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#Pecker just gave us a very detailed description of #JaredKushner walking him into Trump Tower, & then into #Trump's office, shortly before Trump's inauguration as president. In the office were 4 noteworthy people: #JamesComey, #SeanSpicer, #ReincePriebus & #MikePompeo.
[umm, holy hell, please charge those mfers]
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#criminal #law #DeadBeat #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder
In the first mention of #JaredKushner, #Trump's son-in-law & adviser, #Pecker says he was walking outside Trump Tower when #Kushner "tapped me on the shoulder."
[not at all creepy]
Pecker adds that Kushner said: "I'll get you upstairs."
[I can only imagine Pecker suddenly feared defenestration]
#criminal #law #Trump #DeadBeat #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder
#Pecker has at least 3X described #MichaelCohen as warning him that “the boss” — meaning #Trump — would be “angry” if Pecker didn’t do whatever was being asked of him in that moment.
Prosecutors, who have focused on Trump’s tendency to #intimidate people in asking for a #GagOrder, know what they’re after in this line of questioning [#MobTactics #StochasticTerrorism].
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
#Pecker says he didn’t want The #NationalEnquirer associated w/a porn star [puhlease, what it might soil their stellar journalistic reputation?], meaning #StormyDaniels, because one of the tabloid's biggest distributors was Walmart, where a lot of families shop.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
#Trump muttered something out loud when #Pecker offered this analysis.
#Steinglass just brought up #HopeHicks, Trump’s fmr comms aide, asking about an email chain that was forwarded to her the day after the #AccessHollywood tape came out. Steinglass asks Pecker if he’s ever known Trump to use email. The answer was no (tho in the last ~18 mos, Trump started texting w/people for the 1st time).
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
#Pecker has just returned to the stand, prosecution & defense have made clear he'll be back tomorrow.
With Pecker back, we turn to the infamous #AccessHollywood tape.
The tape, which Pecker is describing, features Trump boasting about grabbing women's genitals.
Pecker describes it as "very embarrassing, very damaging" to the #TrumpCampaign.
It was released on Oct 7, 2016.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
#MichaelCohen, who was then #Trump's #fixer, would later set up a similarly named company, #EssentialConsultants, to #payoff #StormyDaniels.
Lots of evidence per the disguised monetary transactions related to the #KarenMcDougal deal. But most of the #jurors are still paying close attention, turning their heads from the prosecutor, Joshua #Steinglass, to the #witness, #Pecker, & back again.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
We still haven't reached the payment from which the #criminal charges themselves ultimately stem. But #Pecker's testimony about the #KarenMcDougal deal is important for the prosecution's argument about #Trump's intent: They argue that he was seeking to win the election through illegal means & the specifics of the McDougal deal help to bolster that argument.
#law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Because #Pecker had such a hard time getting #Trump to reimburse him, he was later unwilling to buy a third story, #StormyDaniels's story of having had sex w/Trump. Thus, #MichaelCohen bought her story instead, leading us straight to the #criminal charges at issue.
#law #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Despite #Pecker's assertions that he structured the deal w/ #KarenMcDougal to avoid violating #CampaignFinance #law, his company later admitted doing just that in its 2018 non-prosecution agreement w/ federal prosecutors.
The #jurors are carefully looking at screens on which the evidence - the contract, text exchanges - is being displayed.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
In addition to $150k for her lifetime rights, #Pecker says that #KarenMcDougal had a number of other requests, including being able to write for celebrity magazines, appearing on the cover of health & fitness magazines, & starting her own fitness clothing line & beauty product line. She also wanted to work as a red-carpet anchor.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #GagOrder #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
As #Conroy, laid out the #GagOrder violations, #Trump whispered to his lawyer Todd Blanche & frowned.
After they spoke, #Blanche rubbed his face several times.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
"He's doing what the order tells him not to do," Christopher #Conroy, a prosecutor, about #Trump's alleged additional violations of the #GagOrder.
They described Trump's comments at an event this morning as another violation.
Trump was asked by reporters about David #Pecker's testimony, & Trump called Pecker
"a nice guy." Prosecutors say it was a message to Pecker & others: be "nice," or get attacked. (yeah I don’t know about that one)
Prosecutors submitted what they said are an additional 4X #Trump has violated the #GagOrder, including an attack on MichaelCohen while speaking to reporters gathered in the hallway outside the courtroom.
Those reporters are there so that Trump, who claims he's denied his constitutional right to speak to them, can do so. Another violation prosecutors mentioned is an interview on #RightWing radio in which Trump referred to the jury as "95% Democrats."
Hours before court was set to begin today, #Trump made a campaign stop at a construction site in Manhattan, where he was asked about David #Pecker’s testimony & their relationship. “David’s been very nice," Trump said. "He’s a nice guy.”
(He was nice, but his testimony has been seriously damning to Trump)
Trump was also asked whether he would pay fines if Justice #Merchan found that he had violated the #GagOrder imposed on him by the court. “Oh, I have no idea,” he said.
Oh good lord.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Via Katie Phang;
So at 11:00 a.m. ET, #Trump posts on Truth Social calling Judge Merchan's courtroom a "kangaroo court" and calling on Merchan to recuse himself. Trump also assails the gag order, (falsely) claiming that he cannot defend himself.
This while we await a ruling from Judge Merchan on Trump's 10 violations of the #GagOrder... #TrumpTrial #legal
Inform yourselves on NY #GagOrder law: #TrumpTrial
"The judge would be on firm legal footing to sanction #Trump for all of the statements, but in an abundance of caution, may distinguish some of the repostings for the sake of taking a balanced approach and an incremental one...We expect the court to impose fines against Trump for a substantial number of the violations and to warn him that future violations will result in additional fines and potentially jail time" https://www.justsecurity.org/94878/why-trump-will-likely-be-held-in-contempt-and-what-then/
Why Trump Will Likely be Held in Contempt and What Then
Explaining former President Donald Trump's gag order in his New York criminal trial, the alleged violations, and the legal framework.Siven Watt (Just Security)
#Merchan read his #Sandoval decision re:
the #civil #fraud finding that he misstated his assets; his 2 violations of a #GagOrder stemming from that case; 2 separate court findings of #defamation of #EJeanCarroll; & the dissolution of the #Trump foundation as part of a settlement w/the NYAG. The judge said he would not allow prosecutors to discuss in detail the underlying facts of those matters — but added a warning that could change.