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kpete's Journal"the prosecution in its cross of Robert Costello...beat the snot out of him"
“I think the legal term to describe what we just saw from the prosecution in its cross of Robert Costello is Hoffinger beat the snot out of him”
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1792921004206862618
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger uses defense witness Robert Costello's own emails against him — and keeps calling back to his statement on the stand yesterday that an email speaks for itself.
Hoffinger displays an email showing Costello told his law partner their goal was to get "Cohen on the right page without giving him the appearance that we are following instructions from Giuliani or the president."
"In my opinion," Costello wrote, "this is the clear & correct strategy."
Costello then pushes back on the idea that the meanings of his emails are self-evident, but Hoffinger notes: "As you said yesterday, the email speaks for itself, correct?"
Costello's reply: "Sometimes."
https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1792923308914049032
Trump's recent mega rally in Wildwood now looks more like a mirage
Officials in Wildwood, New Jersey who were the source for the Associated Press’s (AP) reporting that former President Trump drew between 80,000 to 100,000 to a beachfront weekend rally now say it was not the number on the beach at the rally per se, but rather the number of people “in our town.”
For the actual rally number “we defer to the Trump Campaign for the exact count on the beach,” the latest Wildwood statement asserts. Lisa Fagan, the Wildwood press spokesperson AP originally cited as the source for the original crowd estimate was quoted as saying the eye-popping estimate was “based off her own observations on the scene Saturday, having seen ‘dozens’ of other events in the same space.”
Five days later, when asked to explain the wide variance between the AP reporting and the NJ.com video that reveals a crowd in the few thousands, Fagan provided a statement from Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano, a Republican, at odds with what the wire service initially attributed to Fagan.
“As a tourist town, we speak in tourism numbers,” Troiano wrote. “When we see that volume of people attending a beach event, we know that 80,000+ people are in our town. We see a quarter of a million visitors every weekend in the summer on our 1.89-mile boardwalk, not to mention our five-mile island, so we know what that volume looks like. They were watching and listening from the beach and boardwalk, in bars and restaurants, at hotels and second homes. People even lined up along the streets parade-style. We defer to the Trump Campaign for the exact count on the beach.”
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https://www.salon.com/2024/05/21/maga-rallies-are-getting-an-inflated-boost-from-the-press_partner/
The Defense rests. Donald Trump has decided not to take the stand in his own defense.
w/o the chicken-shit testifyingJustice Merchan tells the jurors what will happen next:
We will adjourn for the rest of the week, and then have summations -- closing arguments -- on Tuesday.
https://twitter.com/AnnaBower/status/1792921731947987420
https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1792921700402688259
The politics of an entitled fragile loser.
https://liberalsarecool.com/post/751040450665840640/the-politics-of-an-entitled-fragile-loser
Trump's Social Media Company Posts Massive Loss
Trump Media and Technology Group, the company affiliated with Donald Trump that operates Truth Social, reported $770,500 in revenue for the first quarter of 2024 and a net loss of $327.6 million, Variety reports.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/20/trumps-social-media-company-posts-massive-loss/
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/
Judge Merchan is ANGRY: MERCHAN ASKS FOR THE JURY TO STEP OUT
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.
https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1792648826051846347
https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1792649669064978945
https://twitter.com/NormEisen/status/1792649685275926630
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Updated-Trump wanting to have the day off for Barron's graduation gave the DA an extra day they used wisely
https://twitter.com/NormEisen/status/1792628034631004544https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1792637679269519367
Trump wanting to have the day off for Barron’s graduation gave the DA an extra day they used wisely, digging up video footage of Trump w/his bodyguard Schiller at almost the exact time Cohen said he called Schiller to speak to Trump. It will be the 1st thing played after lunch.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1792610764416757841
https://twitter.com/AWeissmann_/status/1792598125267345718
That Oct. 24, 2016, Phone Call Comes Up Again
Prosecutors have an image, taken from C-SPAN's archives, that show Trump and his bodyguard Keith Schiller together on Oct. 24, 2016, at about the time that Cohen said he called to get authorization to pay off Stormy Daniels.
Showing they were together would refute Trump’s lawyers’ suggestion that maybe Trump wasn’t with Schiller, highlighting that it's possible Schiller may have been able to pass the phone to Trump when Cohen called.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-trial-live-updates_n_664a8306e4b00e1a0a6c86d2#:~:text=That%20Oct.%2024%2C%202016%2C,to%20pay%20off%20Stormy%20Daniels.
In Trump Trial Photo with Schiller on CSPAN Raised After Cohen Cops to Keeping 30K
by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
100 CENTRE ST COURT, May 20 – In the Trump Trial what was supposed to be the last morning of the prosecution case ended with a fight whether C-SPAN footage of Trump with his bodyguard Keith Schiller on the evening of October 24, 2016 was relevant and if so, it is is hearsay.
Justice Merchan rules that it's relevant, and said he would return from the hastily called lunch break with his views on hearsay and its exception. Would the prosecution have to arrange to fly back in their C-SPAN witness from Ohio?
Already, closing argument were pushed a full week back, from May 21 to May 28, after Memorial Day. Would Justice Merchan maintain his Wednesday breaks, inserting an off day between summations and deliberations?
Near the end of cross examination of Cohen, Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche got Cohen to admit stealing $30,000 due to Red Finch (for buying IP addresses to juice Trump up to ninth place in a CNBC poll).
But then, in the style of Earl Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason, the photo Googled from CSPAN's website.
https://www.innercitypress.com/trumptrial17cohen4icp052024.html
UPDATE: The C-Span exhibit WILL come in after all, after prosecutors and defense attorneys agree to a stipulation that will avoid the issues of recalling the other witness.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1792626614909522333
Court is back in session. Judge Merchan takes the bench and rules that the photos that the prosecution wanted to use (Keith Schiller and Trump) are hearsay and cannot be admitted with a proper foundation.
Blanche tells the Court that the Defense will likely rest today but there remains the chance that they might put on a witness today.
The prosecution is asking for leave of court to be able to bring the C-Span witness back to authenticate the photos so that they can be entered into evidence.
Blanche objects, saying: “That’s not the way a trial is supposed to work, judge”
Note: the jury has NOT entered the
Merchan suggests adjourning until tomorrow morning so that the Prosecution can bring the C-Span Records Custodian back.
MANGOLD: CSPAN will make him available tomorrow at 9:30 am.
BLANCHE: this will be the fifth or sixth time they’ve run out of witnesses and we have witnesses ready to go
STEINGLASS: “[The Defense] is just wrong.” This witness is so narrow, none of the defense witnesses speak to it and we can go on or Mr. Blanche can put his case on tomorrow
The ball is in Mr. Blanche’s court
MERCHAN: Look, if time were of the essence, I would agree with you Mr. Blanche. We are essentially off for a week, there is no prejudice, you can present your case out of order or the witness takes the stand at 9:30 and then you rest. Nothing has changed.”
https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1792625482455810476
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1792624513475129346
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A helicopter carrying Iran's president and foreign minister has crashed. Casualties unknown.
Following closely reports that the helicopter carrying the Iranian President and the foreign minister has been forced to land unexpectedly and their condition not yet clear.
Together with EU member states and partners, we are monitoring the situation closely.
A helicopter with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on board suffered a "crash landing" on Sunday, state media reported, with weather conditions complicating rescue efforts.
Raisi's condition was unclear, according to state news reports, which also aired prayers for his safety.
At least 40 rescue teams, including drones and search dogs, have been deployed, but harsh weather and heavy fog in the area were making it difficult for them to reach the site, state media said.
Eight ambulances have been dispatched to the crash site and fog was preventing air rescue, it added.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-hard-landing-state-tv-says-rcna152961
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/rescuers-reach-helicopter-involved-incident-traveling-iran-president-110372576
https://x.com/CharlesMichel/status/1792215176889983158
https://x.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1792214100061438212
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1792187607444857232
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