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We keep telling them that, but they are ignoring it.

Except with all his wives.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790117454032540063 Court adjourns for the day. Jury returns at 930 a.m. ET tomorrow morning for more Cohen testimony.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York#:~:text=The indictment charged Trump with,for invoices from Michael Cohen The indictment charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, in violation of New York Penal Law §175.10. Each count is related to a specific business document, each having a date ranging from February 14 through December 5, 2017: 11 for invoices from Michael Cohen.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790012433584554418 Judge Merchan has taken the bench. Court has begun. The jury is entering the courtroom. Michael Cohen is the prosecution’s big witness today.

Meh.

https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1789262829024866684 Feds seek 40 years prison for David Depape in attack against Paul Pelosi in Pelosi home Arguing in part: “After nearly killing Mr. Pelosi in his effort to also kidnap the Speaker Emerita, the defendant proudly called.. news.. to apologize for not getting more of ‘them.’ The court should decline the defendant’s request to find that he has accepted responsibility”

Dude. I have never seen the use of words considered as "terrorism" in any definition I have seen of the word.

AI content is terrorism?

The odds are Slim and None that he will testify and Slim is out of town.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788947349642915921 Tomalin steps down from the witness stand. The jury is out for its morning recess.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788943947659727175 The prosecution then calls Jenny Tomalin, who works at Verizon as a senior analyst, exec relations since 2017. Her duties include appearing in court to testify about records Subpoena compliance coordinator before this role Been at Verizon 18 years. She is testifying as a Custodian of Records for the admission of cellphone records.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788940746550092138 Next witness is: Daniel Dixon, of ATT. He’s a lead compliance analyst for roughly 6-7 years and helps analyst query records and helps law enforcement.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788927223224729880 Madeleine Westerhout is back on the witness stand for her continued cross. Katie’s Sidebar: Don’t expect any scathing cross by Susan Necheles of Westerhout. It’s a stark contrast between the way she questioned Stormy Daniels yesterday as compared to the kid gloves she has used thus far with Westerhout.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788913876794257614 It’s Day 15 of Donald Trump’s NY election interference trial. We recessed yesterday with Madeleine Westerhout on the witness stand being cross-examined by the defense. We also ended the day with the Court denying Trump’s second Motion for Mistrial, as well as denying his application to amend the gag order. Who will be on deck after Westerhout? We will see!

It is not a made up statute, it does exist: https://apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-catch-kill-criminal-trial-8b59e858a81feea5700e7bfcc77f1c09 Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass said in court that one of the crimes Trump intended to commit was a violation of a New York election law — a misdemeanor involving a conspiracy to promote or prevent an election.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788676356919693808 MERCHAN: "I disagree that there has been a change in Daniels' story." MERCHAN: You didn’t attack that there was a falsification of business records, you didn't attack any other lines of defense. MERCHAN: You said my client never had a sexual encounter: that pits your client against Ms. Daniels. So the prosecution can rehabilitate her credibility. MERCHAN: “YOUR MOTION FOR A MISTRIAL IS DENIED. I’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW AT 9:30”

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788674992122515753 MERCHAN: “Following your motion for a mistrial on Tuesday, I went back to chambers, I pulled out my decisions on both motions for limine, the omnibus decision, and the transcript from Tuesday.” MERCHAN: I went back to make sure that there were guidelines and no inconsistencies and after having done so, I came away satisfied, let me back up – …. Going back to opening statements, Mr. Blanche in your opening statement, you denied there was ever a sexual encounter between your defendant and Stormy Daniels. “Your denial puts the jury in a position of having to choose who they believe: Donald Trump, who denies that there was an encounter, or Stormy Daniels, who claims that there was.” The more specificity Daniels provides the better than can weigh her credibility. MERCHAN: “There were many times, not once or twice, but many times that Ms. Necheles could have objected, but didn’t.” MERCHAN: "Trailer park." I felt that was not necessary but there was no objection but i had it struck from the record , and virtually every one of Necheles objections was sustained

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788673119516795282 Steinglass responds: In the Defense Opening Statement: the defense invited the testimony they are now trying to exclude: They claimed in their opening that her story was false but are now trying to exclude the details that corroborate that the story is true. STEINGLASS: “The defense has not alleged anything remotely approaching grounds for a mistrial, and their motion should be denied.”

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788667931141792164 On to Issue 3: The Defense's renewed motion for a mistrial. BLANCHE: the idea that the completely made-up encounter with President trump “may have been nonconsensual?” BLANCHE: Before the testimony started we objected again and the Court indicated it would allow testimony about it, but said we don’t need to know the details of the intercourse, and Hoffinger said that’s correct. BLANCHE: We don't need to know the details of what the suite looked like and this is extremely prejudicial testimony, this is not a case about sex. whether or not it happened has nothing to do with this case BLANCHE: “This wasn’t a witness that was out of control.” she was answering the prosecution’s questions MERCHAN: there was an objection and it was sustained. After many of these anecdotes, there were objections that were sustained BLANCHE: But jury still heard the answers, that’s why this is so prejudicial

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788664511840346131 The lawyers have returned now that the jury has left for the day. The first issue has been resolved: The prosecution has decided NOT to call Karen McDougal as a witness. The second issue: Trump wants to be able to respond to Stormy Daniels by amending the gag order. BLANCHE: “There’s voters out there and there’s questioners that will ask him questions about it, and he can’t say anything.” BLANCHE: Daniels' friend was on TV last night talking about what happened and corroborating what Daniels said. The prosecution: CONROY: “Modifying the gag order now to attack Ms. Daniels… “let’s not pretend [Trump] wants to engage in high-minded discourse” CONROY: The fact that witnesses are brave enough to come in here, under subpoena and under oath, “Shouldn’t expose them to this defendant’s barrage of threats.” MERCHAN: “My concern is not just with protecting Ms. Daniels or a witness who has already testified. My concern is protecting the integrity of the proceedings as a whole." MERCHAN: I can't take your word for it that it’s going to be low key, that it's not going to be an attack. Because “that’s just not the track record.” MERCHAN: “Your client’s track record speaks for itself. I can’t take your word for it.” MERCHAN: Your application to modify the gag order is DENIED.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1788661299804610608 Judge Merchan recesses the jury for the day and they are excused. The lawyers will take a 10 minute break and then return for the legal arguments.