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NEW: The
@Law360
Trump Digital Docket
There is no digital case file for Trump's hush money case – or any official index of filings for NY criminal cases. So, we created one.
This service is free to all and will be updated📄💻🛜
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NEW: Order from Justice Merchan allowing
@ManhattanDA
to disclose the existence of the indictment of Donald Trump.
@Law360
This is the first document showing the existence of the indictment of the former president.
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Now: Trump's head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head doops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.
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New: Rudy Giuliani hit with stomach-churning sexual abuse claims in $10M+ assault, civil rights, labor, contract suit by fmr assoc Noelle Dunphy.
She's got recordings of (pretty vile) statements and had 23,000 Rudy emails, she says, bc worked for him but he refused to pay her.
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Just in: Trump’s bid for emergency relief to halt trial ~ for change of venue ~ is denied.
Gag order motion comes tomorrow.
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NEW: Hunter Biden’s attorney demands Donald Trump cease & desist from statements “both defamatory and likely to incite” violence against the U.S. president’s son.
Invoking the Paul Pelosi attack, he says “we are just one such social media message away from another incident.”
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New: Trump subpoenaed the wrong guy,
@ManhattanDA
says. Trump seeks records from an ex-DA investigator but got the wrong Jeremy Rosenberg.
"I don't have any files for you," J.R. said and told Trump's atty, before adding, "I'm keeping the fifteen dollars" in witness travel fees.
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New: Trump subject to "enhanced monitoring" after Trump Org. monitor Barbara Jones identifies $40M in undisclosed cash transfers (among other things)...
The transfers include $29M paid to Donald Trump for taxes & $5.5M payment for the E. Jean Carroll sexual assault judgment.
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EXCLUSIVE:
@Law360
learned Chris Kise, Trump's atty, was forced to apologize to 2 female attorneys after dismissive remarks during an off-the-record sidebar in AG's fraud trial.
Kise told the law clerk he didn't want to talk to her & questioned an AG atty's intelligence
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NEW: Death threats & antisemitic rants "inundated" Justice Engoron & his law clerk after Donald Trump attacked them on social media, says top NY court security official, citing 275 transcribed pages.
The threats are "serious and credible and not hypothetical or speculative."
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NOW: Trump lashes out at Justice Engoron and AG James as “corrupt” saying they have “no case.”
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NEW: Trump Org. monitor flags "incomplete" disclosures to lenders & missing certifications of accuracy on financial statements. Some Trump financial statements given to 3rd parties *do not match* those from their accountants.
Reminder: AG's case is all about misrepresentations.
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Now: Judge pounds the bench as he argues with Donald Trump's attorney Chris Kise over his reading of the law:
“You cannot make false statements and use them in business. That’s what this statute prohibits,” Justice Engoron said.
Now: NY AG's attorney about Trump's defense in the fraud case:
"In defendant’s world, there is no objective truth” Andrew Amer said. "Defendants have clearly stepped through the looking glass."
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New: Justice Merchan denies Trump bid to adjourn trial due to prejudicial publicity.
The solution to the publicity is “thorough, thoughtful and effective voir dire” — aka, jury selection.
Basically, see you Monday.
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Today: Donald Trump faces a contempt motion by
@NewYorkStateAG
at 60 Centre this morning, for allegedly failing to turn over documents in her investigation of Trump Org.
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FILINGS:
@ManhattanDA
seeks order barring Donald Trump access to certain documents in his criminal case for fear he may mishandle them—think Mar-a-Lago, the DA says—or attack people with them.
Trump's counsel rejected such an order, DA says.
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Notable: Rudy Giuliani faces "Battery" civil claim for sexual abuse under Adult Survivors Act for rape, sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, forcible touching
This is the same action E. Jean Carroll brought against Donald Trump.
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NEW: Indictment of straw donors to NYC Mayor Eric Adams has this remarkable line:
"[the Candidate] said he doesn't want to do anything if he doesn't get 25 Gs."
Today we announced the indictments of six individuals and EcoSafety Consultants Inc. for conspiring to use a straw donor scheme to illegally generate matching funds from the New York City Campaign Finance Board during the 2021 mayoral election. Learn more:
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NEW: Judge will examine if Joe Tacopina, Donald Trump's criminal defense attorney, is conflicted out of the
@ManhattanDA
's hush-money case, ordering the attorney to turn over records related to his past interactions with Stormy Daniels.
@Law360
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Now: Trump seeks to lift his gag order and to move his trial out of Manhattan, his attys tell
@Law360
, seeking emergency relief from an appellate judge this morning.
A docket shows Justice Merchan has been sued by Trump, under seal, likely tied to gag appeal.
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NEW: The names of the jurors in Donald Trump's hush money case will be kept secret, Justice Merchan rules, but Trump,
@ManhattanDA
and their attorneys and consultants will know who they are and where they live.
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Wow: In *Feb. 2019*, Giuliani had "voter fraud" claim planned if Donald Trump lost the election, according to the complaint.
"Giuliani told Ms. Dunphy that Trump’s team would claim that there was 'voter fraud' and that Trump had actually won the election."
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New:
@NewYorkStateAG
kicks tires on Trump’s $175M bond in the civil fraud appeal, essentially asking for proof that Knight is able to pay up if necessary.
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ℹ️ As Trump faces criminal contempt for repeatedly posting about witnesses in the hush money case, the
@ManhattanDA
has asked for a $1,000 fine per violation. Why not more?
Well, that's the law. It's either $1,000 or jail.
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New: Justice Engoron's atty slams Trump's free speech claims in his gag order appeal as "risible" , once more citing a "risk of violence."
"Whether he seeks it or not, some of Mr. Trump’s followers are willing to engage in violence to show their support," the judge's atty said.
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Drew the lucky straw and was the first reporter to get this. Journalists have been waiting in the hallway for this all morning
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I don't know if he's the right guy or not... but this is quite a response to a subpoena from Donald Trump!
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NEW: Justice Engoron demands answers on Weisselberg's alleged perjury in Trump's civil fraud trial...as he weighs decision.
"I of course want to know whether Mr. Weisselberg is now changing his tune, and whether he is admitting he lied under oath in my courtroom at this trial."
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I think this is going to be a problem…
EXCLUSIVE: After the judge in his NY fraud case angrily ordered Trump to remove his harassing post about his law clerk and put a limited gag order in place, Trump deleted the post on Truth Social but it remains up to this day on his website. Story.
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NEW: Trump *cannot* give his own closing argument in the NY fraud trial after Justice Engoron ruled Trump had missed the "third extended" deadline to agree to his terms -- which he said were the same terms applying to anyone giving a closing statement.
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Behold, the Trump Civil Fraud Calculator ™️
Today, Donald Trump owes $453.6 million, with prejudgment interest in the AG's case. All defendants owe $464M.*
*Notice it ticked up? Interest adds $90k a day, 2.7M a month, $32.8M a year. A week out, Trump alone owes $600,000 more.
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NEW: AG fires back a Trump's bid to halt trial, saying they've offered to hold off on moving to dissolve Trump's company as long as trial moves forward.
Basically, why upend a huge public trial when we can work something out? At any rate, Trump's args fail, AG says.
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NEW from TRUMP MONITOR: "Misstatements and errors may continue to occur which could result in incorrect or inaccurate reporting of financial information to third parties...” if Trump Org. doesn't reform.
Info has been incomplete, inconsistent & had errors, per Ex-Judge Jones.
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*The case was filed in January but this 70-page complaint is new today, with far more detail.
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MORE: Seeking to halt trial, Trump argues:
Justice Engoron “clearly does not comprehend the scope of the chaos its decision has wrought,” saying terminating his business licenses… makes it "impossible" to operate his businesses and threatens termination of 100s of employees.
NEW: Trump seeks emergency delay of AG trial as part of his appeal of the judge's order finding Trump liable for fraud.
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Breaking: NY Judge orders monitor over Trump Organization, a victory for
@NewYorkStateAG
in her $250M fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump, his companies and officers.
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UPDATE: The arrested woman is a NY court employee. She is charged with contempt of court, disrupting a court proceeding.
She approached the front of the courtroom and indicated she “wanted to assist” Donald Trump.
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Wow:
@FoxNews
just told a federal judge
@TuckerCarlson
did not slander fmr Playmate Karen McDougal because: “Would a reasonable viewer be coming here and thinking this is where I’m going to be hearing the news of the day?”
@Law360
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Pool consensus was Trump definitely glared at Maggie.
Trump "glares" at
@MaggieNYT
"for several seconds as he walks out," hours after she broke the news of the former president's in-court snooze.
(per
@Law360
's pooler
@frankrunyeon
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I don't think I can even screenshot/summarize this complaint. If you want to read the graphic details... it's filed here:
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NEW: Ivanka Trump must testify after NY appellate court rejects her bid to freeze her trial subpoena. She’s slated to take the stand next Wednesday after her father’s testimony on Monday.
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Now: Justice Engoron rejects Ret. U.S. Judge Barbara Jones being added as a last-minute Trump witness , saying that an independent monitor is an arm of the court and cannot be questioned & raises possible conflict issues.
"I hereby preclude their testimony," judge rules.
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New: Justice Gesmer denies Trump’s bid to delay trial for the third time this week.
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Breaking: A woman who approached the bench during Donald Trump‘s fraud trial today, apparently asking to speak with Trump, was arrested and placed in a New York State courts squad car just now.
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Today's final moment: Trump stands at the end of a motions hearing and the judge quickly rebukes him.
“Sir, can you please have a seat," Justice Merchan said.
Trump sits.
"Thank you,” the judge says.
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New: Justice Merchan unimpressed with Trump’s late-breaking presidential immunity motion to delay the March 25 hush money trial.
Judge doesn’t rule but says they’ll have to ask for permission before firing off a motion like this again, pumping the brakes on a flurry of filings.
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We've been going through the first official round of "voir dire" with 30 minute rounds of questions from the DA and Trump's attorney.
At this stage, prospective jurors have said they can be impartial. A few said their personal policy differences would not impact their fairness.
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New: Justice Merchan denies Trump’s presidential immunity motion “in its entirety as untimely,” ruling Trump filed it late and the court already rejected the argument in the defense’s failed motion to dismiss the case.
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NYAG is going through each property they say Trump used to inflate his net worth by billions a year.
“The inflation of Mar-a-Lago is simply staggering”
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"You should be assassinated," one threat reads.
A NY court security official links Donald Trump's statements to the threats.
"When Mr. Trump violated the gag orders, the number of threatening, harassing and disparaging messages increased," Capt. Hollon said.
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Now: Judge clears the courtroom but keeps Trump and the attorneys in the room. Press protest sealing the courtroom on the way out. Court officers order us out.
Once again, we don’t know what’s going on in the courtroom.
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Now: NY AG's attorney about Trump's defense in the fraud case:
"In defendant’s world, there is no objective truth” Andrew Amer said. "Defendants have clearly stepped through the looking glass."
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FYI: AG now seeks $367 million from Donald Trump by my tally, plus interest, by my tally.
The alleged ill-gotten gains:
$168,000,000Lost loan interest
$139,000,000OPO Sale
$60,000,000Ferry Point golf course sale
Up from $250 million noted in her original lawsuit.
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NEW:
@NYSenateDems
formally reject Hector LaSalle in a letter mandated by state law notifying
@GovKathyHochul
of the judge’s rejection for chief judge.
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As he walked in this morning, Trump told the cameras:
"I was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense ... That's exactly what it was."
He's making a habit of not responding to questions from reporters and saying whatever is on his mind, per pool reports.
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Breaking: Associate Justice David Friedman temporarily lifted Justice Engoron's gag orders on Donald Trump and his attorneys in the AG's civil fraud case.
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Breaking: Trump fined $5,000 for violating his gag order. Justice Engoron did *not* hold him in contempt and noted it was "first time" violation and credited Trump's attorney's arguments that it was "inadvertent."
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@rscharf_
@Law360
1AD's Associate Justice Cynthia S. Kern rejected Trump's bid to halt trial while a full bench mulls constitutional challenge to Justice Merchan's gag order.
Trump had argued there was ongoing, irreparable harm to him and "the voting public" caused by restricting his speech.
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ORDER: Trump’s “application for an interim stay of enforcement…& for a stay of trial, is granted solely to the extent of staying enforcement of Supreme Court's order directing the cancellation of business certificates. The interim application is denied in all other respects.”
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BREAKING: Chief Judge DiFiore was under investigation by state ethics watchdog when she resigned.
@Law360
exclusive.
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Now: Trump plans to call ex-U.S. Judge Barbara Jones, who is serving as independent monitor over the Trump Org., his attorney says.
Trump Org exec Mark Hawthorne is testifying that they have had a "very cooperative" & she hasn't said she “uncovered any fraud or irregularities.”
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Trump asked the court to enforce his subpoena against J.R. , decrying his “flippant and dismissive approach” to it.
Trump says (a different?) Rosenberg had contact w/ Michael Cohen that may show “bias and hostility" toward Trump & “the lack of integrity” in investigation.
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Just now: Donald Trump posting a selective quote from the judge in the midst of his trial testimony at lunch.
Context is that the judge was admonishing Trump to answer the questions directly instead of giving speeches.
Does this run afoul of admonition not to discuss testimony?
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The information was filed today as part of Justice Engoron's opposition to Trump's motion to lift the gag orders. The judge argued they were necessary for the safety of this staff.
This affidavit by court security is meant to support that position.
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Update! Trumps fails to halt trial BUT wins a stay, freezing Justice Engoron’s moves to dissolve his businesses.
Worth noting that the AG was already quietly offering to hold off on dissolving businesses, before Trump ran to the appellate court this afternoon.
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In the DA's bid for an order limiting Trump's access and the public's access to sensitive case information,
@ManhattanDA
says:
"Trump has a longstanding and perhaps singular history of attacking witnesses, investigators, prosecutors, trial jurors, grand jurors, judges & others"
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Attn NY politicos:
@BoDietl
got FBI agents' names who sought to question Dunphy in investigation of Rudy Giuliani, then told Rudy, according to the suit.
Bo Dietl is ... a colorful character, a fmr NYPD detective and private investigator, also ran for mayor in 2017
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New: E. Jean Carroll says Trump's requested trial delay in her rape case for a "cooling off" period after his arraignment, "will do nothing to 'cool' the unavoidable press & security concerns that will attend this trial" & says he has "instigated" and sought to benefit from media
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IN-DEPTH: Disorganized, incomplete and delayed. The mass of paper that makes up the official criminal record in New York does not even have a docket sheet.
Welcome to NY State Supreme Court, Criminal Term, where Donald Trump faces trial.
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Assoc. Justice Lizbeth González hears args:
Trump only addresses his change of venue motion, saying Manhattanites were hopelessly biased against him and media coverage is prejudicial.
DA: Too late for this and Trump creates publicity.
No decision yet. (Gag order args Tuesday)
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Wow. Federal prosecutors confirm Ex-Gov. Cuomo sexual harassment claims:
"The Executive Chamber under former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
(1) subjected female employees to a sexually hostile work environment;
(2) tolerated that environment and failed to correct the problem..."
Justice Department Secures Settlement Agreement with State of New York Executive Chamber to Resolve Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Claims Under Title VII
@CivilRights
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Now: Press removed from courtroom at lunch. Donald Trump and attorneys still inside. Officer said it was a “chambers conference.”
This follows a moment where Justice Engoron said an AP report suggested he violated his gag order against commenting on his clerk.
It’s been 10 min.
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@Law360
Meanwhile, senior clerks, and court staff check out the eclipse above the courthouse… which will peak shortly before arguments in Trump’s appeal
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Note: Barbara Jones called out Trump for "incomplete" disclosures in August.
"The trust also has not consistently provided all required annual and quarterly certifications attesting to the accuracy of certain financial statements," she said.
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Trump is 0-2 at NY appellate division this week.
@rscharf_
with
@Law360
’s report from the courthouse today.
Justice Kern DENIED Trump's bid to stay the trial while the gag order is weighed. A full appellate panel will now decide Monday (same day jury selection is set to begin) whether to delay the trial. Then, the actual merits of the gag order will be considered later in the month.
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New: Trump's NY gag orders are reinstated by the appellate court.
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Jay-Z leaves Manhattan civil court Friday after sparring with an attorney for the perfume company suing him for allegedly failing to promote his Gold Jay-Z cologne.
He’ll be back on Monday.
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Oh boy. Justice Engoron slaps down Trump atty's args against sanctions for making rejected arguments.
"I thought these arguments are crazy. Literally, literally crazy...Then, appellate division affirms me. Twice."
"The law on sanctions is if you’ve been warned, don’t do it."
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"We have discussed with [the Trump defendants] why these transactions were not previously disclosed and I have now clarified (and Defendants have agreed) that *all* transfers of assets out of the Trust exceeding $5 million must be reported," ex-U.S. District Judge Jones writes.
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This is all necessary to protect people the
@ManhattanDA
says Trump has already begun to attack, as he has done in the past (DA cites Mueller investigation, 2 impeachments, two more special counsel probes, Jan. 6 and the Georgia election interference matter)
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Wow.
@Forbes
slams Trump ex-CFO Weisselberg’s testimony as perjury, citing its emails w/ him.
“Weisselberg absolutely thought about Trump’s apartment—and played a key role in trying to convince Forbes over the course of several years that it was worth more than it really was.”
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Specifically,
@ManhattanDA
wants *all discovery* materials only used for the case, ie. no social media posting or sharing with the press. Docs the DA deems sensitive, only Trump's attorneys can have but Trump can review. He would get no access to witness cell phone data.
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@Law360
We are still waiting. What will follow is among the odd things in NY courts:
One side tells the other they're seeking emergency relief, with little notice. They show up, hoping a judge will see them. If so, they go to a little room. No steno. They argue. The judge rules.
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DAY 2: Trump’s hush money trial continues today with jury selection. Yesterday, we saw about 50 people excuse themselves for bias reasons – without explanation.
We’ve got about 30 people left on that slate of prospective jurors and 9 have answered questionnaires.
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@ManhattanDA
Remarkable findings by Merchan:
- "The Court further finds good cause..."that there is a likelihood of bribery, jury tampering, or of physical injury or harassment of jurors."
- Trump has "an extensive history of publicly and repeatedly attacking trial jurors and grand jurors."
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Trump atty Chris Kise just denied he was called "rude" at the sidebar in a quick chat in the hallway just now.
...But I know it happened, because I heard it myself. And so did a bunch of other reporters in the gallery.
Now: During a 20-min. sidebar, it’s impossible to hear everything that is being said, but then:
“Be more respectful,” AG atty Colleen Faherty says to Kise.
“No,” Kise snaps back.
“That was rude,” Faherty replies, her voice confrontational.
The voices die down again.
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Trump's emergency appeal seeks to stop Justice Engoron's latest order in the case, which strongly hinted at the peril his companies face...
Judge asked to be alerted of any loan defaults or contract changes due to his canceling Trump's business licenses.
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Context: On Monday, Trump's atty said they wanted to put Jones on the stand to testify as she has not reported finding any fraud.
That ... did not fly with the judge.
Now: Trump plans to call ex-U.S. Judge Barbara Jones, who is serving as independent monitor over the Trump Org., his attorney says.
Trump Org exec Mark Hawthorne is testifying that they have had a "very cooperative" & she hasn't said she “uncovered any fraud or irregularities.”
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Trump is expected to respond to this motion and we will have more when that's filed.
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FYI: Donald Trump attended his son Eric Trump’s H.S. graduation in 2002.
How do I know? I was there. We were classmates at The Hill School.
(I’ve seen far too many claims to the contrary re Donald Trump’s request to attend his son Barron’s HS graduation)
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***Legal Wormhole***
Justice Engoron, as a matter of law, already canceled all of Trump’s business certificates.
Does NY need to reinstate them?
Well, no. Why?
The NY Dept. of State appears to have ignored the court’s order and failed to act. DOS has refused to say why…
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The official Trump criminal case file is purely paper – as it is for all NYC defendants – even though emails and PDFs fly back and forth behind the scenes, what ultimately matters is an often piecemeal record with only the papers the judge sends to the clerk.
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Trump is sitting at the defense table the courtroom, as his attorneys mill about. Attys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove are whispering in Trump’s ear.
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NEW: Ivanka Trump must testify in AG's fraud trial in person, Justice Engoron rules.
Despite being dismissed from the case, the judge finds she conducted business and owns property in NY and failed to submit evidence to rebut that.
She can appeal and won't testify before Nov. 1
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New: NY court security stepped up amid decision finding Donald Trump liable for fraud:
"Court officers have been on a heightened state of readiness and officers have been cautioned to remain alert and vigilant both inside courthouses and while on perimeter patrols," spox says.
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NEW: Judge issues "gag order" on Trump after for posting "disparaging, untrue" post about his clerk.
"Consider this statement a gag order forbidding all parties from posting ... about any member of my staff. Failure to abide by this order will result in serious sanctions"
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