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kpete's JournalMr.Watters, I don't think Trump is going to like this
Watters: Trump needs exercise. He’s usually golfing and you’re going to put a man who’s almost 80 sitting in a room like this on his butt for all that time? It’s not healthy. He needs sunlight. He needs activity. It’s really cruel and unusual punishment
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1782523259990225342
PUBLIC SERVICE: NY state court system will publish a daily transcript of each day of Trump's "hush money" criminal tria
https://ww2.nycourts.gov/press/index.shtml
"Stormy Daniel tried to take advantage of Trump by extorting him after he simply had an innocent conversation with her"
Trump's lawyer: "Stormy Daniel tried to take advantage of Trump by extorting him after he simply had an innocent conversation with her" 🤔Hmmm... well that's an extremely creative way to describe paying for sex with a Pornstar while poor Melania was pregnant of Barron😂, I guess Melania's following this trial very closely and Trump and his lawyer want to spare her the humiliation and all the juicy details.
https://twitter.com/Jurgen80048425/status/1782439084763357668
DA's Opening Statement: "This case is about a criminal conspiracy. Donald Trump corrupted the 2016 election"
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The first line of Colangelo's opening was, "This case is about a criminal conspiracy and a cover-up - Donald Trump corrupted the 2016 election." He said that it all began when Trump and Michael Cohen met with National Enquirer publisher David Pecker In August 2015 to suppress negative stories about Trump. He said that Trump gave Cohen $130,000 to pay Stormy Daniels to silence her. He covered up the payments by falsifying his business records.
Colangelo said that Trump's claim that the payments to Cohen were for legal services was a lie, and he falsified 34 separate invoices to cover up the fact that it was being done for election purposes. He said that Pecker served as the "eyes and ears" of the Trump campaign, keeping his eye out for stories that could hurt Trump so he could make him aware of them. This is what they called their "catch and kill" strategy. At the same time, Pecker was publishing positive stories about Trump is several different publications and running stories attacking his opponents.
Colangelo then gave several examples of stories they ran such as accusing Ted Cruz's father of being involved in the JFK assassination and Ben Carson of committing medical malpractice.
He then said that they carried out three separate "catch and kills":
1. A doorman for Trump was trying to sell a story that he had information that Trump fathered children with women. He was paid $30,000 and Pecker suppressed the story.
2. Former Playboy model Karen McDougal was shopping her story through her attorney that she had a year-long affair with Trump. Pecker paid her $150,000 and suppressed the story. However, Pecker later became upset about his because Trump wouldn't reimburse him.
3. The Stormy Daniels payment through Michael Cohen for $130,000 to cover up Trump's sexual encounter with the porn star.
Cohen then recorded a conversation with Trump about this and Colangelo said that tape will be played in court. He said Trump is on the tape saying they should pay in cash and label the payment "advisory services." However, Pecker's lawyer advised against taking the payment so it was never made. He said that they would present evidence in the form of a "flurry of text messages" and a "barrage of phone calls" to suppress the story.
MORE:
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/das-opening-statement-in-trump-trial
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NYT scoop: "David Pecker...is set to go first" as prosecution witness.
NYT scoop: "David Pecker...is set to go first" as prosecution witness. ⬇️
Pecker could be key witness - in ways more devastating than Michael Cohen.
This also indicates DA is foregrounding unlawful election influence for jurors.
https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1782070223190815115
I don't want to hear shit about the Ukrainian flag at the Capitol today; from the far right MAGA scum
https://twitter.com/cturnbull1968/status/1781820725600350384
"I was really not prepared for the sight of him in that courtroom today"
WATCH: "I've seen [Trump] in the White House and Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, campaign trail, you name it. I've spent a lot of time with this man. And I was really not prepared for the sight of him in that courtroom today," says
@Olivianuzzi
https://twitter.com/allinwithchris/status/1781479557863768393
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