Trump's NY Election Interference Trial - Trump is found guilty on all 34 counts

[The Real timschochet 6,769]

This guy Costello is already getting killed and he hasn’t even faced cross examination yet. What a disaster for the defense. 

[squistion 2,203]

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792650749014364289

BOVE:   we were just speaking about an email on May 16. Next call is sunday of memorial day weekend. 

COSTELLO: Michael Cohen called me, an hour and 36 minutes and 15 seconds

BOVE: did cohen give you instructions during that call?

COSTELLO: yes

BOVE:  Did you discuss legal issues on the call? 

COSTELLO:  Yes i did

BOVE:  Does this reflect your conversation with Cohen on the same day of this email

COSTELLO: Yes it does

BOVE: who initiated that call

COSTELLO:   Michael Cohen

BOVE: Did he instruct you to contact Giuliani?

COSTELLO:  Yes

BOVE:  June 12 and June 15, calls?

COSTELLO:  That’s correct

BOVE:  This was another email you sent to Cohen June 14 “if you really want things to make it happen you should let it be known” - what were you communicating to Cohen?

COSTELLO:   that was in response to his complaint and i said if you want to let anybody know what you’re complaining about, let me know and I’ll pass it on

BOVE:  Who were you telling Cohen you would pass it on to? 

COSTELLO:  Rudy Giuliani

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11 minutes ago, squistion said:

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792648826051846347

Judge Merchan is ANGRY:

MERCHAN ASKS FOR THE JURY TO STEP OUT 

MERCHAN:   “I’d like to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom”

MERCHAN: “If you don’t like my ruling, you don’t say ‘Jeez’”

MERCHAN: You don’t say “strike it” because I’m the only one who can strike it.

MERCHAN: “You don’t give me side eye and you don’t roll your eyes”

COSTELLO:   I understand.

Good lord, did this chump go to the Fani Willis school of behavior?  

[IGotWorms 4,058]

1 minute ago, The Real timschochet said:

This guy Costello is already getting killed and he hasn’t even faced cross examination yet. What a disaster for the defense. 

They should’ve just rested. You don’t want the last impression to the jury being like this. Would’ve been much better to just leave off with Cohen admitting to all sorts of felonies.

Got too cute 

[Horseman 2,458]

BREAKING: Bob Costello testifies President Trump "knew nothing" about Michael Cohen's payments

[GutterBoy 2,899]

defense first witness is an absolute clown, jury knows it.  Judge keeps his court in order.

[squistion 2,203]

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792651956340621792

BOVE:  Did you ever put any pressure on Michael Cohen to do anything?

COSTELLO:  No

BOVE:  Did you ever pressure him to act with Rudy Giuliani in any certain way? 

COSTELLO: no

BOVE:  Did you consider Cohen to be a client?

COSTELLO: absolutely, i had to treat him that way. 

BOVE:  Whose interest did you have? 

COSTELLO: exclusively Michael Cohen. My obligation was to Michael Cohen

BOVE:  You met with federal prosecutors about Michael Cohen?

COSTELLO:  yes, gave them documents and spoke to them

BOVE: you met with state and federal prosecutors?

COSTELLO: yes BOVE:  Have you appeared on the media and congress? 

COSTELLO:  House Judiciary cmte last Wednesday.

 

[squistion 2,203]

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Emil Bove finishes his Direct. Susan Hoffinger is now up for Cross.

HOFFINGER:   Your partner Jeff Citron reached out to Michael Cohen ?

COSTELLO; I was copied on the email.

HOFFINGER:  You were hoping Michael cohen would hire you?  

COSTELLO:   I wasn’t hoping It wasn’t my email   

HOFFINGER: had you heard about it in the news?

COSTELLO: yes

HOFFINGER: and you wanted to get cohen as a client?

COSTELLO: I met with him because citron scheduled a meeting

HOFFINGER:  You knew Cohen was Pres Trump’s personal atty 

COSTELLO:  I learned that on the way to the meeting 

HOFFINGER: it would be a big get for your firm and would be a high profile case

COSTELLO: probably yes.

[squistion 2,203]

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1792655022469095911

HOFFINGER:  Let’s talk about the Regency meeting in April 2016

HOFFINGER: You knew based on the search warrant that cohen had been through a traumatic event?

COSTELLO:  Sure 

HOFFINGER:  The FBI raided his home, office, hotel room?

COSTELLO:  I wouldn't say raided they executed a search warrant

HOFFINGER:  Thats pretty serious, isn't it?

COSTELLO: Generally yes

HOFFINGER:  Hotel rooms and offices is very serious isn’t it?

COSTELLO: it’s very serious and requires special approval

[squistion 2,203]

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HOFFINGER:  He was pacing back and forth?

COSTELLO (on Cohen’s behavior): “He was suicidal that day and acting very manic”

HOFFINGER:  You can understand how traumatic it is and empathize? 

COSTELLO:   yes 

HOFFINGER:  You thought he was a drama queen? 

COSTELLO:  I didn’t know Michael Cohen, “he was putting on quite a show” and he said he was on the roof of the Regency Hotel prior and he was going to kill himself because he couldn’t handle the pressure.

[squistion 2,203]

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HOFFINGER:  You testified in the grand jury in MArch of 2023? 

COSTELLO:  Yes, I did 

HOFFINGER: You told the grand jury you didn't know if he was being a drama queen?

COSTELLO:  I couldn't assess if these actions were genuine or not 

HOFFINGER: Michael Cohen ultimately chose a different lawyer

HOFFINGER:  He went with Guy Petrillo?

COSTELLO: Yes.

[squistion 2,203]

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Court is recessing for the day now.

[squistion 2,203]

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.

[squistion 2,203]

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.”

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,107]

Can we get more cherry picking? 

[squistion 2,203]

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.

[squistion 2,203]

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.

[thegeneral 3,214]

The prosecution rests.

Your turn to take the stand Don!  

[GutterBoy 2,899]

Trump violates his gag order multiple times after court today.  Visibly frustrated at a disaster of a day for him.  His day of reckoning is coming

[Strike 5,553]

1 minute ago, GutterBoy said:

Trump violates his gag order multiple times after court today.  Visibly frustrated at a disaster of a day for him.  His day of reckoning is coming

You got him this time!!

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,107]

4 minutes ago, Strike said:

You got him this time!!

Shocker!!!  Guys who hate Trump insist he had yet another bad day.  News at 11! 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,439]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

You got him this time!!

Good news right here. 

[GutterBoy 2,899]

Anyone else shocked that the first witness for the defense was a complete disaster?

Everything about trump is failure.

[jerryskids 6,799]

11 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

Anyone else shocked that the first witness for the defense was a complete disaster?

Everything about trump is failure.

How did you conclude this? 

[Strike 5,553]

28 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

Anyone else shocked that the first witness for the defense was a complete disaster?

Everything about trump is failure.

You got him this time!!!!

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,107]

31 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

Anyone else shocked that the first witness for the defense was a complete disaster?

Everything about trump is failure.

This is like the 50,000th time you've got him if I recall correctly. 

[The Real timschochet 6,769]

1 hour ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

This is like the 50,000th time you've got him if I recall correctly. 

And you know why it’s so many times? Because conservatives let him get away with it every time. No matter what the guy does you blindly support him anyhow. There is no political figure in American history who has gotten away with more corruption and illegal acts than Donald Trump and it’s not even close. Those of us who are not conservative look on in frustration and horror, but there’s not much we can do about it if half the nation seems to be in this cult. 

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52 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

And you know why it’s so many times? Because conservatives let him get away with it every time. No matter what the guy does you blindly support him anyhow. There is no political figure in American history who has gotten away with more corruption and illegal acts than Donald Trump Joe Biden and it’s not even close. Those of us who are not conservative look on in frustration and horror, but there’s not much we can do about it if half the nation seems to be in this cult. 

You spelled Joe Biden incorrectly.    Fixed it for you.

[Tree of Knowledge 1,859]

6 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

And you know why it’s so many times? Because conservatives let him get away with it every time. No matter what the guy does you blindly support him anyhow. There is no political figure in American history who has gotten away with more corruption and illegal acts than Donald Trump and it’s not even close. Those of us who are not conservative look on in frustration and horror, but there’s not much we can do about it if half the nation seems to be in this cult. 

 

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8 hours ago, jerryskids said:

How did you conclude this? 

Rachel Maddow told him how to feel about it.

[GutterBoy 2,899]

8 hours ago, jerryskids said:

How did you conclude this? 

That his witness was a disaster or that his life is filled with failure?  Or both?

Well the witness was combative with the judge causing the judge to clear the courtroom.  The jury saw this and the witness lost all credibility.

As far as life failure, well there have been plenty of books written but in recent history you see a lost election, lost court cases, and many many people close to him disbarred, indicted and/or in jail.

[GutterBoy 2,899]

Not sure if everyone saw this but Trump's collection of mini mes in their lil trump suits was drowned out this morning. 

[GutterBoy 2,899]

17 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Cohen needs to be charged in Manhattan for his admitted theft from the Trump org that he has “somehow” escaped being charged for.  No one is above the law. What a case. 

Theft?  You mean where Trump agrees to pay someone $50k to rig a fake poll for him?  And then Cohen only paid them $20k but got reimbursed for $50k for the fake poll?

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2 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

Theft?  You mean where Trump agrees to pay someone $50k to rig a fake poll for him?  And then Cohen only paid them $20k but got reimbursed for $50k for the fake poll?

I guess you missed the part where he said that he stole the money. That’s a crime that the DA’s office knew about and did nothing. 

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6 hours ago, Strike said:

You spelled Joe Biden incorrectly.    Fixed it for you.

There he goes again.  Ugh....Calling every Trump supporter a cult member.  What an a hole

[thegeneral 3,214]

1 hour ago, GutterBoy said:

Not sure if everyone saw this but Trump's collection of mini mes in their lil trump suits was drowned out this morning. 

These sad sacks showing up to get on Tv and suck up to Donald is one thing.

Can everyone agree dressing up like him is just sorry as hell?  

Dudes, have some self respect. 

[Horseman 2,458]

8 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

And you know why it’s so many times? Because conservatives let him get away with it every time. No matter what the guy does you blindly support him anyhow. There is no political figure in American history who has gotten away with more corruption and illegal acts than Donald Trump and it’s not even close. Those of us who are not conservative look on in frustration and horror, but there’s not much we can do about it if half the nation seems to be in this cult. 

I didn't call half the nation cult members!  I said they were in a cult!  

You know its off the rails when Tim drops his bigotry cloak for a minute. 

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8 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

And you know why it’s so many times? Because conservatives let him get away with it every time. No matter what the guy does you blindly support him anyhow. There is no political figure in American history who has gotten away with more corruption and illegal acts than Donald Trump and it’s not even close. Those of us who are not conservative look on in frustration and horror, but there’s not much we can do about it if half the nation seems to be in this cult. 

You get stupider by the day.... and that is a very tough accomplishment.  

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,107]

8 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

And you know why it’s so many times? Because conservatives let him get away with it every time. No matter what the guy does you blindly support him anyhow. There is no political figure in American history who has gotten away with more corruption and illegal acts than Donald Trump and it’s not even close. Those of us who are not conservative look on in frustration and horror, but there’s not much we can do about it if half the nation seems to be in this cult. 

How do you even know this?  You have history of every person in America since its inception to quantify this?  

The Conservatives let him get away with it?  Huh?  Conservatives aren't the ones proclaiming "WE GOT 'EEEM!" every 5 minutes and then not actually getting him.

Just more hyperbole from the hysterical teenage girl side of the aisle. 

[The Real timschochet 6,769]

35 minutes ago, Horseman said:

I didn't call half the nation cult members!  I said they were in a cult!  

You know its off the rails when Tim drops his bigotry cloak for a minute. 

It’s not bigotry. It’s actually a compliment. 

I don’t believe that most Trump supporters are racist. I don’t believe they’re stupid either. So I’m left with blindly being in a cult, or not really paying attention, which is pretty much the same difference.