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Hello from the Manhattan courthouse where the criminal trial of Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is about to kick off with opening arguments
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Joe Exotic's legal team tell me they are "100% confident" Trump will pardon the 'Tiger King' from his 22-year criminal sentence. Here's the 38ft "Monster Ram Truck Limo" they've reserved to pick him up. They plan to grab some McRibs immediately after.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he won't help in the extradition of Trump to New York. But there is literally a clause in the Constitution that says he has to. Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2, to be precise - aka, the Extradition Clause.
The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head.
It is un-American.
The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law to downgrade felonies and to excuse criminal misconduct. Yet, now he is
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Meet Chase Oliver — the 37-year-old libertarian who just scored 2% of Georgia’s Senate vote. That margin helped ensure that neither Herschel Walker nor Raphael Warnock got more than 50% necessary to avoid a runoff.
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If Weisselberg fails to cooperate fully and tell the truth in this trial, the judge warned he may rescind Weisselberg's 5-month plea deal and sentence him to a possible 15 years.
Weisselberg won't be sentenced until after this trial is over.
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This criminal trial is part of a "double-barrel shotgun to the financial infrastructure of Trump’s businesses," said
@rossi4va
If New York gets its way, Trump will never run a business here again and his company will be branded a criminal enterprise
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The Manhattan DA just told a court there's grounds to investigate Trump and his business for fraud -- and got very specific about which statutes:
-Scheme to Defraud
-Falsification of Business Records
-Insurance Fraud
-Criminal Tax Fraud
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Oregon asked a federal judge for an emergency order stating Trump's mystery agents in Portland must:
A) Identify themselves
B) Explain any arrests
C) Not make any arrests without probable cause
The judge just refused.
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Trump's antics in Georgia left him with a new prosecutor to worry about. She's a Democrat and daughter of a Black Panther. And her name is Fani Willis.
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Rep. Paul Gosar is tweeting about dying "gloriously in battle" now that he's stuck at home on self-quarantine after a coronavirus scare.
Been thinking about life and mortality today. I’d rather die gloriously in battle than from a virus. In a way it doesn’t matter. But it kinda does.
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Trump's longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg refused to cooperate fully against Trump. His compromise deal was to agree to testify in this trial against Trump's company, where the stakes are a lot lower than a criminal trial against an individual.
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Meanwhile, a lawyer for the Trump Org has signaled the company may be gearing up to argue in this trial that Weisselberg is lying.
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Weisselberg's plea includes 5 mos in New York's notorious Rikers Island—no joke for a 75-year-old man.
17 people died in NY prisons in 2022.
NYT: "Rikers Island and the city’s other jail facilities have been engulfed in violence and disorder"
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New mar-a-lago search document just revealed, and it looks like a Donkey Kong level
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Update: Trump didn't pardon him.
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Stormy Daniels declared last night that she's ready to testify against Trump if he's charged. Less than 24 hours later, Trump would be indicted.
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Spokesman for Manhattan DA Cy Vance on Trump’s new round of pardons: "This action underscores the urgent need to hold Mr. Manafort accountable for his crimes against the People of New York as alleged in our indictment, and we will continue to pursue our appellate remedies."
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Oliver supports gun rights, legal weed, access to abortion, immigration reform, and balancing the budget to cut inflation. And he detests America’s two-party duopoly. He says the runoff shows the need for ranked-choice voting, rather than cutting out third-party candidates.
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"Ms. Boebert had cashed two checks from her campaign totaling $22,259 for mileage reimbursement. The number equated to 38,712 miles — well more than the 24,901-mile circumference of the planet."
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Good morning from Day 2 of the Trump Org criminal trial, where we've learned Trump's big plan for his company to beat the rap: Blame his longtime money man Allen Weisselberg... and keep paying him.
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Steve Bannon wore three shirts to the first day of his criminal trial: A black crew neck, a purple button down, and a dark gray button down.
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Local authorities voted to keep this Confederate statue. Hurricane Laura tore it down.
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Oliver managed this with an astonishingly cheap, DIY campaign, run out of his basement in the Atlanta suburbs.
His mainstream opponents spent a quarter-billion dollars swamping Georgia with attack ads.
Oliver spent about $10k, a bit more than a dime per vote.
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New York Attorney General's office says they're "reviewing Robinhood app activity," including GameStop issues.
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Trump was already the first president to ever be impeached twice. Now he's the first former-president to be recommended for criminal charges to the Department of Justice by a Congressional committee.
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As of right now, Joe Biden is leading in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona.
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Trump's shield of immunity from federal indictment is now set to expire at precisely noon on January 20, 2021.
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Meanwhile, Georgia braces for ANOTHER runoff.
I heard the waitress in the saloon bar where I wrote up our interview bemoaning endless election ads, so I asked what she thinks of Chase Oliver.
“Oh, he’s nice,” she said. “He comes in here all the time.”
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🚨BREAKING: New York Attorney General just filed a $250 millionl lawsuit against Trump, his company and all three of his adult children for fraudulent business practices:
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He’s planning to stay involved on the runoff as an activist. He got 81,000 votes in a race where the front-runners are divided by just ~30,000. Don’t forget Biden won this state by just 12,000.
And he wants Warnock and Walker to speak to his issues.
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Right now Italy is going harder than anyone on Russian billionaires' superyachts and trophy villas.
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We spent a pretty chill Wednesday morning talking about his remarkable impact on this election.
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Chase Oliver says if Georgia had ranked-choice voting, the runoff would have already been decided.
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There's a historic strike being joined by Amazon's workers today, but Jeff Bezos' day just got even worse.
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Cohen said: "On a personal level, I am equally elated, knowing that Trump, his children and his company will now face the judge, and be responsible, for their own dirty deeds.”
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The Trump team lost two legal battles in one day today.
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Here’s where Chase Oliver stands on guns, the drug war, the economy and abortion.
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Memo to Trumpworld: Do *NOT* mess with the Postal Inspectors.
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During the debate over labeling McConney a hostile witness, Joshua Steinglass said: “He is a textbook adverse witness,” noting McConney's getting paid by the defendants, met with defendants’ lawyer, and would not meet with prosecutors
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Just imagine the ridiculously fat paychecks brought down by the political consultants for the major candidates—who have have their best laid plans thrown into chaos.
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NEW: Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood must prove he's of sound mind, or risk losing his license to practice law.
Such probes are normally confidential, but Wood revealed it himself on his Telegram page, so the State Bar of Georgia confirmed the inquiry.
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Michael Cohen thinks this is a dangerous moment: “There is zero chance that Trump will accept this decision and leave without causing chaos. His acknowledgement of the loss would be tantamount to an acknowledgement that he is a loser; something he is incapable of doing.”
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Trump tweeted out "LOVE!" to a phony hardcore MAGA account claiming to belong to his sister Elizabeth.
But it wasn't her. The woman who answered the phone as Elizabeth Trump Grau at her listed home number told me: “I don’t even belong to Twitter.”
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My own reporting (and NYT's work) suggests Allen Weisselberg is still in good graces at Trump's company. That suggests his willingness to accept a jail sentence while refusing to fully cooperate was well-received by Donald Trump, even tho he'll be testifying against the firm.
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Next up with a tell-all: Michael Cohen.
Favorable ruling yesterday by the Court as I am close to completion of my book...
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Aaand McConney just testified that the Trump Org is paying for his lawyer, too.
Prosecutor: “So the defendant is paying for your lawyer?”
McConney:
“Yes, sir.”
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Update: Joe Exotic is PISSED at Trump.
“I was too innocent and too GAY to deserve a Pardon from Trump,” Exotic wrote in an statement that was tweeted out by one of his associates.
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I just got off the phone with
@MichaelCohen212
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“Donald got off on every single second of what he saw today,”
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Notable: Two key witnesses in the criminal trial against the Trump Organization (Allen Weisselberg & Jeff McConney) are STILL drawing down hefty paychecks from the Trump Organization.
McConney takes home almost half a million $/year, he just testified.
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In the middle of this criminal trial over Trump's company's handling of the taxes of its employees, Trump asks the Supreme Court to shield his tax returns
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ALL RISE. The criminal trial of Trump's family business begins.
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🚨 BREAKING: Michael Cohen's getting out of jail. “He should be released by 2pm to his son" tomorrow, the judge says, finding the purpose of throwing him back in jail was retaliation for writing a tell-all book about Trump.
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So here's some potential high drama:
For Trump's company to beat these charges, it may need to show Weisselberg is lying.
If it does *too* good a job branding him a liar, it could help send Trump's longtime, aging CFO away for (effectively) a life sentence.
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Man, I have never seen a judge excuse a jury for 15 minutes in the middle of an opening argument.
For those who've never sat through a trial before, lawyers DO NOT like to be disrupted while making these openers. It's their chance to paint the big picture for the jury.
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New: Prosecutors argue the QAnon Shaman, Jacob Chansley, shouldn't get bail in part because he carried a "dangerous weapon" into the Capitol (his spear), said he believes he's an alien, and might wind up at Biden's inauguration if he's released.
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🚨🚨Enrique Tarrio, Proud Boy leader, sentenced to 22 years for his role in Jan 6
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Bill Barr just nuked Trump's election conspiracy fantasy-land.
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Trump rolled out a secret weapon at tonight's debate: Being boring.
But boring may not be enough when he's 10 points down.
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BREAKING: George Santos charged with money laundering and wire fraud 🚨
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Trump didn’t take news about his invitation to testify before a NY grand jury well.
And for good reason: It’s a sign criminal charges are close.
He railed against the DA, Michael Cohen, and Stormy Daniels.
But he never said the report's not true.
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During discussion, Trump lawyer Necheles said McConney was threatened with perjury during grand jury testimony by Mark Pomerantz.
Pomerantz is the ex-prosecutor for Manhattan DA who was brought into investigate Trump, then quit when DA Bragg refused to charge Trump personally
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Officials found:
-11 Molotov cocktails filled with "homemade napalm"
-a loaded 9 mm handgun
-a loaded rifle
-a loaded shotgun
-a crossbow with bolts
-several machetes
-a stun gun
-hundreds of rounds of ammo
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*Trump*: Counting more ballots is terrible!
*Trump Campaign*: Counting more ballots is our path to victory!
Latest with
@cam_joseph
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Then after slamming Weisselberg as a man obsessed with greed who committed tax crimes, the Trump Payroll Corporation lawyer admits Trump's company is still paying this him.
“He still gets some pay,” Van der Veen admits a little sheepishly.
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Nine people who attended a Trump rally in Bemidji, MN on Sept. 18 have tested positive for COVID and two are in the hospital, Minnesota Dept. of Health says.
Tomorrow, Trump plans to host a gathering on the White House South Lawn.
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Trump says he invoked the 5th Amendment to refuse to answer questions during his NY Attorney General deposition.
In the past, Trump has said: “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
And: "You see the mob takes the Fifth.”
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Election law expert
@_justinlevitt_
tells me he sees no good way for Trump to toss the election to the courts: “There’s no indication yet that there have been any meaningful violations of any statute or the Constitution,” he says. “There’s nothing for the courts to decide.”
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NEW: Judge Cannon denies DOJ request for a partial stay (to carve out the docs marked classified) and appoints Raymond Dearie as special master.
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Prosecution opening argument gets specific about what Donald Trump did.
Many "off the books" payments to Weisselberg (rent, Benz leases) were paid through the company. But tuition for W's grandchildren's private school tuition "was paid by Donald Trump personally.”
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NEW: The State Bar of Georgia has opened an inquiry into pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood's mental health, confirming his statement on Telegram Thursday night.
Lin Wood will now, seemingly, have to prove he's not crazy -- or lose his law license.
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We have a first witness for the prosecution: Jeffrey McConney, the company controller and longtime deputy to Allen Weisselberg
Background here:
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Judge Merchan berates Trump lawyer Michael van der Veer in the middle of opening arguments after sustaining yet another objection (over, apparently, characterizing the law about personal vs corp taxes)
JUDGE: “Sustained. We discussed this. We went over it. Please move on.”
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Prosecutor is running through internal Trump Org spreadsheet showing Weisselberg received his bonus in chunks from various Trump assets, including Mar-a-Lago, Wollman Rink, Trump Intl Golf Club, Trump Las Vegas Dev, and Trump Productions (ie, The Apprentice).
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Like, multiple sustained objections (3x so far) are one thing, but a lengthy break in the middle is just... weird.
It seems a juror, or more than one, needed a break (relatable).
But I think it's fair to say this not an auspicious start for the Trump Org defense.
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Mugshot of Mark Meadows, Trump's former White House Chief of Staff
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Ft. Lauderdale police just released a video of Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale getting tackled by the cops. Police wrote in a report they'd been told he was still armed, and thought his pockets looked large enough to conceal a weapon.
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Impeachments:
Trump: 2
Nixon: 0
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The Trump Org paying senior employees in benefits that covered their personal expenses “was a clever scheme; it just wasn’t legal," the prosecutor tells the jury.
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Trump lawyer: The people will claim there was a benefit to the Payroll Corp…
Prosecutor: Objection.
Judge: Sustained. The comment shall be stricken from the record.
Trump lwr: If Weisselberg really acted to benefit the company….
Pros: Objection
Judge: Sustained
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Court is back in session for the criminal trial of Trump's company.
Jeff McConney, Trump Org Senior Vice President and Controller, is on the stand. Before lunch he acknowledged that he's still on the payroll of the Trump Org, which is also paying for his lawyer in this case.
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Breaking: Judge DENIES Oregon's request for a temporary restraining order against Trump's mystery feds. Oregon had asked the judge to order the federal agents not to make unconstitutional arrests in unmarked cars on the streets of Portland.
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But Weisselberg has to walk a tightrope. Can he testify fully and truthfully at this criminal trial, without saying anything that creates new jeopardy for Trump or puts himself at risk of a much longer sentence?
We're about to find out.
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Breaking: The Feds are suing Trump associate Roger Stone and his wife Nydia for $2 million in back taxes, and arguing that "the Stones intended to defraud the United States by maintaining their assets" in a Delaware LLC.
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SENTENCE: Aggregate 22 years incarceration and 36 months supervised release
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The Manhattan DA's office suggested it's investigating Trump's company for bank and insurance fraud on Monday. But they've long signaled the probe is going deeper than those hush-money payments.
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For example: Weisselberg admitted receiving off-the-books benefits from the company, avoiding payroll taxes.
Who else in Trump's small, family business got such payments? Will any be implicated by Weisselberg's testimony?
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My personal favorite anecdote from John Bolton's new book is how Trump badgered Mike Pompeo to hand-deliver an Elton John CD to Kim Jong Un for "several months."
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That's the drama here — whether Trump's longtime money-man, Allen Weisselberg, can dance between the raindrops without getting wet.
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The prosecution kicks off the criminal case against Trump's company: "This case is about greed and cheating — cheating on taxes."
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Rep. Tom Rice, Republican of South Carolina, stunned observers by reversing himself, joining Democrats, and voting to impeach Trump.
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UPDATE: The account declared itself a "parody" and apologized, saying it didn't think the president himself would be fooled into believing this account really belonged to his sister. But Trump fell for it.
Trump tweeted out "LOVE!" to a phony hardcore MAGA account claiming to belong to his sister Elizabeth.
But it wasn't her. The woman who answered the phone as Elizabeth Trump Grau at her listed home number told me: “I don’t even belong to Twitter.”
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All Rise: Judge Kelly is on the bench for the criminal sentencing of Enrique Tarrio, longtime chairman of the Proud Boys, for his role in Jan 6.
Feds are seeking a 33 year sentence.
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