Monday Monday .. can't get away...
There is something for everyone in this case, but most importantly it is a criminal case and the first ever for an ex president. It will also be the first time this mafioso wannabe fraudster and criminal will be taken to task and has a real possibility of going to jail. Well...
One can hope!
OKAY, in all seriousness...
A little back timeline info to prepare for the trial that begin on Monday with jury selection. Too bad they will not be required to wear their MAGA hats if they have them. They work wonders in weeding out the dufusses among us.
Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin and being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. In the indictment SOF, tRUMP paid his lawyer, Michael Cohen, a reimbursement for the $130,000 hush money payout to Stormy Daniels. tRUMP has tried 10 times to drop the trial, tried to declare presidential immunity, dny witnesses and evidence, declare bias and more and ... failed. Meanwhile he has filed an “advice of counsel.” defense whereby he will blame Cohen and anyone else close to him...
Confused and Demented
Here is someone who needs reminding which case is which, and who is who when discussing Monday. Of course no one will correct him, his minions will protect him and the MAGA losers don't care and will elect him.
The whole timeline is here. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/timeline-manhattan-district-attorney-case-donald-trump/story
I know you are asking... which Pecker?
This one... who makes sure gullible America thinks tRUMP actually gave Marla Maples the best christian sex she ever had...
Sadly, the pussy grabber and the Pecker were not meant to last. Pecker knew standing behind the sexual predator in chief would cost him his "reputation." After testifying twice in front of the grand jury, he has virtually disappeared.
I will let Melania finish this one...
UPDATE 14
July 11 was the day trump was to FAFO
SCOTUS needs to also FAFO, so may the impeachments begin. And the stacking. It seems the American dream was actually a nightmare...
The court will be “writing a rule for the ages.”
(it is too hot out to be in the garden or do housework... can you tell?)
UPDATE 13
CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER!
Well okay , no... but you can choose a lawyer to inform you . The MAGA House is trying to pass a resolution that SCOTUS intervene in the 34-count NY State criminal conviction of LOSER45 and overturn it...
GOP House Leaders STEP IN PILE OF S*** with RESOLUTION (Michael Popock)
Florida State Prosecutor fact-checks MAGA's latest conspiracy theory surrounding Matthew Colangelo, the lead prosecutor in Donald Trump's 34-count felony conviction.
Federal Prosecutors finally STRIKE BACK at Jim Jordan (Dave Aronberg)
UPDATE 12
The Fraudulent Florida Felon cannot vote
HAHA just kidding. They will bend over backwards to give him special treatment.
A very very special closed door, closed to Dems and press, meeting with a convicted felon
GOP changed their minds;
convicted felons can run for president
GOP "religious firebrands" who worship tRUMP chime in
Coming soon!
What Judge Merchan SHOULD do at sentencing
VS what he will do.
Appeals court denies Trump request to lift gag order in hush money case
https://abcnews.go.com/US/appeals-court-denies-trump-request-lift-gag-order/story?id=111216149&cid=social_twitter_abcn
UPDATE 11
As predicted, the grift began immediately.
Convicted Felon Trump Calls Himself “Political Prisoner” in Fundraising Email
Lawyers are saying that we cannot call tRUMP a CONVICTED felon until Merchan announces sentencing. F*ck off lawyers. BTW, once he is formally convicted, his criminality starts to add up in points. He will no longer be considered a first offender. See: https://www.ussc.gov/ His points for each conviction will now add up every time he faces a new sentence.
https://meidasnews.com/news/convicted-felon-trump-calls-himself-political-prisoner-in-fundraising-email
So many rich MAGA assholes want to keep tax cuts!
Trump campaign and RNC say they raised $34.8 million online on day of verdict. Hopefully the Biden fundraising remains high as well. Nothing comes up because 'you know who' is all there is in the news today.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-guilty-verdict-live-updates-rcna154814/rcrd42792
Being the one juror who said they only used tRUMP's social network for their news, I am surprised they were in agreement with tRUMP's guilt. Being tRUMP and his team also agreed that his guilt would lead to felony charges rather than misdemeanors... which could have been argued by the defense, that is confusing me. The judge had already been amenable to going easy on tRUMP because of his former resident status, so that is bugging me. Is this an actual legal ploy being abused for fundraising? Meidas lawyer Michael Popock also says NY laws require criminal appeals via state Supreme court... so ... the appeals will be much more difficult to grant because of that process. IANAL, so can someone make this make sense? (I do worry because with his mobster ties, threats and MAGA infiltrating even SCOTUS, that there is a Cannon/SCOTUS-like FIX in there somewhere)
Mike Collins is calling for fake cases to be made against Dems with no evidence. Although predictable, this is illegal and reprehensible. Being the red state AGs were ALSO in on the multi pronged "stop the steal," and Texas Attorney General Pacton has been under a criminal investigation for years and is still the top law enforcement in Texas... that threat also looms large.
This rich POS took a lot of space to say he wants his tax cuts... (I cut off his misleading rant, written by a disgrunted MAGA moron) and immediately donated 300k to tRUMP's campaign. Your FEC laws suck big time!! An oligarchy similar to Russia awaits you given the billionaires write your laws, are the advisors of your reps and the benefactors of SCOTUS and reps /presidents. Judge Alito said it would never happen ....even though Citizens United was DESIGNED to make it happen. https://x.com/shaunmmaguire/status/1796293774794268747
After putting a damper on the celebration, there is some good news ...
Riotwomann was removed from Twatter multiple times because she almost exclusively wrote about tRUMP and his being a sexual predator. The same thing happened to me as I made avatars that were exclusibley to denigrate tRUMP with real sourced info. That both twitter and Xtwatter allow the RWNJ trolls to do that is despicable. She clawed her way back every time... but I refused to give a phone number so all were lost. Now that it is a MAGA/Nazi haven she may not he as willing to do so. And Musk knows that.
🇨🇦 Oh CANADA! 🇨🇦
(He would need to apply for a visa like any other schmuck and tun through a lot of hoops yp get any dispensations. Citizen convicted felon LOSER45 gets no mercy from us, thank goodness. If he gets back in as president, however, no doubt a visa would be expedited. Please don't let that happen!!)
I love it!
Yesterday, immediately after the verdict, when you searched for 'guilty' with just that word ... only tRUMP came up. I am pleased to say it is still so! tRUMP's team will manipulate the algorithms soon, so bask in it while you can....
Har Har Herr Hair
His hair yesterday screamed that he forgot to bring enough of his illegal fluorocarbon hairspray stash from Matalago...
UPDATE 10.5
I literally just finished UPDATE 10 a few minutes ago and this news came in!
The jury sent out a note to judge Merchan at 4:20 p.m. ET.
Judge Merchan did state that being he is a former president and this would be the first time he was (caught and CHARGED) charged with a crime... his sentence would have to reflect that. If it means no jail time... what message is that sending? An Epstein sweetheart deal, that's what! In spite of that may I say.... HURRAH! He is now a convicted felon....
Let the lies and victimhood fundraising begin anew...
That always cheers the POS up... and the appeals began instantly as Blanche asked the verdict to be thrown out...
DENIED!!
With a little apology to the band...
Made a hat for this occasion...
History may not repeat itself but it surely does rhyme...
This was a cartoon about Nixon and so many say this about tRUMP being indicted/ convicted/jailed even though he is a convicted felon/criminal. (And has been a criminal for a very, very long time...https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/10/1976562/-Trump-s-criminal-past-and-present-mobster-connections-a-long-list-with-a-myriad-of-URLs)
UPDATE 10
tRUMP's future attempts to use ineffective counsel in appeals was shot all to hell when admitted he knows that he and his counsel were aware of other witnesses that could have been called, yet they chose not to call any. (And he himself as well gave up his right to testify on his own behalf... )
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-witnesses-complaint_n_665817eee4b08f9fa13f3413
Another TRUTH-bomb
The MAGA crowd did not pay attention to anything other than what tRUMP is saying
And FOX talking heads are repeating misinformation that tRUMP is spewing...
The jury asked for a reread on the counts, even though they have ALL of the evidence and the counts and their instruction and IT WAS READ TWICE yesterday in instructions. Gee, I wonder who might have needed to have that restated AGAIN... They asked also for the court reporter to go over the testimonies of Pecker and Cohen simultaneously. That would normally be a good thing as Pecker corroborated everything Cohen said, but a nasty juror might instead be picking apart any inconsistencies rather than listen to and follow the judges orders,
MAGA people are just plain DUMB!
And this MAGA moron knows it...
We have a problem Houston!
Sigh, ain't that the REAL and not imaginary TRUTH!
HOLY HOLY HOLY!
2025 is all about America
and tRUMP's revenge and retribution
And to end ...
some sage advice from 2 other sleazy presidents
May the jury come to the same conclusion...
UPDATE 9
The trial will likely wrap this week with summations next Tuesday
The old fart napped a lot... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
This is the surprise for me. A rude lawyer got a comeuppance
This will make a huge difference as it was important for the defense... but the picture proves that Cohen was not lying. tRUMP was involved...
In the final summation, in NY, the prosecution goes last... before the jury deliberates.
There are tons of sites to read what happened, but Michael Popok can sum it up in 12 minutes.
And the PSYCOophant clowns all dressed alike got drowned out! Bwahahahahaha
More cowbell!
UPDATE 8
I was going to skip updating here as I added what was relevant about the trial day in another post here: https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/main/comment/0d2c4439-4fd8-4d8d-9066-c18d0135331b?postId=6637f22d90c80400100477e7 and because today was simply the defendant's cross of Cohen which was as expected... "He lied! He lied." (That was pretty obvious being the prosecutors established that in his testimony.)
But I had to change my mind. The "surprise expert witness" I mentioned in update 7 is supposedly an expert on campaign finance law, and Blanche wants him to testify about the law and preach to the jury. However that is Judge Merchant's duty as he will once again instruct the jury before deliberations. https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-hush-money-trial/judge-will-wait-to-rule-on-defenses-expert-witness-110319797?id=110153195
Rep Bob Good yells into the mic that everyone involved is corrupt except tRUMP, He also attacked the judge and his daughter. (It's FOX, sorry)
tRUMP finished the day misinforming press with his usual repeated lies... "Trump gives President Xi and Vladimir Putin a shout out outside of his criminal trial. He says knows them well." https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1791205397086495013
And I will add this again because I think It's funny ... *That is from the day that Matt Gaetz wore a gas mask on the House floor during vote on a COVID response package.
And now this
A MAGA Morin has penis balloons in his arms that have a picture of the various DS's, judges and prosecutors, while yelling "Penises, you're all a bunch of penises! Well okay then... Here is the whole video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1791222694526034287
He seems to have a very tiny dick himself, and surprisingly he is not also wearing a real men wear diapers diaper.
UPDATE 7
UGH!
Speaker Mike Johnson showed up in the Manhattan courthouse. He is firmly embedded in the annals of tRUMP's canal. As third in line to the presidency... he makes me nervous.
Live Updates: VIA https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1crqnxb/discussion_thread_new_york_criminal_fraud_trial/
AP: Live Updates
NBC: Live Updates
ABC: Live Updates
CBS: Live Updates
CNN: Live Updates
The Independent: Live Updates
The Guardian: Live Updates
JFC...https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68993696?src_origin=BBCS_BBC
Ramasmarmy and Byron Donalds there to do a song and dance for VP or at least a cabinet position! (tRUMP has admitted that no one smarter than he is allowed near him. Whoever is the most loyal pet and dumbest will be chosen, hence his really bad lawyer Cohen)
Smarmy is too kind ...
The Grift-monger tRUMP's lawyer, Blanche, is pressing Cohen about his podcast, books and merch, saying he is making money from the case... much as they tried to press Stormy. However, Blanche is discussing WHAT merchandise, FFS. He is SELLING T-shirts far better than he is at cross examining.
Blanche isn't rebutting Cohen's testimony about the fraudulent reimbursement plan because they can't. It was backed up by documents, agreements, notes in margins, signed checks, texts, emails and TAPES. So they are going for Cohen's reputation, character and reliability as a witness and known/convicted liar.
And then, the FBI raid/searches began...
“You’re going to be ok.”
In the last scheduling sidebar, Blanche also discussed a potential expert witness that the defense may call as they present their case later on. (OH goodie, a surprise witness. Maybe the prosecution could call Hannity ... Cohen's partner in real estate /20 Shell companies/HUB suspect activity) He also said they could wrap up the cross by Thursday.
Trump’s Lawyers Are Making Major Mistakes
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/14/trump-trial-lawyers-mistakes-00157734
The MEME in update 6 explained
Some of you may not know that tRUMP reposted scenes from movies like Beetlejuice for some reason... interspersed with his real voice and snippets of reality doe an ad. It was to falsely say that it is we who see him "differently," with only an emotional mindset, than "they" do. The cultists are using psych-ops and music to further take the MAGA and GQP down the rabbit hole... where tRUMP loves people, kids, others and is wholesome and human...while ON TV.
The campaign video is propaganda nonsense and perhaps a nod to the autistic peepeefrogs... although yes, tRUMP's timeline is like living in a really bad B movie...
tRUMP's last campaign video maker is a pedophile, and is currently serving a 12 year sentence, so I guess they needed new "talent." WARNING, Disturbing Content. Ruben A. Verastigui, PEDO Who Worked for tRUMP and GOP, Arrested https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/6/2014481/--WARNING-Disturbing-Content-Ruben-A-Verastigui-PEDO-Who-Worked-for-tRUMP-and-RNC-Arrested
Another reason I don't like Cohen... is that he has been involved with shady deals well before tRUMP. That is why tRUMP chose him! Here are a few visitors that had a little "chat" with Cohen as he tried to enter his apartment... before he was convicted. I am sure they were wishing him "good luck!"
UPDATE 6
Instead of going to bed...
The latest is 6 minutes of repetition and whining feels more like 30. Should anyone be a sucker for punishment, you can watch and listen the lying in his "impromptu" court press spews, here ... https://www.c-span.org/video/?535601-101/president-trump-speaks-day-16-hush-money-trial-york
I don't like Michael Cohen one iota, but at least he was alright in relating important testimony and almost all of it was backed by texts, documents previous testimonies and TAPES. I hope he is still able to hide his mobster-like talk and his lying smarminess in cross...
"Our boy"
Remember Michael Cohen helped the Falwells suppress racy personal photos before Cohen persuaded Falwell to endorse Trump's 2016 White House bid.
tRUMP had an entourage of sympathizers today… two Republican senators, a congresswoman and two state AGs. “Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, second from left, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Eric Trump, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., listen as Trump speaks ahead of court.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-hush-money-trial-day-16-michael-cohen-live-updates-rcna151898
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio. A wholly owned RW MAGA operative of Peter Theil and vying for the VP slot, “surprisingly” repeats tRUMP’s words… that it’s a “sham prosecution.” And that “every single person involved in this prosecution is practically a Democratic political operative.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-hush-money-trial-day-16-michael-cohen-live-updates-rcna151898/rcrd41571 Vivek Ramaswamy will be making his case for being a loyal VP choice tomorrow
UPDATE 5
With the other trials being delayed, this one has to make its mark. Thus far it has, but mostly with a salacious repeating of the meeting and sex with the MAGA mini mushroom. The Election interference part was established, but who knows what the jury will care to remember. I have been paying attention and can barely remember anything next day!
The cross in Stormy's 2nd day of testimony was interesting, in spite of the slut shaming.
Being reminded of this gave me life...
Daniels is sharp...
This is new and very significant...
As is this, being they speak to the timing, parties involved, the weird and suspicious methodology, that tRUMP signed the checks so knew, and the RNC reaction which never had to come to fruition, sadly...
Todd Blanche said the prosecution no longer intends to call Karen McDougal to the stand.
Judge Juan Merchan also denied Trump’s second request for a mistrial and declined to modify Trump’s gag order so he could respond publicly to Daniels’ testimony. Nevertheless, Trump attacked Merchan outside the courtroom, saying: “This judge, what he did, and what his ruling was, is a disgrace.” Trump added: “We’re so innocent, there’s never been anything like it.”
Agolf Shitler
made sure his female lawyer asked a lot of dumb questions that were ego-fluffers.
tRUMP trial unfair' says pouty potty-mouthed man-child.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-trial-stormy-daniels-testifying/
UPDATE 4
Michael Cohen's tape of he and tRUMP discussing their friend "David" is going to be weird as David could be Dennison (alias of tRUMP) or Pecker. However, the talk of starting a new shell company to hide it is incriminating. It also undercuts the defense that tUMP did not know about the payments and was not involved.
Although we knew tRUMP was not going to testify... he ended yesterdays trial by saying he was gagged and COULD NOT as he was not allowed to. tRUMP was reminded that it was a lie in court.
Trump loses Hope ...
Hope Hicks testified today.
Hear about it:
Read about it: https://www.meidastouch.com/news/hope-hicks-testifies-in-trump-trial
(Men just love her no matter what. BLEAHHH! As a female, that makes her a double traitor in my eyes. She stood by tRUMP and came back to work for him a SECOND TIME! Her crying is all assholes will remember and that is exactly why she did it. The press making her seem sympathetic makes me want to go throat punch them all!! I need a punching bag...)
UPDATE 3
LOSER45 is using a GOP 'compliance firm' to pay lawyers, allowing him to hide who he’s paying. .
That is pretty well the scheme he used to pay off the women he had affairs with. As a candidate he has rules and regulations to abide by... Oh silly me! the FEC has no teeth obviously and tRUMP abides by no rules, especially the rule of LAW
Election Interference Case
The press is calling it only a hush money case. It is about tRUMP and his team conspiring to unlawfully influence an election. The "hush" payments, which they also deemed “legal reimbursements” are at the heart of it.
Election Law 17-152 prohibits conspiracies to promote a candidate’s election through unlawful means. https://casetext.com/statute/consolidated-laws-of-new-york/chapter-election/article-17-protecting-the-elective-franchise/title-1-violations-of-the-elective-franchise/section-17-152-conspiracy-to-promote-or-prevent-election
The Pecker Problem
David Pecker told the court yesterday that he had coordinated not just to publish positive tRUMP stories and catch and kill any bad ones, but to also to be the eyes and ears of the campaign and also... to print negative stories of other candidates. They also made a verbal pct to keep their campaign interference secret. .
tRUMP was meanwhile saying that the real mainstream media was “fake news“ even as he and Pecker friends were creating fake news. Hannity, FOX and Bannon with Breitbart also did the same. Projection at its finest!
Another kicker was that Pecker testified that tRUMP was 'detail oriented' in his business transactions and needed to know where all his money was going.
This will be verified by numerous people in tRUMP's orbit, corroborated by witnesses taking the stand and should... if the jury is not MAGA planted, sink tRUMP's 'innocent and blaming only Cohen' defense...
UPDATE 2
Gag Order Hearing
The hearing this morning did not go well for tRUMP, especially as he attacked the judge's daughter and Michael Cohen AGAIN last night.
tRUMP's lawyer is basically running a, "My client is innocent of any and all charges your honour!" defense. Being Judge Merchan was getting short with Lawyer Blanche... he might want to conjure up some real defense.
'You're losing all credibility': Judge scolds "You've presented nothing," Merchan said. "I've asked you eight or nine times, show me the exact post he was responding to..." and “I’m asking the questions, OK?
The prosecution outlined 11 breeches and asked for a 1k penalty for each and up to 30 days if he continues. The judge will rule later... https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/04/23/gag-order-hearing-doesnt-go-well-for-trump-as-judge-tells-lawyer-hes-lost-all-credibility-with-the-court/
Recap of Trump Contempt Hearing
Ron Filipkowski compiled live reporting from the courtroom from Inner City Press, Tyler McBrien from Lawfare, Erica Orden from Politico, and Adam Klasfeld. https://www.meidastouch.com/news/recap-of-trump-contempt-hearing
Pecker screws tRUMP
(Headlines write themselves today)
Much more detail here: https://www.meidastouch.com/news/recap-of-trump-contempt-hearing
Rachel Maddow adds some interesting insight about the catch and kills stories.
Court System to Post Daily Transcripts
For any trial geeks... Apr. 22: Court System to Post Daily Transcripts of Trump Trial on Its Website.
https://ww2.nycourts.gov/press/index.shtml
UPDATE 1
I cannot add pictures on comments. Let's see if I can add videos. (I can)
The Jury is Seated and Trial Begins
This one is an overview of the case. The prosecution outlined the case that LOSER45 broke the law; corrupting the 2016 election by covering up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, whereas LOSER45's attorney opened with "he is not guilty" and and everything was "legal" because tRUMP had his [lying loyal] lawyers do it. The defense then said the jury should ignore salacious information, ignore the witnesses, ignore the phone calls, ignore the tapes, ignore the facts and made tRUMP sound like a victim of a political witch hunt in their statement to the jury.
This synopsis is well done out of several I listened to... and reminds that the fact that David Pecker, who was the only witness on the stand today, testified as a "friend" and confidant of tRUMP's willing to do catch and kill of stories to benefit tRUMP. That makes him a very important witness as he can corroborate the Michael Cohen testimony. (The defense will be hammering home that Cohen is the one who paid off Stormy and the National Enquirer and not their poor innocent baby!) I also appreciated they did not use tRUMP's long rally speeches he calls "news."
If you prefer to read, here is a *timeline: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/22/trump-hush-money-trial-live-updates/ *Scroll bottom up
After LOSER45 made his final speech, mostly about Cohen...Michael replied on social media, “Hey Von ShitzInPantz … your attacks of me stink of desperation. We are all hoping that you take the stand in your defense. (I do not like Cohen, and can't forgive these people for their loyalty even though they are, for now, playing the other side. He and they have proven to be untrustworthy... but his remarks can be fun)
Judge Makes MAJOR RULING in NY Criminal Case
Should tRUMP take the stand, which I doubt he will even though he made it abundantly "clear" when he said he would 3 times, the Sandoval rules below will apply:
'Judge Merchan has ruled that if Trump takes the stand in the NY criminal trial election interference case, the prosecutors are allowed to cross examine him with the following prior bad acts: 1) fraud in the NYAG civil fraud case; 2) contempt findings against him; 3) the defamation verdict in both e Jean Carroll cases; and 4) the fact that he was forced to dissolve his foundation because of fraud, while keeping out other crimes and bad acts. Michael Popok explains how this is a win for the prosecution and should impact Trump’s decision whether to take the stand.' (Popok is a prominent NY lawyer)
Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 23
First, there will be a hearing of allegations that tRUMP repeatedly violated his gag order. At 11 a.m. with the Testimony continues with witness David Pecker.