Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"Another story about sexual infidelity, especially w/ a porn star, on the heels of the '#AccessHollywood' tape, could have been devastating to his campaign," #Colangelo says of the #StormyDaniels story. He says that "w/pressure mounting & Election Day fast approaching, Donald #Trump agreed to the #payoff & directed #Cohen to proceed."

Colangelo says Trump told Cohen to drag out paying Daniels, in the hopes of getting past the #election & then not paying her at all.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial

As #Colangelo describes the "#AccessHollywood" tape that he says turned the 2016 campaign upside down, he refers to this email chain. We learned it would be admitted as #evidence only last wk. It's really striking how much important #evidence in this opening was just allowed in, & emphasizes the importance of the judge's decisions.

When Colangelo said the "Access Hollywood" tape transcript depicted the defendant bragging about #SexualAssault, #Trump shook his head.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial

59/ Klasfeld:

Blanche says that the prosecution explained "accomplice liability" during jury selection to get around what he describes as his client's lack of knowledge or intent.

"I have a spoiler alert. There's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. It's called democracy."🤦🏻‍♀️😳

"Entering into a nondisclosure agreement is perfectly legal."

@serge The response should be "Jews deserve to feel safe." There is a period at the end of that and nothing needs to follow it.

Columbia University students will attend classes virtually on Monday as school officials hope to deescalate tensions on the New York City campus after pro-Palestinian demonstrations led to mass arrests last week.

https://www.voanews.com/a/new-york-s-columbia-university-cancels-in-person-classes-after-pro-palestinian-protests/7579934.html #voanews

#Colangelo says that jurors will hear #Trump, in his own voice, urging the money be repaid in cash. This doesn't connect Trump to the actual #crime, which only relates to a payment to #StormyDaniels. But it suggests a pattern of behavior.

Colangelo is now describing the emergence of the "#AccessHollywood" tape on Oct 7, 2016, beginning w/ email outreach to Trump spox #HopeHicks. Colangelo reads aloud the worst of Trump’s language, bragging about grabbing women's genitals.

#law #TrumpTrial

#Colangelo says #Pecker will testify that $150k was more than The #NationalEnquirer would typically have paid for such a deal, & that Pecker had trouble being reimbursed. Crucially, Colangelo says, Pecker will testify that he spoke to #Trump about it.

Colangelo mentions an audio #recording #Cohen made between himself & Trump discussing the #McDougal deal.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney

A man convicted of burning a tiki torch while chanting white supremacist slogans at the Unite the Right rally in 2017 has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors and has admitted to assaulting two police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/unite-the-right-tiki-torch-man-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-cops-on-jan-6/

@mcnado @GreenFire

No, just no. You don't get to blame Israel for antisemitism because that's antisemitism.

And as I pointed out, pro-Hamas sentiment is not the aberration here. The whole movement is.

As the saying goes "Lordy, there are tapes."

And of course there are. I told you Michael Cohen has tapes of Trump that will come out in this trial

Here Trump discussed David Pecker payment to Playboy Bunny Karen McDougal with Michael Cohen (& Weisselberg?). This tape establishes Trump guilt

49/ Press:

Prosecutor: When it became public, Michael Cohen lied. He has a criminal record. Cohen will testify that he pled guilty and went to jail, for the Karen McDougal payoff, and Storm Daniels. Also tax fraud and laying to a bank and Congress

Cohen's testimony is backed up w other witnesses: David Pecker and Keith Davidson. We have records and will show them to you, sometimes at length. This is about a criminal conspiracy and a cover up. 👉🏼We are confident you will have no reasonable doubt

46/ Phang:

👉🏼The first 2 checks were paid from the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Trump was the beneficiary of that trust.

The remaining checks were paid from Trump's personal bank accounts and Trump signed those checks himself while he was President.

45/ Phang:

👉🏼THIS: Colangelo says Trump Org couldn't cut Cohen a check with the memo line reading: "Reimbursement for porn star payoff."

“So they agreed to cook the books” and made it look like the reimbursement to Cohen was actually income for services rendered.

Cohen submitted fake invoices for reimbursement. Trump's accounting staff at Trump Tower processed every one of those fake invoices and recorded them in their ledgers falsely as legal services payments.

Biden expands Title IX protections for pregnancy, trans people and sexual assault victims

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-expands-title-ix-protections-pregnancy-trans-people/story?id=109422988

@mcnado

The "pro-Palestine" movement is pro-Hamas. Always has been.

It's not a few bad watermelons. They're all bad.

Am not doing all Sandoval rulings but here's sample. This is so bad for Trump, he would have to be a total Giuliani to insist his legal clowns let him testify in this criminal trial

Any sane person would understand the cross-examination would be catastrophic

But when has Trump done the sane thing?
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112315206503098185

Your twice weekly reminder that the fight is between those who want to “Terminate the Constitution” and those who do not. Everything else is distraction. #Politics #USPol

https://abcnews.go.com/US/house-panel-obtains-texts-allegedly-showing-gaetz-setting/story?id=107126493

Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, woman's sworn statement obtained by Congress claims

The Ethics panel is questioning witnesses about allegations involving Gaetz.

By Will Steakin
April 19, 2024, 5:04 AM

Students Sue Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Silencing Black History https://truthout.org/articles/students-sue-arkansas-gov-sarah-huckabee-sanders-for-silencing-black-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #leftistnews #news #VSN