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So, no, she wasn't admonished by the judge for her behavior or threatened with being in contempt of court. Thank you.

What she threatened by a judge with being cited for contempt? I don't think so.

Maybe I missed that part, but I don't believe she was the criminal defendant in a trial and it was not before a jury.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1793024110546571392 BOVE: Next on my list is a proposed jury instruction about involvement of counsel, despite Merchan's pre-trial rulings that Trump himself could not argue that he was convinced of the lawfulness of his conduct because lawyers were involved/he relied on his lawyers. MERCHAN: This is an issue that’s been going on for a very long time. Going back to I think it was December of '23, I’m not sure. The People filed a motion asking this court to require the defense to require and give notice whether defense was going to rely on advice of counsel. I wrote a decision on this on Feb 7 and I directed defense to provide disclosure by March 11, and to produce all discoverable statements and comms by same date. In response, the answer was we are not relying on advice of counsel. Later on, defense advice of counsel morphed into something called presence of counsel, which I had never heard of, not familiar with, but addressed it in a motion in limine. MERCHAN: I ordered that you were precluded from arguing this legal claim. There was no such thing. Just a way to get around having to turn over docs. MERCHAN: Now it’s morphed into involvement of counsel. I understand why you want this instruction from the court. But my answer hasn't changed and I find it disingenuous. MERCHAN: It was concerning when the terms changed to "presence of counsel." I couldn't believe when i saw it again now calling it "involvement of counsel." MERCHAN: My ruling is the jury will not hear that instruction from the bench nor are you permitted to make that argument. Period.

Rolling your eyes at the judge is considered contempt of court and if it were to be allowed again it would show disrespect to the court and to the proceedings.

I know. You make this stuff up.

Yes, because he has been warned that would be one of the possible consequences of doing that.

He was doing more than just raising his eyebrows. He was rolling his eyes and being disrespectful like that to the judge can be considered contempt of court.

Specifically, what is the problem you have with this? Please explain how hurts the defense or helps the prosecution.

No surprise there. By the same token, you could start another thread asking why would an LGBTQ person vote for Trump and similarly, all you would get is :crickets:

Yeah, well that changes everything.

From the Twitters: Even so, Democrats still have a big resource advantage. Biden and the DNC started May with $146 million in cash on hand, compared to the $88 million for Republicans.

https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/1792909119894286545 JUST IN: Trump deletes video he posted on social media calling for a “unified Reich” following backlash.

True dat. Video clip at link where he doesn't try to deny it. https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1792910993237889240 Q: Why did you post an ad calling for a “UNIFIED REICH” in a second term, echoing Nazi Germany? Trump: *ignores and walks away*

What is unfair about this?

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792922661590388857 Scheduling from Merchan: Closing Arguments will take place on Tuesday. He does not believe they will complete both Closings by 4:30 pm so he has asked the jurors to please stay late on Tuesday. Merchan also tells the jury that they should expect to begin deliberations on Wednesday. The jury is excused and the lawyers will return at 2:15 pm ET to begin to go over the proposed jury instructions with the judge.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792921700402688259 The Defense rests. Donald Trump has decided not to take the stand in his own defense.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792918252391199213 Cross (of Robert Costello) is complete. Emil Bove is up for Re-Direct now.

How about a link from you that it was supposed to kill half the planet? No one ever claimed that.

No it wasn't, but carry on.

https://x.com/snopes/status/1792667185459945635 No, Mike Tomlin didn't defend Harrison Butker and say, "He's like a son to me." The claim originated from a Facebook account that includes a satire disclaimer. https://snopes.com/fact-check/mike-tomlin-harrison-butker/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1716238540-1

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792660723417653276 COLANGELO: it’s more than sufficient if the defendant is setting into motion false entries being made COLANGELO: the defendant made or caused the false entries COLANGELO: the evidence supported three different theories of intent to defraud COLANGELO: intent to deceive the voting public…evidence supports showing of intent to deceive government regulators…. COLANGELO: To conceal the commission of another crime, there were weeks of testimony, bank records and phone calls and text messages of the conspiracy at Trump Tower, illegal campaign contributions to Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels and in the course of carrying out the conspiracy the false invoice that concealed advisory services and the transaction between AMI and Trump as well as opening shell companies, there is a lot more but we don't need to give a full summation to rebut the argument… BLANCHE: You have no evidence of catch and kill at that meeting, just what reporters and politicians do every day. The prosecution has turned it into the start of conspiracy. Judge Merchan says he will reserve ruling. He says he will see everyone tomorrow morning.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792660723417653276 COLANGELO: Cohen performed very minimal legal services in 2017 and 2018 and that there are three documents, including Trump’s May 3, 2018 tweets, showing this was really a reimbursement scheme. At a minimum, a reasonable juror could conclude the documents are false.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792660026139529329 Blanche argues: >the business records were NOT falsified b/c Cohen was providing legal services. He then argues that even if the records were false, they were generated without any intent to defraud by Trump because the checks were generated for Trump to sign himself; there is no evidence that Trump himself had an intent to mislead or falsify records created by the Trump Organization. >the other crimes that were purportedly being covered up don’t exist. There is zero evidence that anyone was thinking about a campaign finance issue when the hush money payment was made to Stormy Daniels or when the repayment scheme to Cohen was planned. BLANCHE: “Without Cohen’s testimony last week and today, there is no case." MERCHAN: “You are asking me to find Cohen not credible as a matter of law?” BLANCHE: “Yes. Absolutely,” MERCHAN: “You want me to take it out of the jury’s hands and decide that he is so not credible that it cannot be considered by the jury?” BLANCHE: “Absolutely.”

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792659423032189361 With the jury excused for the day, the Defense moves for a dismissal of the case. It is, in other words, a motion for a judgment of acquittal, meaning that considering all of the evidence presented by the prosecution in its case-in-chief, the case should be dismissed b/c the prosecution has failed to prove the elements of the crime. In other words, the evidence is insufficient for the jury to return a verdict of guilty.