Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> are summoning Manhattan DA <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlvinBragg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlvinBragg</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Congress</span></a> after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conviction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conviction</span></a> on all counts in his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FalsifiedBusinessRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FalsifiedBusinessRecords</span></a> NY trial.<br />
The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Cmte’s select subcmte on the *weaponization of the federal government* on Fri invited <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bragg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bragg</span></a> & one of his prosecutors, Matthew <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a>, to testify on June 13. The cmte said the hearing “will examine the unprecedented political prosecution” of Trump.<br />
The cmte is led by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GymJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GymJordan</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPOL</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> argues the instruction proposed about fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> publisher <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pecker</span></a>’s legal consult w/his attorney is irrelevant, because Pecker testified that he didn’t reveal all of the facts to AMI’s general counsel when he consulted them & therefore his attys couldn’t provide proper legal advice.</p><p>Bove argues that what matters is Pecker told Trump that he had been told the McDougal agreement was “bulletproof,” & Trump relied it.</p><p>(Um, hella hearsay regardless)<br /><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Prosecutor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> argues that “acting in concert w/someone” is separate from the concept of “cause” & is not redundant.</p><p>(That actually helps, so maybe it should be in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JuryInstructions</span></a>, right?)</p><p>Defense may lose a key argument:<br />They wanted jurors to be told that they HAD TO find <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> had some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intent</span></a> to enter the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> w/ David <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pecker</span></a> ( <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>) & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice Merchan hears arguments re the expanded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JuryInstructions</span></a>.<br />He indicates agreement w/the defense on causing false entries when those false entries are “reasonably foreseeable” to the defendant based on his conduct.</p><p>This is related to “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intent</span></a> to commit or conceal another <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crime</span></a>” — the 2nd crime issue.</p><p>Prosecutor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> argues case <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> supports the prosecution.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> atty Bove says the DA’s theory is = to "causing the causer."<br />(Seriously, no idea wtf he means)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Merchan</span></a> asks to hear from the prosecution.</p><p>Prosecutor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> responds to Blanche’s motion to dismiss. He points to NY <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> on the issues of falsifying business records & intent to defraud, & says that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GrandJury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GrandJury</span></a> record shows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>evidence</span></a> of a “general intent to deceive.” Referring to the “overwhelming record of concealment,” Colangelo drives home that prosecutors have made a good showing on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intent</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Prosecutor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> argues “there’s nothing new at all” about their theory. The charges against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felonies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>felonies</span></a> because he falsified business records to conceal another <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crime</span></a>. They signaled that other crime was seeking to promote his own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>election</span></a> "by unlawful means," in violation of state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a>. That introduces a 3rd potential crime.</p><p>3 potential crimes, all wrapped into each of the 34 felony charges of falsifying business records.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Merchan</span></a> decides that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Blanche</span></a> can do it in his own questioning. But prosecutors, Matthew <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> & Joshua <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Steinglass</span></a>, argue that it it should come from Merchan because the questions were so misleading.</p><p>Merchan tells prosecutors that they can draft a version of an order that the judge himself would give if Blanche’s corrections end up being insufficient.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Before entering the courtroom, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> potentially violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GagOrder</span></a> forbidding him from talking about prosecutors in the case, other than Bragg. He made what sounded like a reference to Matthew <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a>, one of the prosecutors, saying, "a lead person from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is running the trial," & baselessly adding, "So <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s office is running this trial." Colangelo USED TO work at the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Justice</span></a>, & Trump has used similar language to describe him in the past.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a>, the prosecutor, responds, saying the judge’s findings that Trump violated his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GagOrder</span></a> are directly relevant to Trump's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/credibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>credibility</span></a> if he takes the stand & points out there is case <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> supporting his argument.</p><p>Justice Merchan has responded well to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CaseLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CaseLaw</span></a> - <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>precedent</span></a> - in the past & has expressed frustration w/the defense when they don't cite any.</p><p>But Merchan agrees w/defense, saying it would be too prejudicial for a jury to hear that he held Trump in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contempt</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Prosecutor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> begins questioning <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HopeHicks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HopeHicks</span></a> about participating in key meetings.</p><p>Hicks acknowledges that she was frequently involved, going in & out of Trump’s office.</p><p>Hicks calls <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> “a very good multitasker & a very hard worker.” 💨🍑</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The people call <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HopeHicks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HopeHicks</span></a>, Matthew <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a>, one of the prosecutors, says.</p><p>She is visibly uncomfortable. She is testifying under subpoena. She says she's "nervous.”</p><p>Hope Hicks refers to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> as “Mr. Trump.” Notably, she says she’s paying for her own lawyer. She says the last time she spoke to Trump was summer or fall of 2022.</p><p>That was around the time when text messages she exchanged w/a colleague criticizing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jan6</span></a> attack were made public.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The people called the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>witness</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidPecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DavidPecker</span></a> was sworn in.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pecker</span></a> of The National Enquirer, was part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> described in his opening statement, w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>.</p><p>Prosecutor Joshua <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> questioned Pecker. He began by asking him basic biographical information.</p><p>At that point, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Merchan</span></a> stopped testimony, to ask jurors if they'd like writing materials to take notes. At least 10 raise their hands.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> wanted a job in the administration. He didn't get one," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Blanche</span></a> said, offering a motive for Cohen.</p><p>Blanche said Cohen has publicly called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> a "despicable human being" & said he wants to see him convicted, wearing an "orange jumpsuit." Blanche on Cohen: "I submit to you that he cannot be trusted."</p><p>Blanche tried to tell the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jury</span></a> that Cohen has perjured himself. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> objected; the objection was sustained.</p><p>This brought attys back the bench.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> encourages <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jurors</span></a> to "tune out the noise" & "focus on the facts" during the course of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a>. He summarizes the evidence again, & says after all the evidence is in, Joshua Steinglass, another prosecutor, will do the closing argument.</p><p>He ends by saying there is "only one conclusion: Donald Trump is guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HushMoney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> depicted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> as a flawed man who has lied before, saying he lied about the payment to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> initially "to protect his boss."</p><p>"This case is about a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> & a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coverup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coverup</span></a>," Colangelo says, st the start of his conclusion of his opening statement, adding that at the end of the case, jurors will have no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReasonableDoubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ReasonableDoubt</span></a> about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>guilt</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HushMoney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> insists that much of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cohen</span></a>'s testimony will be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corroborated" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corroborated</span></a>, incl’g by witnesses from The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> & "an extensive paper trail."</p><p>Because the prosecution bears the burden of proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt, it gets to go first (& last) in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> case. The advantage of that can be seen in action here, as Colangelo gives the jury his own frame through which to view <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HushMoney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s willingness to go to the trouble of the convoluted repayment scheme to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cohen</span></a> “shows just how important it was to him to hide the true nature of Cohen's illegal payment to Ms. Daniels & the overall <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> that they had launched."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> is a key witness. Colangelo explained the litany of problems w/Cohen to get ahead of defense’s attempt to discredit him - something Trump's lawyers can't do, their client won't let them: admit mistakes were made.</p>
Nonilex<p>Finished w/describing the series of payoffs, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> details the part the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges stem from. He is describing the paperwork arrangement to reimburse <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> payment he made to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>, & how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AllenWeisselberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AllenWeisselberg</span></a>, sought to “disguise” the repayment.</p><p>There were chuckles in the courtroom as Colangelo says Trump was a "very frugal businessman" who watched all the spending at his empire.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Reportedly, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> pursed his lips at ↑ that & wrote a note which he passed to his atty Todd Blanche, then whispered to atty, Emil Bove.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> described a communication from Keith Davidson, the lawyer for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a>, to Dylan Howard, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> editor, as it became clear Trump was winning the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>election</span></a>: "What have we done," he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HushMoney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"Another story about sexual infidelity, especially w/ a porn star, on the heels of the '<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AccessHollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AccessHollywood</span></a>' tape, could have been devastating to his campaign," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colangelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colangelo</span></a> says of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> story. He says that "w/pressure mounting & Election Day fast approaching, Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> agreed to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/payoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>payoff</span></a> & directed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cohen</span></a> to proceed."</p><p>Colangelo says Trump told Cohen to drag out paying Daniels, in the hopes of getting past the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>election</span></a> & then not paying her at all.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
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