Andrew Giuliani says the lawyer is doing really well
https://twitter.com/AndrewHGiuliani/status/1791123216682963075?t=DCY2_rAEqlSXVowLFVa3Xw&s=19
I don't know.
There were also a couple of times he did show evidence, but he actually had the wrong exhibit up and they corrected him.
It doesn't seem a good way to start the day.
The Trump Moscow stuff, I don't get either. Perhaps they will follow up on it.
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1791116288464490945?t=LPSgk_cL_vGdasVtxT1gUg&s=19
I think Trump's lawyers did them. I think they only trying to focus on certain sentences.
Nathan Larson, the convicted pedophile was not a Democrat. Wall Street Apes is lying.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Larson_(criminal)
Nathan Daniel Larson was an American white supremacist and convicted felon. A self-described "quasi-neoreactionary libertarian" who unsuccessfully ran for public office several times, he was expelled from the Libertarian Party of Virginia in 2017.
This is not new information. They have been pushing this since 2020. Trump and Giuliani held an event where Republican lawmakers held a "hearing" on this in Gettysburg. And Stenstrom's lawsuit against the county was dismissed long ago.
For what it's worth, the county election board says the "evidence" Stentrom has is basically misunderstanding things he saw. They are on the record here. https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/nine-election-fraud-claims-none-credible/
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/nine-election-fraud-claims-none-credible/
Pennsylvania has paper ballots.
A PA county was able to do a recount. Over 2 years later.
Supposedly connected to a pro Russian militia?
I don't think either is those make this order unconstitutional
Stevenson is a Socialist.
Gag orders are constitutional. They did not start with Trump. There's 60 years of court cases on gag orders.
Supreme Court said they are legal as long as you balance the 6th Amendment and the 1st Amendment
Trump can attack the judge and the District Attorney, but not others.
Doesn't violate the gag order
Though I wonder if this comment will piss the judge off enough to jail him instead of fining him.
This does not violate the gag order.
I'm also surprised none of Trump's people don't say the things that Trump can't say, or the politicians that are now coming to his trial and speaking to media afterwards.
That's what they did today. Trump can't talk about witness and the Speaker of House came and did it for him
This is a man who is clearly on a mission for personal revenge and who 2 wereis widely known as a witness who has trouble with the truth,” Johnson said.
“He is someone who has a history of perjury and is well-known for it. No one should believe a word he says today,” he added.
Happening right now
Trump's lawyer Blanche: What you testified, it was a lie. Cohen: It was not accurate. Blanche: But it was a lie? Cohen: I wouldn't call it that. Blanche: So when you didn't testify truthfully, how many things did you lie about? Cohen: I don't know.
What is crooked here?
The symbol is the 'Spear of Odin". Norse origin.
I agree with this.
Where are you getting all the other text starting here from?
the Viking ruler Rurik soon established Novgorod.
Because in my brief look into this, it isn't even clear if Rurik existed. The story of Rurik seems to have been compiled 100 years later
However, I agree that Putin is using the legend of Rurik symbolically here. He mentioned Rurik when he spoke with Tucker Carlson. And that Putin believes modern Russia can be traced back to Kiev and the Kievan Rus
I'm thinking this part about the actual rune is a modern mythology. perhaps from recent movies/TV shows
And it isnt odd to me that this symbol of victory for the Rus continues to be used today.
More importantly is there a single shred of evidence that connects this Rune with Svyatoslav, the guy who actually fought the Khazarians?
Because I can't find any instance of Putin mentioning this guy. While Putin has gone out of his way to mention other Vanagarians, Rurik and Oleg.
Where did Hal Turner get this talking point? Are we to assume he is an expert on first millenia eastern eurpoean history and Runes.
It also doesn't seem to make much sense. Perhaps it sounded better in Russia.
the Varangian bogatyrs of Svyatoslav (Ancient Russia)
Varangians were from Sweden. Svyatoslav was a person. Bogatyrs were like knights but they came into existence after Svyatoslav was dead. But they were also folk heros like Paul Bunyan. One of the more famous ones was the son of a serpent.
Furthermore, Svyatoslav was a pagan who had multiple wives, it seems odd that Putin would honor a pagan. Wikipedia mentions he would swear the gods Perun and Veles when signing a treaty.
It seems much more likely this is about his descendant, who converted from Paganism, Vladimir the Great. Familiar name, huh? Vladimir was canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church as Saint Vladimir.
Vladimir conquered Crimea. And was baptized there.
Returning to Kiev in triumph, Vladimir destroyed pagan monuments and established many churches, starting with a church dedicated to St. Basil,
A bogatyr is a literary stock character in medieval East Slavic legends, akin to a Western European knight-errant. Bogatyrs appear mainly in Rus' epic poems. Historically, they came into existence during the reign of Vladimir the Great (Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015) as part of his elite warriors druzhina, akin to Knights of the Round Table.
Many of the stories about bogatyrs revolve around the court of Vladimir I of Kiev
Varangians did eventually captured Kiev.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoslav_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogatyr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_the_Great
He's talking about the NY case which will be over way before the election.
The prosecution should rest this week.
if you're wondering about the "evidence introduced" Cohen went to jail for multiple crimes.
Here's the search warrant info https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5775921-Redacted-search-warrants-involving-Michael-Cohen.html
The crimes they were looking into was a bank fraud scheme (page 11), and an illegal campaign contribution scheme (page 38)
These were among the crimes he plead guilty to.
What do you make of this tweet?
@innercitypress Prosecution: What happened in April 2018? Cohen: I was raided by the FBI. I was in the Regency Hotel. At 7 am, ton of people in the hall. They raided by apartment, my law office and TD Bank which had a safety deposit box I had just opened. They took my two phones
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3003008/speaker-johnson-trump-trial-nyc-cohen/
Speaker Johnson comes to Trump’s defense in NYC trial: ‘Nonsense and corruption’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) came out in strong defense of Donald Trump as the former president returned to a New York courthouse for the fifth week of his hush money trial, with the top House Republican decrying the charges as being politically motivated and corrupt.
Trump entered the Manhattan Criminal Court while being flanked by a number of GOP allies such as Johnson, who sought to serve as a voice for the former president as he must comply with a gag order prohibiting him from criticizing witnesses. Johnson used the opportunity to denounce Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney who arrived for his second day on the stand to testify against the former president.
Trump's lawyer in his opening argument said there was no reimbursement.
First, Blanche disputed a core claim underlying the prosecution’s case: that Trump reimbursed Cohen for the hush money payment to Daniels. Checks that Trump cut to Cohen in 2017 were actually for legitimate legal services Cohen provided, Blanche said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/22/trump-trial-opening-statements-takeaways-00153719
Should happen this afternoon
Trump critics say Trump's lawyer is getting better as he goes along.
Norm Eisen says Blanche is getting stronger.
Andrew Weissman criticized then complimented.
Then Notes from 100 Centre St: Blanche does good cross on Cohen blames a lot of people: federal prosecutors, the judge, the accountant, the banker... and Trump. Import of his cross: none of them are to blame.