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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a> has yet to ask <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> about anything in connection to the actual case that's on trial.</p><p>Trump's lawyers have focused on impeaching the credibility of the prosecution's 2 biggest witnesses, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> &amp; Cohen. Though while Susan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a>’s cross-examination of Daniels was largely focused &amp; had an arc, Blanche’s cross-examination of Cohen has been all over the place.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a> is continuing w/the same kind of approach that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> atty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> used on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>, to smear the witness.</p><p>“Do you want President Trump to get convicted in this case?” Blanche asks.</p><p>“Sure,” Cohen responds.</p><p>Some of Cohen’s blunt responses, including this one, have elicited laughter in the overflow room.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> continues to testify about the times prosecutors have warned him not to talk about the trial.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> smiles at one of his lawyers, Susan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a>, who smiles back.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a> is now making it clear that Cohen defied prosecutors’ wishes by talking to reporters. The idea, again, is to show Cohen is capable of going off on his own &amp; doing what he wants, which the defense will likely say he did while working w/Trump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mangold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mangold</span></a>, the prosecutor, questions <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a> again during re-direct, &amp; suggests that her actual knowledge about the reaction to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AccessHollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessHollywood</span></a> tape was nonexistent because she wasn't working for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> at the time.</p><p>👀🚨 Westerhout admits that she spoke to the defense lawyer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> 2 nights ago. Another indication that she is trying to be a helpful witness to the defense.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Trump atty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> turned to the subject of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a> testifies that the “whole situation” w/Daniels was “very unpleasant.”</p><p>But she does not seem to go where Necheles was hoping she would. Necheles asked if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> brought up his family in relation to Daniels's claims, but Westerhout said that he did not.</p><p>This is important because defense is seeking to suggest that Trump was motivated to pay <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> because of concerns about his family, not the election.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Importantly, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a>’s is again not addressing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> faces — the fact that there was a system in place that maybe was about getting Trump his mail promptly — or suggesting that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a> couldn’t see everything he was doing, or all the places checks/mail may have gotten to — all of it, unrelated to the actual charges.</p><p>While they only may suggest that there could be some alternate explanation for events, they never say what that explanation is.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a> testifies <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> would sign checks while on the phone or in meetings.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> gets Westerhout to say that Trump felt strongly that he needed to get back to people quickly &amp; was frustrated w/the slow pace of the mail in the WH. He found it disrespectful to friends who were trying to reach him — implying that the workaround to the WH’s mail — used for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> reimbursement — was not designed to conceal illegality, but bc he wanted to promptly responding to mail.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> is now taking up a second, familiar defense line, asking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a> to describe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> as a multi-tasker who did not pay close attn while signing checks.</p><p>Overall, Necheles is seeking to cast doubt on the narrative the prosecution sought to establish yesterday: That Trump kept a close eye on private financial matters even while at the WH, &amp; — in an unusual move — kept the checks out of the normal flow of WH mail by sending them to underlings.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The defense lawyer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> is steering the witness, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a>, toward describing the mailing arrangement for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> in the WH as a system that was set up merely to get mail to him quickly. She is seeking to suggest that there was nothing nefarious about it.</p><p>Necheles asks whether there was a similar set-up in previous presidential admins as well. Westerhout says that she doesn’t have personal knowledge about this but adds: “I can’t imagine it would have been any different.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a> is testifying about Trump’s travel schedule, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has been glancing down to read his printed puff pieces.</p><p>Part of the reason aides supply Trump w/these articles during trials — &amp; they did it at his civil fraud trial last year as well — is to keep him occupied during the proeedings.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> is now again trying to suggest there were things happening in the chain of custody of mail sent to Trump that would have been out of Westerhout’s view.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Prosecutors say that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AllenWeisselberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllenWeisselberg</span></a>, the fmr CFO of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpOrganization</span></a>, designed the specific way that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> would be reimbursed for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> payment he made to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Weisselberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weisselberg</span></a> worked in coordination w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, prosecutors say. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> is trying to cast doubt on that.</p><p>We are starting to see the “blame it on Allen Weisselberg” defense.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Defense lawyers have sought to use <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a>'s testimony for their purposes, asking her about her experience during the 2016 campaign. She didn’t testify about that period for the prosecution much — but the defense clearly thinks her knowledge of the campaign could be helpful.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> atty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> is seeking to use Westerhout's testimony to suggest that Trump &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AllenWeisselberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllenWeisselberg</span></a> may not have spoken much in 2017, when the alleged falsification of business records occurred.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a> who worked for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> is back on the stand. Trump atty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> —whose day ended yesterday w/the judge harshly criticizing her, saying she did not object as she should have to some of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>’s testimony— is back questioning this witness.</p><p>The prosecutors called Westerhout to testify about Trump’s behavior once in the WH, specifically whether he met w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> &amp; how he dealt w/checks.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>'CNN’s Anderson Cooper speaks with conservative lawyer George Conway and a panel of experts* about former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.'</p><p>*Joker on the left ...</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjVxj2nbto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=2vjVxj2nbt</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriminalTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalTrial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gagorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gagorder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrangeTurd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeTurd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cross_Examination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cross_Examination</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Donald Trump’s lawyer Susan Necheles attempted to mischaracterize Stormy Daniels’ description of Donald Trump as the “orange turd” and how Stormy Daniels saw through this line of questioning.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBJndkfzNuo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TBJndkfzNu</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gagorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gagorder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriminalTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalTrial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JudgeMerchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudgeMerchan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrangeTurd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeTurd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VonSchitzinPantz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VonSchitzinPantz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CitizenTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> even criticized specific lines of defense’s cross-examination, chiding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> in particular for leaning into the most awkward &amp; uncomfortable parts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>'s testimony w/her questions in a way that he says he simply didn't understand.</p><p>[remember, the jury isn’t there]</p><p>After insisting to the defense that he barred certain details "to protect your client," Justice Merchan says, "I disagree w/your narrative that there's any new account here."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> criticizes defense for not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/objecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>objecting</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a> that was later used in a motion for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mistrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mistrial</span></a>. He says he agrees that the question about whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> wore a condom should not have been asked or answered. But he says he does not know "why on earth” defense atty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> didn't object to that question.</p><p>Not only is Merchan signaling that he will likely reject defense’s mistrial motion, but he's dressing down their lawyering in front of their client.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Steinglass also criticized Blanche's colleague Susan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a>'s cross-examination of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>, calling it "very thorough but somewhat misleading" [&amp; hardcore <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SlutShaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlutShaming</span></a> ]</p><p>Prosecutor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> says that the details of Daniels's story before &amp; during the sexual act corroborate her account, &amp; show the fact that sex happened, which increases the motivation to silence her.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@skykiss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skykiss</span></a></span> </p><p>Seems we need to add (SOME) quality, professional, experienced court ⭕ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> to this group of autocrats from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> Republicans that are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antidemocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antidemocratic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antidemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antidemocracy</span></a> leaders (see pre post or image)</p><p>NOTE, guests on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msnbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>msnbc</span></a> have labeled the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpattorney</span></a> ⭕ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>necheles</span></a> (pronunced as necklas) as a pro, experienced and a quality attorney, strange, why is she on the other side? Proves talent doesn't make you a good person automatically</p>
Nonilex<p>We're done w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Westerhout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westerhout</span></a> for the day &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Necheles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necheles</span></a> will continue cross-examining her tomorrow.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a> will not be called as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witness</span></a>.</p><p>The defense is asking for a mistrial &amp; that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> be allowed to respond in public (not court) to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>'s testimony. To be clear. Trump is asking the court to lift the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> restrictions of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GagOrder</span></a>, so he can publicly attack a witness’s testimony.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>