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Friday, May 10th:
*Trial continues (Day 11) (@ 9am 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 & ended on 4/19/24. 12 jurors & 6 alternates. [Jurors: 7 men & 5 women/6 Alternates: 5 women & 1 man].
Trial began on 4/22/24. Trial is expected to run 4 days a week [Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays].
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.
Investigation & court info from 3/30/23 thru 4/12/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-4 (4/15-4/19/24) & Trial Day 1-9 (4/22-5/7/24) reference post #121 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ds-apr-2023-trial-25-mar-2024-3.711716/page-7
5/9/24 Thursday, Trial Day 10: *State witnesses: Stephanie Clifford, who goes by the name Stormy Daniels back on stand for cross exam. Rebecca Manochio, Allen Weisselberg's assistant at the Trump Organization.
*Just before lunch, Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche told Justice Merchan he would be filing again for a mistrial. "We'll take this matter & others up later this afternoon", the judge replied.
*State witnesses continued: Tracey Menzies [works at HarperCollins Book Publishing & is testifying as the Custodian of Records for HarperCollins]. Madeleine Westerhout [Executive assistant & Trump’s personal Oval Office gatekeeper]. Will continue tomorrow on stand.
For more info see post #125 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ds-apr-2023-trial-25-mar-2024-3.711716/page-7
*Jury sent home at about 4pm & Judge & lawyers discussed legal motions. Defense attorneys once again tried to get Judge Juan Merchan to declare a mistrial on Thursday. He let the jury go a half-hour early so he could hear their arguments – and then rejected them, denying their motion for a mistrial. Blanche argued that Daniels had basically blown “a dog whistle for rape” in her description of her sexual encounter with Trump. Merchan said that he couldn’t figure out “for the life of me” why Trump’s attorney didn’t object to a question about whether Trump used a condom in the encounter, putting the onus on the defense for letting some of the more lurid details get into the testimony & arguing the story was fair game since they’d argued in their opening statements that Trump hadn’t had sex with Daniels. Merchan also refused to grant Trump’s lawyer’s request for the gag order to be lifted so Trump could respond to Daniels & push back on her testimony. Blanche is asking Judge Merchan to let Trump respond to Stormy Daniels & her testimony in court. "She's no longer a witness," he argues. The judge says no, he won't modify the gag order, citing how witnesses who have not testified will see how witnesses who have testified have been treated afterward. "Your client's track record speaks for itself." Karen McDougal, who said she had a sexual encounter with Trump, will no longer be called by prosecutors to testify,
Trial continues on Friday, 5/10/24,
*Trial continues (Day 11) (@ 9am 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 & ended on 4/19/24. 12 jurors & 6 alternates. [Jurors: 7 men & 5 women/6 Alternates: 5 women & 1 man].
Trial began on 4/22/24. Trial is expected to run 4 days a week [Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays].
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.
Investigation & court info from 3/30/23 thru 4/12/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-4 (4/15-4/19/24) & Trial Day 1-9 (4/22-5/7/24) reference post #121 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ds-apr-2023-trial-25-mar-2024-3.711716/page-7
5/9/24 Thursday, Trial Day 10: *State witnesses: Stephanie Clifford, who goes by the name Stormy Daniels back on stand for cross exam. Rebecca Manochio, Allen Weisselberg's assistant at the Trump Organization.
*Just before lunch, Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche told Justice Merchan he would be filing again for a mistrial. "We'll take this matter & others up later this afternoon", the judge replied.
*State witnesses continued: Tracey Menzies [works at HarperCollins Book Publishing & is testifying as the Custodian of Records for HarperCollins]. Madeleine Westerhout [Executive assistant & Trump’s personal Oval Office gatekeeper]. Will continue tomorrow on stand.
For more info see post #125 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ds-apr-2023-trial-25-mar-2024-3.711716/page-7
*Jury sent home at about 4pm & Judge & lawyers discussed legal motions. Defense attorneys once again tried to get Judge Juan Merchan to declare a mistrial on Thursday. He let the jury go a half-hour early so he could hear their arguments – and then rejected them, denying their motion for a mistrial. Blanche argued that Daniels had basically blown “a dog whistle for rape” in her description of her sexual encounter with Trump. Merchan said that he couldn’t figure out “for the life of me” why Trump’s attorney didn’t object to a question about whether Trump used a condom in the encounter, putting the onus on the defense for letting some of the more lurid details get into the testimony & arguing the story was fair game since they’d argued in their opening statements that Trump hadn’t had sex with Daniels. Merchan also refused to grant Trump’s lawyer’s request for the gag order to be lifted so Trump could respond to Daniels & push back on her testimony. Blanche is asking Judge Merchan to let Trump respond to Stormy Daniels & her testimony in court. "She's no longer a witness," he argues. The judge says no, he won't modify the gag order, citing how witnesses who have not testified will see how witnesses who have testified have been treated afterward. "Your client's track record speaks for itself." Karen McDougal, who said she had a sexual encounter with Trump, will no longer be called by prosecutors to testify,
Trial continues on Friday, 5/10/24,
