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Wednesday, April 17th:
*Sandoval Hearing (@ 9:30am ET) – NY - *Donald John Trump (76/now 77) was indicted (3/30/23), formally arrested, charged & arraigned (4/4/23) with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the 1st degree & conspiracy in connection with hush money payments to two women [Stephanie Clifford aka adult actor Stormy Daniels & former Playboy model Karen McDougal] before the 2016 presidential election. Plead not guilty. Warrant vacated, released on own recognizance. New York County
New York: Submitting false invoices or checks. All 34 counts against Trump are felony charges (class E) instead of misdemeanors.
Trial began on 4/15/24 with jury selection. Trial expected to run 4 days a week. 12 jurors & 6 alternates to be selected.
Jury selection will run from 9.30am to around 4.30pm EST on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday (Judge has a separate commitment on Wednesdays).
Jury Selection Day 1 (4/15/24): 6. Day 2 (4/16/24): 1. Potential jurors selected: 7
New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Marchan presiding. Manhattan Attorney General Alvin Bragg. Prosecutors are Susan Hoffinger, Joshua Steinglass & Matthew Colangelo. Defense attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove, Susan Necheles & Gedalia Stern.
Trump is required to attend each day in person — although the judge could grant permission for special absences. Trump has vowed to attend court during the day & travel to campaign events at night— a schedule he also kept up during the defamation trial ahead of the New Hampshire primary, though his current campaign schedule is about one or two events a week.
Investigation & court info from 3/30/23 thru 4/12/24 & Jury Selection (Day 1 (4/15/24) reference post #650 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-apr-2023-trial-25-mar-2024-2.673176/page-33
4/16/24 Docket update: In the motion filed on Tuesday, prosecutors argue that Trump “wilfully violated this court’s [gag] order by publishing several social media posts attacking two known witnesses – Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels.” Prosecutor Al Bragg (by Christopher Conroy) filed "People's Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for Contempt".
link: DocumentCloud
snip: The Court should impose sanctions. Upon a finding of criminal contempt, the Judiciary Law authorizes a court to impose a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to sentence the contemnor to no more than 30 days' jail "or both, in the discretion of the court." Judiciary Law § 751. Here, this Court should impose the maximum $1,000 fine for each of defendant's three violations of the April 1 order. As this Court has already found, defendant's inflammatory attacks "undoubtedly interfere with the fair administration of justice & constitute[] a direct attack on the Rule of Law itself' (Conroy Aff., Ex. B, at 3). Such grave harm warrants imposition of the maximum fine permitted under the law.
In addition, this Court should again admonish defendant to comply with his obligations under the order. And finally, this Court should warn defendant that future violations of the Court's restrictions on his extrajudicial statements can be punished not only with additional fines, but also with a term of incarceration of up to thirty days. It is absolutely critical that defendant immediately halt any conduct that would violate the April 1 order's narrow restrictions to protect the integrity of the ongoing trial. A finding of criminal contempt, imposition of sanctions & stark warnings from this Court are the minimum remedies necessary to achieve this indispensable objective.
4/16/24 Tuesday, Jury Selection Day 2: Jury selection continues. Out of the original pool of 96 potential jurors whittled down, more than half had been excused on Monday. Out of that pool 6 jurors were chosen. Judge Merchan swore them in this afternoon & told them to expect to return for the trial's opening statements as soon as Monday morning. After a few hours of questioning he swore in a seventh. Each side gets 10 peremptory strikes. Trump's defense has used 6 of his 10 preemptive challenges. The DA's office has used 4 of its 10 challenges.
For more info see post #657 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-apr-2023-trial-25-mar-2024-2.673176/page-33
96 return on Thursday morning for another round of jury selection. Jury selection continues on Thursday, 4/18/24.
Note: Trump’s lawyers told the court before an early afternoon break that Trump no longer wished to exercise his right to be present for all one-on-one sidebar questioning of prospective jurors. Judge Merchan noted Trump had signed a form waiving his right to do so, saying: Mr. Trump, yesterday we discussed whether you wanted to be present at sidebars. You indicated you did. Your attorney indicated to me that you have changed your mind.
*Judge Merchan has outlined the next steps for prosecutors’ request to have Trump held in contempt over several social media posts about witnesses in the trial. The judge said he would have a hearing on the issue on Tuesday, 4/23/24 @ 9:30am. Trump’s attorneys have a 19 April deadline to submit a written response. Trump was served with this Order in court.
*Judge Merchan announces that the Sandoval hearing will take place on Wednesday, 4/17/24 @ 9:30am.
*Sandoval Hearing (@ 9:30am ET) – NY - *Donald John Trump (76/now 77) was indicted (3/30/23), formally arrested, charged & arraigned (4/4/23) with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the 1st degree & conspiracy in connection with hush money payments to two women [Stephanie Clifford aka adult actor Stormy Daniels & former Playboy model Karen McDougal] before the 2016 presidential election. Plead not guilty. Warrant vacated, released on own recognizance. New York County
New York: Submitting false invoices or checks. All 34 counts against Trump are felony charges (class E) instead of misdemeanors.
Trial began on 4/15/24 with jury selection. Trial expected to run 4 days a week. 12 jurors & 6 alternates to be selected.
Jury selection will run from 9.30am to around 4.30pm EST on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday (Judge has a separate commitment on Wednesdays).
Jury Selection Day 1 (4/15/24): 6. Day 2 (4/16/24): 1. Potential jurors selected: 7
New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Marchan presiding. Manhattan Attorney General Alvin Bragg. Prosecutors are Susan Hoffinger, Joshua Steinglass & Matthew Colangelo. Defense attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove, Susan Necheles & Gedalia Stern.
Trump is required to attend each day in person — although the judge could grant permission for special absences. Trump has vowed to attend court during the day & travel to campaign events at night— a schedule he also kept up during the defamation trial ahead of the New Hampshire primary, though his current campaign schedule is about one or two events a week.
Investigation & court info from 3/30/23 thru 4/12/24 & Jury Selection (Day 1 (4/15/24) reference post #650 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-apr-2023-trial-25-mar-2024-2.673176/page-33
4/16/24 Docket update: In the motion filed on Tuesday, prosecutors argue that Trump “wilfully violated this court’s [gag] order by publishing several social media posts attacking two known witnesses – Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels.” Prosecutor Al Bragg (by Christopher Conroy) filed "People's Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for Contempt".
link: DocumentCloud
snip: The Court should impose sanctions. Upon a finding of criminal contempt, the Judiciary Law authorizes a court to impose a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to sentence the contemnor to no more than 30 days' jail "or both, in the discretion of the court." Judiciary Law § 751. Here, this Court should impose the maximum $1,000 fine for each of defendant's three violations of the April 1 order. As this Court has already found, defendant's inflammatory attacks "undoubtedly interfere with the fair administration of justice & constitute[] a direct attack on the Rule of Law itself' (Conroy Aff., Ex. B, at 3). Such grave harm warrants imposition of the maximum fine permitted under the law.
In addition, this Court should again admonish defendant to comply with his obligations under the order. And finally, this Court should warn defendant that future violations of the Court's restrictions on his extrajudicial statements can be punished not only with additional fines, but also with a term of incarceration of up to thirty days. It is absolutely critical that defendant immediately halt any conduct that would violate the April 1 order's narrow restrictions to protect the integrity of the ongoing trial. A finding of criminal contempt, imposition of sanctions & stark warnings from this Court are the minimum remedies necessary to achieve this indispensable objective.
4/16/24 Tuesday, Jury Selection Day 2: Jury selection continues. Out of the original pool of 96 potential jurors whittled down, more than half had been excused on Monday. Out of that pool 6 jurors were chosen. Judge Merchan swore them in this afternoon & told them to expect to return for the trial's opening statements as soon as Monday morning. After a few hours of questioning he swore in a seventh. Each side gets 10 peremptory strikes. Trump's defense has used 6 of his 10 preemptive challenges. The DA's office has used 4 of its 10 challenges.
For more info see post #657 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...s-apr-2023-trial-25-mar-2024-2.673176/page-33
96 return on Thursday morning for another round of jury selection. Jury selection continues on Thursday, 4/18/24.
Note: Trump’s lawyers told the court before an early afternoon break that Trump no longer wished to exercise his right to be present for all one-on-one sidebar questioning of prospective jurors. Judge Merchan noted Trump had signed a form waiving his right to do so, saying: Mr. Trump, yesterday we discussed whether you wanted to be present at sidebars. You indicated you did. Your attorney indicated to me that you have changed your mind.
*Judge Merchan has outlined the next steps for prosecutors’ request to have Trump held in contempt over several social media posts about witnesses in the trial. The judge said he would have a hearing on the issue on Tuesday, 4/23/24 @ 9:30am. Trump’s attorneys have a 19 April deadline to submit a written response. Trump was served with this Order in court.
*Judge Merchan announces that the Sandoval hearing will take place on Wednesday, 4/17/24 @ 9:30am.
