01:07 PM - May 03, 2024
guardian: "The words-not-actions mantra is incredibly important for prosecutors."
01:00 PM - May 03, 2024
guardian: Hope Hicks said Donald Trump “definitely” considered Twitter as an important part of his campaign.
She testifies that the only people authorized to post on Trump’s Twitter account were Trump and a staffer, who was only allowed to post things that Trump personally approved.
#hopehicks
She testifies that the only people authorized to post on Trump’s Twitter account were Trump and a staffer, who was only allowed to post things that Trump personally approved.
#hopehicks
12:54 PM - May 03, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
nbc: Hope Hicks testified that after the release of the Access Hollywood tape, she said she spoke to Michael Cohen by phone about another rumored Trump tape.
She said she asked Cohen to call a friend of his, ask if there was a tape, and if so, when could they expect it to be published.
#HopeHicks
She said she asked Cohen to call a friend of his, ask if there was a tape, and if so, when could they expect it to be published.
#HopeHicks
12:42 PM - May 03, 2024
While I'm waiting... TFG was so hands on in his business, we know this, but because he pretends otherwise, we have to play this game with every fucking thing.
There's no way this guy can take the stand. He just makes a mockery of everything he touches. No way this guy gets the nuke codes, folks.
There's no way this guy can take the stand. He just makes a mockery of everything he touches. No way this guy gets the nuke codes, folks.
12:36 PM - May 03, 2024
Klasfeld: The prosecutor notes that the video contrasted what Trump played down as his words as opposed to other people's actions.
Hicks agrees with that characterization.
#HopeHicks
Hicks agrees with that characterization.
#HopeHicks
12:29 PM - May 03, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
The body of the email, skipping over random computer code, advised this response to the "Access Hollywood" story:
"FLAGGING.
1) [...] Need to hear the tape to be sure.
2) [...] Deny, deny, deny."
#hopehicks
"FLAGGING.
1) [...] Need to hear the tape to be sure.
2) [...] Deny, deny, deny."
#hopehicks
12:17 PM - May 03, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
In the email, Fahrenthold alerted Trump's campaign about the "Access Hollywood" tape, with a lengthy, relevant portion of the transcript.
Q: What was your first reaction when you first received this email?
A: I was concerned. Very concerned. (Pause) Yeah.
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Q: What was your first reaction when you first received this email?
A: I was concerned. Very concerned. (Pause) Yeah.
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12:14 PM - May 03, 2024
Klasfeld: Now, Hope Hicks dents the notion that Trump was out of the loop of anything in terms of public communication: "He knew what he wanted to say and how we wanted to say it. We were always following his lead."
12:10 PM - May 03, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Katie Phang: Re.: Allen Weisselberg: Anything that had to do with finances, Allen was involved in. He was helpful dealing with personal financial disclosures and helpful with Mr. Trump’s finances.
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12:01 PM - May 03, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Katie Phang: On Direct, Hicks is asked about Keith Schiller, who she identifies as Trump’s bodyguard at big public events. She describes Trump’s relationship with Schiller as “close.”
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11:58 AM - May 03, 2024
Q: Are you familiar with someone named Michael Cohen?
A: (softly) Yes.
Q: “What was Cohen’s role in the company?”
A: “Fixer and enforcer”
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Like all family businesses have, if you catch my drift...
#NYtrial #HopeHicks #MichaelCohen
A: (softly) Yes.
Q: “What was Cohen’s role in the company?”
A: “Fixer and enforcer”
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Like all family businesses have, if you catch my drift...
#NYtrial #HopeHicks #MichaelCohen
11:51 AM - May 03, 2024
FYI: "This is an annotated version of the list, which could indicate possible directions for the trial & serve as a cheat sheet for those following the case. It incorporates a similar list contained in the book Trying Trump, a comprehensive guide to the trial recently edited by one of the authors."
11:45 AM - May 03, 2024
Klasfeld: Hicks: "Everyone who works there in some sense reports to Mr. Trump."
Even as a big and successful company, it operates like a small family business, she says.
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"successful" -- is this perjury? lol #HopeHicks
Even as a big and successful company, it operates like a small family business, she says.
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"successful" -- is this perjury? lol #HopeHicks
11:41 AM - May 03, 2024
Klasfeld: Hicks says she is represented by counsel and paying for her lawyer.
Q: Do you have any current professional relationship with Mr. Trump?
A: I don't.
#NYtrial #HopeHicks
Q: Do you have any current professional relationship with Mr. Trump?
A: I don't.
#NYtrial #HopeHicks
11:34 AM - May 03, 2024
NEW: Hope Hicks has now been called by the prosecution.
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deep breaths, everyone, this could be interesting lol
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deep breaths, everyone, this could be interesting lol
11:30 AM - May 03, 2024
Klasfeld: Asked if she reviewed Michael Cohen's social media accounts, she answers yes. "Twitter. I don't know if you could call podcasts 'social media,' but that. That would be it."
Asked if she listened to all of Michael Cohen's "Mea Culpa" podcasts, the witness answers: Absolutely not. #NYtrial
Asked if she listened to all of Michael Cohen's "Mea Culpa" podcasts, the witness answers: Absolutely not. #NYtrial
11:25 AM - May 03, 2024
Klasfeld: The Twitter posts and "Truth" are coming in as admissions, the judge rules.
The prosecutor clarifies her withdrawal of the WaPo article: That's "subject to the stipulation" of its authenticity, presumably if it later becomes admissible.
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Afterwards, the jury returns from break.
The prosecutor clarifies her withdrawal of the WaPo article: That's "subject to the stipulation" of its authenticity, presumably if it later becomes admissible.
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Afterwards, the jury returns from break.
11:15 AM - May 03, 2024
Brian Tyler Cohen: The US has added another 175,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate staying below 4% for the 27th consecutive month, the longest stretch in half a century.
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Excellent. #ThankYouPresidentBiden
#DemocratAccomplishments #jobs #unemployment #record
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Excellent. #ThankYouPresidentBiden
#DemocratAccomplishments #jobs #unemployment #record
11:08 AM - May 03, 2024
Klasfeld: Explainer:
In most criminal trials, the parties typically agree to avoid unnecessary tedium by agreeing to the authenticity of certain evidence that cannot be disputed through stipulations.
But this isn't a typical trial. We haven't had one yet.
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court takes recess. #NYtrial
In most criminal trials, the parties typically agree to avoid unnecessary tedium by agreeing to the authenticity of certain evidence that cannot be disputed through stipulations.
But this isn't a typical trial. We haven't had one yet.
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court takes recess. #NYtrial
11:01 AM - May 03, 2024
Klasfeld: Next witness: Georgia Longstreet, a paralegal at the Manhattan DA's office
Longstreet has been called to review social media posts in connection with the case. Expect lengthy disquisition on the authentication of tweets, posts, 'grams, and Truths.
Longstreet has been called to review social media posts in connection with the case. Expect lengthy disquisition on the authentication of tweets, posts, 'grams, and Truths.
10:48 AM - May 03, 2024
from nbc
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What's amazing in this case is the lengths his lawyers will go in any direction to blame everyone else and phantom forces, just not TFG. Everyone is in on framing him. What a spectacle.
#NYtrial
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What's amazing in this case is the lengths his lawyers will go in any direction to blame everyone else and phantom forces, just not TFG. Everyone is in on framing him. What a spectacle.
#NYtrial
10:44 AM - May 03, 2024
Glenn Kirschner: The National Enquirer has nothing on the Supreme Court on the catch + kill front: the Court caught + killed Trump’s constitutional disqualification from holding office; caught + killed women’s constitutional privacy rights; caught + killed (thus far) Trump’s DC case, etc.
10:37 AM - May 03, 2024
Trump violated his gag order again by posting a clip from Andrew Giuliani on Steve Bannon’s show attacking the judge’s daughter.
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Just FYI, this is part of what they're dealing with #NYtrial
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Just FYI, this is part of what they're dealing with #NYtrial
10:30 AM - May 03, 2024
Kyle Griffin: Rep. James Clyburn, Al Gore, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and Michelle Yeoh are among the just announced names who'll receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden.
10:25 AM - May 03, 2024
Katie Phang: Bove targeting the issue of whether there has been manipulation or deletion of evidence in this case, asking Daus about a factory reset of Cohen's 1st phone on Oct15 2016, which suggests there should be “further analysis” to determine how the 9/6/16 recording got on the phone
cloud? 👀
cloud? 👀
10:16 AM - May 03, 2024
nbc: Blanche: TFG's posts to Truth Social can't be admitted into evidence because the witness set to testify today does not have enough knowledge of the posts to prove they are Trump's.
Blanche added that there is content in these posts that are "pure hearsay and without a proper foundation."
Blanche added that there is content in these posts that are "pure hearsay and without a proper foundation."
10:08 AM - May 03, 2024
Douglas Daus, a digital evidence expert in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, has returned to the witness stand.
and then there's this:
Norman Eisen: Its 945 am and the GOP nominee for president is peacefully dozing
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It's almost unbelievable lol
#NYtrial
and then there's this:
Norman Eisen: Its 945 am and the GOP nominee for president is peacefully dozing
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It's almost unbelievable lol
#NYtrial
10:00 AM - May 03, 2024
