Do you think Russia is not losing money, weapons and men? Do you think is cost free?
Just before I came here I was reading reports that Russia just lost 2 ships in 2 days
A minesweeper called Kovrovets And small missile ship called Cyclone which was in launched with great fanfare last year.
Cyclone just happened and not confirmed yett
As a crime you mean?
Because this sounds like politics as usual. Trump maybe pushing to the edge maybe.
The idea that that Jackson Heights is a dangerous neighborhood is laughable.
The idea that prostitution is new phenomenon there is the funniest fucking thing I've ever heard. Like do they think this wasn't going on during the Trump Administration or like the Giuliani mayoralty decades ago?
And Eastman surely knows more about conspiracy law than I do. So he knows his defense needs to be more than this.
These charges should’ve never been brought. I pled not guilty. I had zero communications with the electors in Arizona. Zero involvement in any of the election litigation in Arizona or legislative hearings. I’m confident that if the law is faithfully applied I will be fully exonerated at the end of this process,” Eastman said in a statement.
He was indicted in Arizona in April.
The identities of seven other defendants, including Giuliani and Meadows, were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the documents. They were readily identifiable based on descriptions of the defendants, however.
Those include John Eastman, a lawyer who devised a strategy to try to persuade Congress not to certify the election.
This is the raw unfiltered truth of Roosevelt Ave in Jackson Heights,
This is the most pussy thing I've ever read in my life
What are they claiming is the conspiracy?
Dominion has used offshore developers in Belgrade for at least a decade.
I remember a discussion about this on slashdot, two or three elections ago.
This is not a hidden thing.
https://www.joberty.com/it-company/469/dominion-voting-systems/overview
This is 4 years old. They lost the lawsuit over this and the appeal.
In Trump's case, the indictment did not specify any other crime. .....
So Trump faced felony charges without knowing what he was accused of doing. And the really amazing thing is that the trial is now underway and Bragg has still not specified what the other crime is
The indictment is not the only document the DA turns over to the defense. In addition to the indictment there was a statement of facts that says
The Catch and Kill Scheme to Suppress Negative Information During and in furtherance of his candidacy for President, the Defendant and others agreed to identify and suppress negative stories about him. Two parties to this agreement have admitted to committing illegal conduct in connection with the scheme. In August 2018, Lawyer A pleaded guilty to two federal crimes involving illegal campaign contributions, and subsequently served time in prison. In addition, in August 2018, American Media, Inc. (“AMI”), a media company that owned and published magazines and supermarket tabloids including the National Enquirer, admitted in a non-prosecution agreement that it made a payment to a source of a story to ensure that the source “did not publicize damaging allegations” about the Defendant “before the 2016 presidential election and thereby influence that election"
Trump filed a motion last year discussing this and the DA replied revealing 4 possible crimes they could use. The judge tossed one of these
Then they did reveal the crime they are basing the case on in opening arguments. Its New York Law 17-152
What exactly came out?
But Merrick Garland and Jack Smith not be on trial
How do you think you'll deal with Jeff McConney testimony?
When he talked about reimbursing Michael Cohen.
Anderson Cooper is trending for talking about how effective this was.
https://twitter.com/Chicago1Ray/status/1791163740559184043?t=4g5g5K3wHEvp694b0ma6RA&s=19
Trump's lawyer Blanche: Did you sometimes record people without telling them? Cohen: It's not illegal in New York. Blanche: That's not what I asked. Look at this list. Who else did you record? Cohen: Jeff Zucker... Mr. Trump... and other reporters.
This might be worthy of it's own post.
Trump's lawyer called out something that Cohen testified to about a call to Trump's bodyguard that Cohen said the bodyguard gave the phone to Trump
However, they showed text messages from the same time. That showed Cohen was talking about another aubject.
This was a body blow
Trump's lawyer accused Cohen of lying in his testimony.
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1791148990743838797?t=RTZ36rYPtJk2v-KG23EFEQ&s=19
Cohen will be back on the stand Monday.
Trump's lawyers are thinking of putting up witnesses but not many. They want to put on an expert in campaign finance law.
MERCHAN: Any other witnesses for the defense case?
BLANCHE: We anticipate reaching a decision on rebuttal witnesses soon...we don't anticipate that they will be very long, other than Mr. Smith. I'm not speaking about President Trump, but that's another decision we need to make.
He's being charged with falsifying business records which is a misdemeanor in New York. However, it becomes a felony if you use it to cover up another crime.
Here's key pieces from the prosecutor's opening remarks
The prosecution us accusing Trump of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to squelch negative stories about him during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said the heart of the case is a scheme to “corrupt” the 2016 election by silencing people who were about to come forward with embarrassing stories Trump feared would hurt his campaign.
The prosecutors say that the folks involved in this "scheme" were Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, David Pecker, publisher of the National Enquirer and Alan Weisselberg who was the CFO of the Trump Organization. They would pay the folks off and buy the rights to their story.
Michael Cohen already pled guilty to making an illegal campaign contribution in 2018 and went jail. In 2018, David Pecker cut a deal and signed a no prosecution agreement in exchange for his testimony.
The prosecutors say Trump used company money to pay back Michael Cohen after he paid Stormy Daniels
The business records charges stem from things like invoices and checks that were deemed legal expenses in Trump Organization records when prosecutors say they were really reimbursements to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels.
What are they talking about with these coincidences?
So I think I get the strategy.
I think they are not going to ask about any of the evidence in this case.
They are going to ignore the documents and just after Cohen with both barrels. If it's true they are not going to mount a defense.
They will basically say, you can't trust a single thing Michael Cohen said and therefore the state hasn't proven their case.
It's a high risk/high reward strategy, it seems to me.
Are you actually asking this?
Or is this rhetorical?
Curious if Trump's lawyers use this in court.
What do you mean
Apparently there's a possibility, Trump won't put on any witnesses.
There were talking about scheduling closing statements next week. The judge told the jury, they may be in court Wednesday.
So no only Trump may not be testify, but the defense may out on no defense.
The consequences are she pretty much granted all the redactions Smith requested.
She seems to be upset Smith made the requests in a way she couldn't deny him.
Cannon is drawing this case out. Knowingly pushing it past the election. She's helping Trump.
These motions to redact witness information are real simple. And could have dealt with months ago.