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(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@stevesilberman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevesilberman</span></a></span>. Good point. I do wonder, though, what in heaven's name does <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> have on him?</p>
Christian Gelleri ✅<p>Tucker <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carlson</span></a> said about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> verdict: "Anyone who defends this verdict is a danger to you and your family."</p><p>I admit, I defend the verdict and the jury. The case was about falsifying business records. The intent was clear to protect the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> campaign 2016.</p><p>Trump ordered the payments for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McDougal</span></a> and for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Daniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daniels</span></a>. The constriction was more intelligent with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> but Trump was in a hurry and then his mistakes happened. </p><p>What to do when you are caught? Most regret, some attack.</p>
sgt1372<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@MicheleV_AK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MicheleV_AK</span></a></span> An interesting point came up during the post-conviction show on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSNBC</span></a> regarding the fact that <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Drumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drumpf</span></a> has made no effort to insult <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TruthSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthSocial</span></a> despite the fact that Pecker's testimony was so damaging to him. The conclusion: Pecker must have a lot more DIRT on Drumpf that he can reveal if Drumpf f*cks with him. So, Drumpf is scared of Pecker and, what ever else he's got on Drumpf, it's gotta be good some some good 💩.</p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p>🥥 Headline on Marcie Wheeler's website Emptywheel.com: "Trump Undone By The Truth Of His Pecker." <br><a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/31/trump-undone-by-the-truth-of-his-pecker/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">emptywheel.net/2024/05/31/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-undone-by-the-truth-of-his-pecker/</span></a><br>🥥<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpVerdict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVerdict</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarcieWheeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcieWheeler</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Court reporters now read the 4th &amp; final portion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a> that jurors asked to hear: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>’s recounting of that same <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTowerMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTowerMeeting</span></a>.</p><p>Cohen’s testimony matches Pecker’s account closely. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> testified that he had said he would be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s “eyes &amp; ears” &amp; watch out for negative stories. Cohen recalls him saying he would “keep an eye out for anything negative.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The end of the cross-examination of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> was less good for the defense. It was just read aloud again. “There was a discussion about that I was going to be the eyes and ears of the campaign,” Pecker testified. “And there was a discussion that I would be notifying Michael Cohen of any women that were in the process of or going to be selling stories.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> testified on cross-examination that the phrase “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a>” was not used at the Aug 2015 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTowerMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTowerMeeting</span></a> — &amp; that there was no financial agreement made in concert w/the plan for him to supress negative stories about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> AT THAT MEETING.<br>The defense has argued that both of those data points should cast doubt on the prosecution’s theory.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Testimony readbacks can highlight moments that were seemingly rushed by during trial.<br>Here, we see that it was very important for the defense for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bove</span></a> to call <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>’s memory about this meeting into question.</p><p>Also the importance of objections becomes very apparent. Any objection that was sustained by the judge — &amp; several were in this cross of Pecker — is not read aloud as the jury considers a potential verdict.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jurors</span></a> just again heard <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a> that the reason he was purchasing negative stories on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s behalf was to benefit his presidential campaign.</p><p>Defense atty Emil <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bove</span></a> cross-examined Pecker, &amp; jurors are hearing part of that cross now. Bove elicited testimony that Pecker misremembered the exact date of the Aug 2015 meeting, &amp; more generally that Pecker was testifying about events from a long time ago.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a> here is key to prosecution's case. Jurors also asked to hear MichaelCohen’s testimony about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTowerMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTowerMeeting</span></a>. They will hear that next.</p><p>One of the major arguments the defense made during closings also pertained to this meeting, &amp; concerned the idea that the phrase <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> was not used during it.<br>(It’s not used in the charges either. It’s just a characterization not a legal term.)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jurors</span></a> hear <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> recall that after he said he wasn’t going to go thru w/the agreement w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>, who was to pay him for the rights to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a>’s story using an LLC, Cohen told him: “The boss is going to be very angry at you.”<br>Court reporters read the 3rd portion of Pecker’s testimony. This part pertains to the Aug 2015 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTowerMeeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTowerMeeting</span></a> in which Pecker, Michael Cohen &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> entered a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> to suppress negative news about Trump during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2016election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2016election</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Next the court reporters read the second part of David <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a> that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jurors</span></a> asked to hear, where he explains that he decided he did not want to be repaid for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a>’s story after purchasing it. The implication was that he was concerned about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> consequences of accepting a reimbursement - he testified that the concern was regarding FEC violations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a></p>
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#Pecker testified that he recommended that #Trump buy #KarenMcDougal’s story. The portion of #testimony ends before the #jury hears what comes next. Pecker testified that #MichaelCohen called him back & told him to buy McDougal’s story on Trump's behalf.

Jurors heard the portion of Pecker's testimony when he said he believed the story of Trump having had an affair w/McDougal was true, & would be embarrassing to Trump.

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Prosecutors believe the readback should include the part of Pecker’s #testimony about directing #DylanHoward to notify other employees of The #NationalEnquirer they should bring any stories about #Trump to him. #Pecker also testified that he told Howard that the Enquirer employees would have to speak to #MichaelCohen about the arrangement.

Justice Merchan notes that in the same section Pecker testified he told Howard to keep it secret — goes to #intent to #defraud.

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Yes, this just happened, court is still very much in session. Only the jury was dismissed.

There’s agreement on the jurors’ 1st, 2nd & 4th requests.
1st was #Pecker’s testimony about a call he had w/ #Trump in June 2016.
2nd was Pecker’s testimony on financial arrangements for #KarenMcDougal’s #HushMoney.
4th was #MichaelCohen’s testimony on the Aug 2015 #TrumpTowerMeeting w/ Pecker & Trump.

The only portion that is disputed involves Pecker's testimony about the same meeting.

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Justice #Merchan is back on the bench. He asks the attys, “Where do we stand?”

Prosecutor #Steinglass says that while they have “made a lot of progress,” they need his help to sort out which portions of the #transcript should be read back to the #jury.

Jurors asked for 4 portions — 3 from #Pecker’s testimony & 1 from #MichaelCohen.

Defense & prosecution aren’t agreeing on Pecker's #TrumpTowerMeeting testimony.

Steinglass: "We disagree about where it ends."

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The phone call #jurors asked for from David Pecker’s testimony was call he testified he had w/ #Trump during an investor meeting, in June 2016, during which Trump acknowledged that he knew #KarenMcDougal.

Jurors may also be looking at the part of the #TrumpTowerMeeting when #Pecker testified that he decided to not collect reimbursement from Trump for his #HushMoney deal w/ McDougal. The wording from the jurors is slightly unclear.