Poor Hogan Gidley--still shilling for Trump. We don't like him in New York because we know him! We've known since the 1970s what a toxic piece of shit he is!
Today, the United States reached a monumental milestone in that we have prosecuted and convicted a former president. While there is certainly an argument our just a system is not perfect, the US is a democracy that has officially demonstrated NO ONE is above the law.
Tonight, and perhaps for the first time in my entire entire life, I’m proud to be an “American“! 🇺🇸
#SCOTUS gave a win to the #NRA in its #FreeSpeech dispute w/a #NY state ofcl it accused of coercing banks & insurers to avoid doing business w/the influential #gun advocacy group.
Tues 29 May 2024 🧵
Good morning! It’s the last day of the #TrumpTrial before jury #deliberations.
Today Justice #Merchan will give #JuryInstructions. Then they will discuss the case among themselves for the first time; they have not been allowed to even discuss it w/each other as yet.
Closing arguments took place yesterday, & the lawyers will have no further opportunity to address the jurors before they determine whether #Trump is #guilty or not guilty of 34 felonies.
Last night on social media site, #Trump criticized the length of prosecutors’ closing argument, which lasted ~5hrs, describing it as a “filibuster,” even though there is no such thing in court. He also complained that he did not get a chance to respond to it, which is not how #ClosingArguments work & prosecution is always last in #NY court.
This morning, he again went after Justice #Merchan, who he falsely claims is biased against him.
Yesterday, Costello behaved so atrociously on the witness stand that Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom to admonish him & the defense attorneys. Costello is due back on the stand
There’s a long back & forth about prosecutors’ proposal that the #JuryInstructions include language suggesting it was “reasonably forseeable” that false records would be created as a result of #Trump’s conduct.
Justice #Merchan says that he’s inclined NOT to include it.
— that is not good, it’s specific to #NY#law.
But he reserves judgment for now, as he did on “willfully.”
Known liar Mike Johnson, Byron Donalds, Cory Mills, Doug Burgum & Vivek Ramaswamy hang around lower Manhattan to be trumps gag order gangsters.
Gag order prohibits trump from making comments about jurors / witnesses and also from causing others to make comments about the case, jury or court staff.
#NY’s highest court on Thurs overturned Harvey #Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on #felony#SexCrime charges, a stunning reversal in the foundational case of the #MeToo era.
In a 4-3 decision, the #NY Court of Appeals found that the #trial#judge who presided over #HarveyWeinstein’s case had made a crucial mistake, allowing prosecutors to call as #witnesses a series of women who said Weinstein had assaulted them — but whose accusations were not part of the #charges against him.
1 wk before Trump’s#criminal trial in Manhattan, appeals court judge rejected effort to pause the case & move it to a diff location.
Judge #LizbethGonzalez issued the decision Mon afternoon after hearing arguments from Trump’s lawyers & lawyers from the Manhattan DA #AlvinBragg’s office.
¿ Trump’s Net Worth Hits $6.5B, Making Him One of Bloomberg’s World’s 500 Richest People¿ [several caveats to this]
#Trump’s business empire was supposed to be in peril like never before on Mon. Instead, it turned into the single-greatest day on record for his wealth.
Facing a deadline to post a #bond of >$500M in a #NY#fraud#lawsuit, a state appeals court tossed him a lifeline, slashing it to $175M — an amt he says he’ll cover. Around the same time, his #socialmedia co #TrumpMedia & Tech Group wrapped up a 29-month-long merger process, meaning shares worth billions on paper are now officially #Trump’s.
per Lisa Rubin, though I’m not sure, pt4 seems to address this
#Trump got his #civil#fraud case #bond reduced to $175M…,but the court denied his motion to stay the provision of the judgment forbidding him from borrowing from financial institutions registered or chartered in #NY.
His #legal team previously told a judge on the panel that staying that provision was integral to his ability to obtain a bond.w/o a stay of that provision, Trump may have to post his own cash in the next 10 days. #law
The court DID stay the provision barring #Trump & his companies from borrowing from financial institutions registered or chartered by NY's Department of Financial Services. Trump now has to post less & can borrow $ more easily.
There’s speculation that the appellate court is signaling that they may reduce the disgorgement amount. Which they should not. #Trump has been benefiting from this #fraud for decades & not paying the correct amount in taxes for both #NY state & federal #taxes by lying about the values of his assets.
Merchan ruled that the DA’s office did not violate its #legal obligations. “This court finds …that the district attorney of #NewYork County is not at fault for the late production of documents from the US attys office.”
Trump's #criminal trial stemming from a 2016 hush money payment to a porn star will start in late April, after a 30-day #delay granted by the judge after TFG said late disclosure of #evidence was hurting his preparation.
Justice Merchan's decision to delay the 1st-ever #criminal#trial of a fmr US pres marks another victory for #Trump, who has sought to slow down proceedings in his various #legal entanglements as he prepares to challenge #POTUS#Biden in the Nov5 election.
The case in #NY state court, which was due to start on Mar 25, was the 1st of 4 criminal indictments brought against Trump. While none of the other 3 cases have trial dates, the delay to the NY trial could complicate scheduling the others.
So this is important: How #TRUMP could run a stock #scam involving #TruthSocial that would generate the $500 million he needs to post bonds and appeal his civil case losses. (via electoral-vote.com)
Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Their Ability to Do Business in #NewYork
“We did not have the data to understand the scale of the issue in New York State until the ProPublica and Documented series came out last year,” state Sen. Jessica Ramos said.
🤦♀️ Trump's gullibles must be footing the bills here.
' #Trump is suing a former MI6 officer & intel consultancy he founded, high court records in Eng show.
TFG, who is mired in lawsuits in his own country, is bringing a data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence & founder Christopher Steele, who previously ran the secret intel service’s Russia desk.
A 2-day hearing for the legal action is set to start on 16 Oct" #legal
...he has completely processed the implications of the #CorporateDeathSentence for his #NY business empire. From all that I have read, that is really "him."
For him, this--once carried out--this will be like the worst sentence of the Ancient Egyptians against former pharaos: the scrubbing of their names from official documents and building, as it happened e.g. to Hatshepsut and Akhenaten (#DamnatioMemoriae.)