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Nonilex, to Law
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Day 4 🧵 starts here.

Yesterday came to an abrupt end when the dishwasher leaked all over the floor. It’s fixed now, but what a mess.

Linus, Ramone & I are all doing well.

Yesterday’s 🧵 start:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112332007257451711

lesblazemore,
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@CarlG @Nonilex seems Bove is in the weeds with...no particular purpose there.

heidilifeldman, to random
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Honestly, the Supreme Court justices today sounded even more deranged and clueless than I even expected. They are just too worried about hypothetical future presidents to focus on the fact that we have a former president indicted for attempting to overthrow an election who is now running for reelection on an explicitly authoritarian, anti-democracy platform. 1/

lesblazemore,
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@heidilifeldman any of them can break free at any time. they're lifers, it's over. they can ultimately do what they want.

but it's also the reality that when this shit breaks, it will lead to some killings. no one wants to be on the front line rn

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Obama advisor Eric Schultz:

wow - NYT reporter says their nonstop coverage of ’s age is retribution for not giving their boss an interview:

“It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age.”

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/25/new-york-times-biden-white-house-00154219

lesblazemore,
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@GottaLaff since forever it's been, sadly

Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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If you read my weekend blog post, you know that I've been pointing out that the predicate crime in the Trump trial is not clear.

(For what I mean, see my weekend blog post).

Here is what the Washington Post reported.

See screenshots #1 and #2.

Here is the law: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ELN/17-152?utm_medium=email&wpisrc=nl-nationalpopup&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=wp_the_trump_trials

To be clear: I have no idea how this trial will turn out. I cannot substitute my judgment for the jury because I am not seeing what they are seeing.

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lesblazemore,
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@Catawu @Teri_Kanefield what he got was campaign help worth significant amounts of money without reporting and presumably in violation of campaign law.

if a billionaire had handed him the 130k to pay off Stormy and then did not declare that,, the billionaire would also be in the conspiracy and would be charged for violating camapign laws. AMI also admitted to violations of campaign law.

lesblazemore,
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@Teri_Kanefield @Catawu ok I will, thanks for the reply!

lesblazemore,
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@Teri_Kanefield @dsurkin At the risk of annoyance, this analysis by Quinta Jurecic indicates that an underpayment is not required.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/charting-the-legal-theory-behind-people-v.-trump

"Merchan seems to have been convinced, rejecting Trump’s argument “that the alleged New York State tax violation is of no consequence because the State of New York did not suffer any financial harm.”"

lesblazemore,
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@Teri_Kanefield @dsurkin Yes I hope everyone cares deeply about the danger of a solid appeal.

lesblazemore,
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@dsurkin @Teri_Kanefield Thanks for that Dean, I got something wrong a few days ago with Teri so I wanted to be careful.

I want to note we're talking (I hope) about Cohen's overpayment of taxes and how Cohen (at the requirement of Donald Trump) falsified his New York State tax filings, categorizing the repayment of his payment to Stormy Daniels as income, on which he paid taxes.

In other words, the filing was false but he paid more than he "had" to...

lesblazemore,
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@dsurkin @Teri_Kanefield

The filing was false but he paid more than he "had" to, given that the receipts were repayments and not new income. He overpaid rather than evaded taxes, to hide the purpose of the money transfers.

Overpayments should not be a bar to prosecution, given that the ultimate goal is to launder illegal transfers.

Paying "extra" taxes in exchange for laundering funds would be quite acceptable to criminals with illicit money, if the payment acted as protection

lesblazemore,
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@dsurkin @Teri_Kanefield

Paying "extra" taxes in exchange for laundering funds would be quite acceptable to criminals with illicit money, if the payment acted as protection from prosecution for the transfers themselves.

A bit of burden perhaps but not an unacceptable route for a sophisticated player, as we see here.

The State is not just requiring its fair share of proceeds, but that records and filings be accurate. Fraudulently filing them is always illegal.

Nonilex, to Law
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Judge to Consider Holding in for Verbal

Prosecutors in Trump’s trial say he has violated a barring him from attacking , & others close to the case. Testimony is set to resume later Tuesday morning.


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/23/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

lesblazemore,
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@Lizette603_23 @Nonilex It doesn't matter for these purposes. The important part is that Pecker is finding the stories and killing them b/c of the election

GottaLaff, to legal
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1/…🧵

Via Klasfeld:

Expected first:

The judge may issue his Sandoval rulings, determining what prior bad acts prosecutors can confront Trump with if he testifies.

A key question: "What's fair game?"

lesblazemore,
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@mastodonmigration Cohen just happened to want to give Stormy Daniels all his savings {shrug}

ekknappenberger, to random
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    lesblazemore,
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    @ekknappenberger just add people. anyone who posts anything interesting. a joke, a pun lord this place is full of them punners

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via Democracy Docket:

    NEW: enacts a law to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions after they have completed their entire sentence — without the governor’s signature. Republican state officials have signaled they may challenge the new law in court.

    lesblazemore,
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    @GottaLaff you went over and above tonight, Laffy, just catching up with your feed now.

    Thank you so much for your important work!😀

    GottaLaff, to random
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    🤔 Not sure I quite get this. But it’s.. interesting.

    'Cowardly judge:' Dismissed juror number 4 shares his story.

    But this cracked me up:

    “But when Cabreras walked into court Thursday, he said he "didn't even notice" .” https://apple.news/AG05mvsKYRCe7f3u4WgDy-Q

    lesblazemore,
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    @GottaLaff the guy was late the next day. and, the obviously political nature of the old offense is something that could create trouble on appeal. Those signs he tore up were for GOP candidates.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Friends, can you please not hashtag "NFL" so others don't think it's about something other than "Not For Laffy"? Thanks.

    lesblazemore,
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    @GottaLaff @bronakins

    i think it should be FL meaning For Laffy, most people don't use it anyway! Would help you sorting

    GottaLaff, to random
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    “Their joint statement, filed to Judge Arthur Engoron Monday, said KSIC's $175 million bond was collateralized by the $175,304,075.95 had placed in a Charles Schwab bank account and which was specifically pledged to KSIC.”
    https://www.newsweek.com/trump-letitia-james-arthur-engoron-manhattan-fraud-case-bond-knight-1890739

    lesblazemore,
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    @GottaLaff @bronakins Great analysis, but it still begs the question of why T didn't just hand over the cash if it's there

    GottaLaff, to legal
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    🤦🏻‍♀️🙄 “Exceeded his authority..,”

    “Lawyers for have filed another appeal in the hush money/interference case to challenge the trial’s judge’s order denying him from arguing he has presidential immunity.

    Trump’s attorneys also challenging Judge Juan Merchan’s “refusal” to recuse himself from the trial and a previous ruling related to how dockets are made publicly.”

    https://cnn.it/4aLXsxi

    lesblazemore,
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    @GottaLaff it just. never. ends

    lesblazemore, to random
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    Berliner's piece attacking is a joke. The evidence he uses is all debunked.

    "But when the Mueller report found no credible evidence of collusion"

    This is FALSE. The Mueller report found multiple contacts between the campaign and Russia (i.e. credible evidence), but "“the investigation did not establish such coordination”

    Next is Hunter Biden's laptop, which supposedly showed:

    "his connection to the corrupt world of multimillion-dollar influence peddling"

    We all know how that went

    Gargron, to random
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    The fact that you can follow the president of the United States (@potus) from your Mastodon account instead of being forced to have an X or Threads account for it is a huge W in my book. Of course our team is fully available to help if they'd want to set up Mastodon on whitehouse.gov. I believe governments should not rely on 3rd party platforms to connect with their constituents.

    lesblazemore,
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    @Gargron @potus Yeah I think over some time he will be here.

    So, it's nice and it's a win, but i'd like to see them on Mastodon

    arstechnica, to random
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    Death by neti pot: Why you shouldn’t use tap water to clean your sinuses

    An alarming number of Americans think tap water is sterile—it's definitely not.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/death-by-neti-pot-why-you-shouldnt-use-tap-water-to-clean-your-sinuses/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    lesblazemore,
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    @arstechnica boil that water first ffs!

    GottaLaff, to random
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    “But, the driver said, never lunged for the steering wheel or physically accosted the agents, contradicting the most sensational and hotly disputed elements of testimony given to the House committee by a White House aide. The transcript of the driver is the first extensive eyewitness account of what happened in the armored vehicle to be made public.”

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/politics/jan-6-trump-motorcade-secret-service.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.vN9i.js135Cp-tofX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

    lesblazemore,
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    @GottaLaff McCarthy was a useful idiot and not trusted, he got the misdirection and knew I presume to get that out to the press and sell it to the extent he could, like a good soldier

    GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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    territory! 1/...

    "Co-founders of ’s media co filed a lawsuit Wed, claiming Trump, other leaders schemed to deprive them of a stake in the co that could be worth 100s of millions of $.

    The case could complicate a long-delayed bid by Trump Media & Tech Group, owner of Truth Social, to merge with a special purpose acquisition co called Digital World Acquisition & become a publicly traded co" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/29/truth-social-lawsuit-trump-media-founders/

    lesblazemore,
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    @GottaLaff my...hero?

    Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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    I'll put this response here for everyone:

    The Court made a decision. All we can do is speculate about why. Eventually we may know why they elected to proceed in this manner.

    Like everyone else, I can speculate on why they proceeded this way, but I refuse.

    I predict they'll nix the idea of immunity.

    That's different from speculating on what happened in a closed meeting.

    (Maybe, as a defense lawyer, I am accustomed to courts not doing what I want them to do or think they should do.)

    lesblazemore,
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    @Teri_Kanefield I mean, if they shoot it down that's brilliant and we'll all be thrilled. The Conservatives perhaps want to get their dicta in on this broader issue of immunity

    But I'm still worried lol. lots could go wrong here

    lesblazemore, to mastodon
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    I just remembered one of the essential things Mastodon has to do, thread replies so replies show up in the thread chain properly.

    Again, etc

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