving him the appearance that we are following instructions from Giuliani or the president.”

The jurors are paying close attention, much more so than they did to the end of 's cross-examination.

Nonilex,
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seems to be more of a witness for the prosecution — albeit a hostile one —than the defense. The emails couldn’t possibly be viewed in any way other than how prosecutors want jurors to view them: They show Costello misleading , saying something to him directly & another thing behind his back.

Nonilex,
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has just denied that, once he began to believe that was in turn misleading him, he was angry or upset. He was, he says, “informed.”

Another email from Costello to his law partner shows that in fact, Costello was very angry at Cohen, contradicting his previous answer.

“What should I say to this asshole?” Costello asked his partner. “He is playing with the most powerful man on the planet.”

CarlG,
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@Nonilex Aah, Trump is trying the old "I am a very important man and therefore my case deserves unique jury instructions and a higher burden of proof than every other criminal defendant" defense.

Good luck with that one, Donald. It may work with FedSoc judges you appointed, but not a truly independent judiciary.

CarlG,
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@Nonilex Bove is like the frickin' Energizer Bunny. But unlike with batteries, persistence here is not to be applauded.

Trump could have invoked the "advice of counsel" defense, but didn't want to have to meet his disclosure obligations to use it. Raising the same issue repeatedly by calling it a slightly different name is, as Merchan aptly put it, "disingenuous."

GreenFire, to random
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House Speaker Republican Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday that his office notified Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer’s staff the day before that if the Senate leader does not sign the draft invitation for Netanyahu by Tuesday, he will proceed with inviting the Israeli prime minister to address just the House. The Speaker, however, noted that he would invite senators to attend the speech.

Republicans just don't care what damage they cause in their quest for power sadly.

MeanwhileinCanada, to random
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If mosquitoes sucked fat instead of blood, they'd be more popular.

w7voa, to random
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(AP) — A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November. https://apnews.com/article/31002afb91b642c0314223d19e51f427

Nonilex,
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@w7voa

*the “staffer” was .
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*note the lie about being in court.

“It was posted & shared on the fmr president’s Truth Social account while he was on a lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial.

“‘This was not a campaign video, it was created by a random account online & reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word, while the President was in court’ Karoline Leavitt, the campaign press secretary, said in a statement.”

heidilifeldman, to Ethics
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Though not serving as Trump’s attorney when he appeared as a witness today in Trump’s trial for criminally falsifying business records, Robert Costello is a lawyer, bound by New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct. Costello repeatedly showed his ethical unfitness, violating the most basic principles that inform the entire code. I’ve screenshot the very first paragraph of the entire code, highlighting the most pertinent phrases. 1/

heidilifeldman,
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Costello, who clearly seeks to curry Trump’s favor, behaved like any lawyer embedded in organized crime: rather than uphold the quality of justice, he used his knowledge of the law to subvert justice and undermine the legal system. 3/

Nonilex, to conservative
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🧵 Monday 20 May 2024

has a huge posse today, including ; , a party leader in NY; , fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; , lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & , legal adviser who was in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.

Nonilex,
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shows an email he sent to his own son. The email says “I will be on the team,” & it quotes as saying that he would be “eternally grateful” to have him.

Costello told his son that he did not know when the announcement would be made. His son responded: "Wow. That’s big news. Congrats Dad. I hope this leads to a lot of good things coming your way.”

[oops]

Nonilex,
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said he wasn’t seeking as a client. But his email shows his own son knew that landing Cohen was a big deal.

Costello was called by the defense to attack Cohen’s credibility. So far he is attacking his own.

Nonilex,
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Justice Merchan asks whether wants him to rip the case away from the & decide it himself. Blanche agrees that this is what the defense wants (not bloody likely — has repeatedly claimed Merchan is out to get him).

“You said that his lies were irrefutable but you think he’s going to fool 12 New Yorkers into believing this lie?” says referring to .

Nonilex,
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attacks as she questions him.

He keeps correcting her tiny misstatements, like when she described him as a fmr “chief” of a criminal division rather than a “deputy chief”.

He took issue w/her use of the term “raid” when she referred to the FBI executing a search warrant against .

He just instructed her to talk into the microphone.

Note: There are 5 women on the jury.

Nonilex,
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“…a class ‘E’ under NY carries a maximum 4-yr prison sentence for each count if convicted.

“ could face over 100 yrs in prison if he were convicted of every charge…, but }legal experts suggest it’s unlikely he’ll face any prison time at all in this case as a first-time offender”

h/t @lesblazemore

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/08/16/trumps-total-charges-could-result-in-more-than-700-years-in-prison/

wendysiegelman, to random
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Omeed Malik fundraises for Trump and invests in ‘patriotic’ ‘anti-woke’ businesses including one with Cambridge Analytica funder Rebekah Mercer that funded Tucker Carlson.

Malik, Rebekah Mercer and Christopher Buskirk launched 1789 Capital and lead a $15 million seed round for Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel’s new media company.

My latest on Malik, who was once known as a democrat, and his right wing businesses:

https://newstracs.com/trump-donor-omeed-malik-invests-in-anti-woke-businesses-with-rebekah-mercer/2024/05/20/

pbump, to random
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I wrote about the new developments in the battle between state-endorsed violence and protests. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/20/protests-police-violence-republicans-democrats/

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