Many #conservatives have sought to kill the #legal doctrine for over a decade. And within the chorus, one has sung w/notable passion: #JohnEastman.
The same John Eastman who, on #Jan6, 2021, stood at a podium in DC beside fellow #Trump lawyer #RudyGiuliani & bellowed to an angry crowd that then–VP #MikePence ought to halt the #PeacefulTransferOfPower.…t was also Eastman…who drafted the #CoupMemos, which incl a multistep plan for Pence to hand the #election to Trump….
A total of 51 Trump allies, & #Trump himself, are now facing charges in 5 states related to #ElectionInterference; a number of others have either pleaded guilty or reached cooperation agreements.
In case anyone ever harbored doubt that Rudy Giuliani is an ugly racist-cum-misogynist, doubts can now be laid to rest after he called Fani Willis a "ho" at Mike Flynn's Reawaken America conference, to guffaws.
They love degrading people of color. They love degrading women.
They especially love degrading Black women. This is who they are.
On the 1st day of #testimony in #HunterBiden’s federal #gun trial, #jurors heard his audio of his memoir, where he recounted his #drug use in graphic detail. A federal prosecutor told jurors “no one is above the #law,” & defense said the he did not “knowingly” lie when filling out forms to purchase a weapon.
#Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection w/a #HushMoney payment made to a porn star to influence the 2016 election. The case could be in the jury’s hands as early as Wed.
Steinglass shows Trump’s filing w/the federal government’s Office of Government #Ethics in May 2018 that revealed #Trump had made a payment to #MichaelCohen. The filing came days after #RudyGiuliani said on #FoxNews that Trump had reimbursed Cohen for the #StormyDaniels payment.
The permanent #injunction ends Giuliani’s yrs of attacks on Freeman & Moss.
It also gives the women #power to hold him accountable if he ever again suggests they took votes from #Trump /gave votes to #Biden
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
#RobertCostello wrote to #MichaelCohen that there had been positive comments about him from the White House & that he had “friends in high places.” Hoffinger gets Costello to say it “definitely referred to President Trump.” 👀
The emails corroborate prosecutors’ story, suggesting that Costello was manipulating Cohen at the direction of #RudyGiuliani & #Trump, while misleading Cohen so that he would not understand what was happening.
#Bove, in his questioning, tries to reargue that #RobertCostello was not concerned about having failed #Trump but rather not being hired, & paid, by #MichaelCohen.
Bove makes it clear that Cohen, in 2018, used the back channel to Trump that he had been provided by Costello, communicating through the lawyer to #RudyGiuliani & presumably, Trump. [yeah, and?]
#Trump has a huge posse today, including #KashPatel; #GerryKassar, a #conservative party leader in NY; #BernieKerik, fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; #AlanDershowitz, lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & #BorisEpshteyn, legal adviser who was #indicted in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.
In the same email, #RobertCostello appeared to make a veiled reference to #Trump & #RudyGiuliani being concerned that #MichaelCohen was poised to #flip. Costello wrote: “We have continued our dialogue & need to bring you up to date concerning serious concerns on the part of our friends.”
Prosecutors showed Costello speaking in coded language to Cohen, telling him he had “friends in high places.”
Because the law does not apply to members of the former Law and Order party, Rudy Giuliani has for weeks been mocking those trying to serve him with a subpoena.
Two days ago, he tweeted a taunt about the inability of the law to find him. The law then used the tweet to geolocate him and he was served. Lucian K. Truscott writes,
"It is said that 'the wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.' It’s rare to see the wheels laughing out loud."
"Who could have guessed that Rudy Giuliani would look back at the days of hair dye streaming down his face at a Four Seasons total landscaping parking lot and actually be nostalgic for a time less humiliating than right now?"
#Trump has his posse again. Today it’s more #Republican elected officials. Today, Trump will be joined by the #House speaker, #MikeJohnson, as well as #NorthDakota’s governor, #DougBurgum, a contender to be Trump's running mate. Also present will be Representatives #ByronDonalds & #CoryMills of Florida, & #VivekRamaswamy, who was one of Trump's primary rivals this year. Both Donalds & Ramaswamy are longshot hopefuls to be Trump's running mate.
#MichaelCohen is testifying again after the court took a short break. “Distraught, nervous, concerned” are the emotions he describes having felt as he met at the Loews Regency on Park Ave w/a new lawyer, Robert Costello, a #criminal defense lawyer who Cohen had been told was very close w/ #RudyGiuliani. This was immediately after the #FBI raided his hotel room there, & so Cohen’s emotions were in tumult.
Costello has said that Cohen appeared suicidal at this meeting.
The emails from #Costello go a long way toward supporting #MichaelCohen’s description of their meeting. Cohen said that Costello recommended he hire him because his relationship w/ #RudyGiuliani would help him access to #Trump.
In 1 email, Costello tells Cohen that his relationship w/ #Giuliani could be useful to him. In a 2nd, he talks about a “back channel” for communication. In a 3rd, the not-so-subtle msg: “Sleep well tonight, you have friends in high places.”
Poor Rudy says he's $152M in debt. At his age, that's a hell of a lot of Port Authority blowjobs to give. Fuck Around and Find Out. #RudyColludy#RudyGiuliani#ETTD#GOPCrooks#GOP