JUST IN: DC Circuit denies en banc review to Peter #Navarro, former #Trump aide currently serving 4-month sentence for contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas.
No judge asked for a vote on his en banc petition. Katsas, who worked in Trump WH, recused. #legal
“Arraignments of #Giuliani & 10 other allies of #Trump were underway on Tues in #Arizona criminal case that charges them with trying to keep Trump in power after he lost pres election.
A total of 50 people — incl Trump — now face charges related to election interference in four states. A number of Trump allies have already pleaded guilty or reached cooperation agreements in cases in Georgia and Michigan.”
Plz remember to use NFL (Not For Laffy, no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies while live-posting. TY!
1/...Tyler McBrien:
Trey Gowdy again...
Per Trump's campaign, this is today's Greek chrous: Don Trump, Jr., Matt Whitaker, Pam Bondi, Sen. Eric Schmitt, Rep. Daniel Webster, Rep. Dan Meuser, Rep. Ronny Jackson, Rep. Troy Nehls, Rep. Dale Strong, Rep. Maria Salazar, Sebastian Gorka, Chuck Zito, Joe Piscopo, Bill White
Even Fox is struggling to make this look good for them.
Acyn:
Fox is finally showing footage from the Trump surrogates speaking outside of the courthouse. It’s about 10 seconds, doesn’t show the surrogates, and focuses on a bootlickers banner #ClusterFox
#WompWomp Arizona’s attorney general says Rudy #Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn #Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
A seventh Native American tribe in South Dakota has banned Gov. Kristi #Noem (R) from its reservation after she commented earlier this year that tribal leaders benefited from drug cartels.
#WompWomp A state court has rejected the Republican National Committee’s attempt to upend election administration in Arizona, a key state for the 2024 presidential election.
“Donald #Trump’s latest attempt to end the GagOrder against him in the hush money / election interference was denied by a New York appeals court on Tuesday.”-CNN. I’d link, but for some reason, I can’t get it to load.
👉🏼Justice Merchan: The motion to introduce this into evidence is denied.
Trump's lawyer Necheles: You were asked about how checks were sent, right?
Westerhout: Yes.
Blanche steps up to the lectern. He tells Merchan that Cohen has continued to make public statements about the case/about Trump. He wants Merchan to issue an order to restricting Cohen's speech about the case.
Merchan declines this request. Instead, he directs the prosecution to tell Cohen to knock it off, basically.
#WompWomp 👉🏼Trump, hearing this, grimaces in apparent anger.
Moments later, Justice Merchan sweeps out of the room.
These were very real, very threatening attacks on witnesses, so 👉🏼I can't take your word for it, Merchan says, while saying he is still concerned by some witnesses using the gag order as a sword, not a shield.