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https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795829838210580502 MERCHAN: Presumption of innocence, burden of proof, defendant remains innocent, you must find him not guilty unless the evidence is proven beyond a reasonable doubt….. MERCHAN: Even though the defendant is innocent the burden of proof remains on the prosecution and nothing should be drawn from the fact that the defendant did not testify. To the contrary the people have the burden and they must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed that crime and if they fail to satisfy their burden of proof you must find him not guilty.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795824880551899150 MERCHAN: It is not my responsibility to judge the evidence here. You are to judge the facts and determine if the defendant is guilty or not guilty. MERCHAN: “You must set aside any personal opinions or bias. You must now allow any such opinions to influence your verdict.” MERCHAN: You will recall that you heard testimony from David Pecker at AMI that they entered into a non prosecution agreement. I remind you that will help you in assessing his credibility and you may consider that testimony for those purposes only, and you cannot consider that to determine whether the defendant is guilty or not. MERCHAN: You also heard testimony that the FEC conducted an investigation into the payment to Stormy Daniels. That evidence was permitted to help you assess Michael Cohen’s credibility and surrounding context. You may consider it for those purposes only. MERCHAN: You will recall you heard Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to federal election law and that evidence goes just to his credibility and to give context and you can consider that testimony for those purposes only, the facts that MC pleaded guilty does not constitute evidence. MERCHAN: Presumption of innocence, burden of proof, defendant remains innocent, you must find him not guilty unless the evidence is proven beyond a reasonable doubt…..

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795822755100926462 The judge is reading the final version of the jury instructions to the jury. He anticipates it'll take an hour to do so.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795819804135440502 The judge is reviewing the Verdict Form with the lawyers. Then the jury enters.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795815893500354662 It’s Day 22 of Trump’s NY election interference trial. Court begins at 10 am ET with Judge Merchan charging the jury (reading the jury instructions to them) and then they begin their deliberations. When they return a verdict is anyone’s guess. But after being off for a week and then being in court until 8 pm last night, I suspect a fairly quick verdict.

I didn't present it as a fact which shows how idiotic you are now.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795592579750474094 McConney's own handwritten notes that he took during his meeting with AW are shown to the jury. Those notes are memorializing not only his conversation with AW but also the conspiracy scheme to reimburse Cohen.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795591267159625897 Steinglass: People’s Exhibits 35 and 36 are the “smoking guns.” He says he’s “almost speechless” that the defense is still attempting to characterize the payments for services rendered , but they have to do that, Steinglass argues unless they’re willing to concede the records are simply false.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795590397915504905 STEINGLASS: McConney told you he knew this was a reimbursement [to Cohen], because that’s what Weisselberg told him it was.

https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1795496129234350266 The U.S. Secret Service has met with New York jail officials to discuss preparations for former President Donald Trump being taken into custody and placed behind bars, according to CBS News this is still developing

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795587554529390995 Trump told Cohen not to worry and he will take care of everything after vacation and AW said bring in the paperwork and we will work it all out and together they went to Trump’s office and on the bank statement, AW and Cohen calculated all the money owed and AW explains how to pay him back and they will treat it as income…..AW discussed payment plan with Cohen and Trump and explained to Cohen and explained how we, meaning AW and Trump, prefer to break it up into 12 payments.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795585616710688965 STEINGLASS: just before 10pm on 11/8/16, Davidson texts Howard: “what have we done” and Howard seems to recognize the significance as well. They called it gallows humor but there was a mutual understanding their activities had assisted Trump. We’ll never know if this effort to hoodwink voters worked, but that’s not something we have to prove.

https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1795584633847116225 Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass calls Hope Hicks' testimony "devastating," saying she burst into tears because she realized the impact of what she'd told the court. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche objects to that characterization, but Judge Merchan allows it.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795582920142582201 STEINGLASS: “It’s no coincidence that the sex happened in 2006, but the payoff happened less than two weeks before the 2016 election” STEINGLASS: and that’s because the defendant’s primary concern was not his family, but the election.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795582478595559532 Steinglass is painstakingly walking the jurors through the tick-tock of the Stormy Daniels deal’s foundation of texts and emails and call logs between Cohen and Pecker and Davidson and Howard.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795580761799545111 STEINGLASS: Mr. Trump tells Cohen to use his media relationships to help spin the AH tape as locker room talk. The spin that Melania recommended. STEINGLASS: ”Stormy Daniels was a walking, talking reminder that the defendant was not only words. She would have totally undermined his strategy for spinning away the Access Hollywood tape.”

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795580761799545111 [I had to take a break to travel to 30 Rock, etc. so I’m just catching up now! Sorry] STEINGLASS: Hope Hicks told you the news [of the Access Hollywood tape] was so big it eclipsed the coverage of a category 4 hurricane bearing down on the east coast. STEINGLASS: “so I guess it was like a category 5 hurricane” STEINGLASS: At the same time Hicks testified that she used Cohen to use his media contacts to see if there were other stories out there and chasing down rumors to see that the effort to spin the Access Hollywood tape did not backfire, this is not catch and kill exactly, but they are doing this at the direction of and for the benefit of the campaign.

https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1795575794846364055 Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass to the jury: "These documents are so damning that you almost have to laugh" at the defense's arguments.

I am pretty sure they played that tape during the trial but I can't recall if they made that argument. I think they are allowed to draw a conclusion during the closing arguments they did not make during the trial, but maybe one of the attorneys here can speak to that.

People are calling an 80 year old a has-been.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795543959520870572 We're on a brief recess.

https://x.com/tribelaw/status/1795532793742802969 Laurence Tribe “This scheme could very well be what got President Trump elected.” — Josh Steinglass, for the People of New York, in his devastating closing argument. Think this was a minor crime? Think again! It was arguably the biggest felony in American history. Certainly the most harmful.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795541272381526247 STEINGLASS: “This tape unequivocally shows a presidential candidate actively engaging in a scheme to influence the election…” STEINGLASS: So now Cohen has gotten his approval from the boss and the plan is to transfer Karen McD life rights via a shell company. STEINGLASS: And the next day transfer docs are signed by Pecker and Cohen. STEINGLASS: But transfer never goes through because the general counsel said no don’t do that. STEINGLASS: After speaking to his general counsel, Pecker changes his mind, and then calls Cohen in first week of Oct. and tells him to rip up agreement. STEINGLASS: AMI ends up eating the whole $150,000.

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795540418429620315 Re. the 9/6/16 secret recording of Trump by Cohen: STEINGLASS: “The metadata for this file proves it was not tampered with in any way." STEINGLASS: This recording shows the defendant's “cavalier willingness to hide this payoff.”

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1795538991061823551 Re. AMI's conciliation agreement with the FEC: Steinglass reads from the Statement of Admitted Facts in Non-Prosecution Agreement from AMI with the SDNY. STEINGLASS: Critical here is Pecker’s acknowledgement is he never intended to publish the story under any circumstances, despite this would’ve been National Enquirer gold - a year long sexual affair with a presidential candidate - and he was never going to publish STEINGLASS: “Pecker was willing to sacrifice AMI’s bottom line in service of Trump’s Campaign. This deal was the very antithesis of a normal, legitimate press function.” This was in coordination with the campaign the very definition of an unlawful campaign contribution.