Nonilex
Tuesday 7 May 2024 #TrumpTrial 🧵
#StormyDaniels Is Expected to #Testify today
Daniels, who received $130k in #HushMoney to keep silent about her story of having had sex with #Trump, is at the center of the case against him.
#criminal #law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal
Nonilex
#StormyDaniels begins to talk about her career as a dancer — she began stripping, she says, because she made more money doing it than she did “shoveling manure” — the work she had done previously at a stable.
She is nervous as she speaks.
Daniels says when she was 21, she "went on to pose for some magazines to get some accolades" to be able to go on tour.
After that she started working in adult film industry.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Nonilex
#StormyDaniels says she prefers her stage name as opposed to her given name — Stephanie Clifford.
She is testifying under subpoena.
Daniels talks about her early life: raised in Baton Rouge, wanted to be a veterinarian, editor of her high school newspaper, she got a scholarship from Texas A&M, was part of equestrian club, & was in a ballet company.
Her parents split up when she was young, they had very little money, said her mother was neglectful & would often disappear.
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“The people call #StormyDaniels,” Susan #Hoffinger says. She takes the stand & is sworn in with her hand raised.
Daniels sounds nervous as she spells her name.
Several members of the jury noticeably perked up when Stormy Daniels's name was called as a #witness.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Nonilex
Franklin, on re-direct, is testifying about one of Trump's books that he was directly involved in, rebutting defense's argument that someone else’s work was behind it.
Perhaps the most significant excerpt, #Trump writes about the importance of personally signing checks.
He wrote that he didn’t like to let a computer to sign, bc when the boss did it, employees knew he was paying attention.
Some of the false documents at issue in the case are checks, with Trump’s signature.
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#Trump lawyer Todd #Blanche is on cross-examination of Sally Franklin.
His argument is that Meredith McIver, the ghost-writer, was behind the language, as opposed to Trump.
Trump himself has always insisted that all of the words printed in his name are his. During the White House years, Trump aides would implausibly claim on the record that Trump’s speeches were written by him.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Nonilex
The cross-examination is over. There will be some more questions from the prosecutor, Rebecca Mangold. But we are likely just minutes away from the testimony of #StormyDaniels.
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Nonilex
The prosecution is using #Trump himself as a witness.
In his own words — as laid out in his books — Trump is describing how he keeps a focus on minute details & watches every penny.
He also describes how he sees sexual potential in random women that he encounters 🤮
His written word, drawn from his books & read into the record, are damning.
He discusses his tendencies towards #revenge, flirtatious behavior & frugality.
“Even in high-end shops, I bargain. I hate paying retail.”
Nonilex
Prosecutor #Mangold has Sally Franklin describe a chapter of a book in which #Trump, in his own words, describes his frugality, including looking over bills to “make sure I’m not being overcharged.”
This goes toward his micromanagement & supports the argument that there was now way he was unaware of what he was paying #MichaelCohen, or what the money was for.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Nonilex
Rebecca #Mangold, the prosecutor, has Sally Franklin to read #Trump’s written words from these books, including the following:
“For many years, I’ve said that if someone screws you, screw them back”
“When somebody hurts you, just go after them as viciously & as violently as you can. Like it says in the Bible, an eye for an eye.”
“All the women on ‘The Apprentice’ flirted with me."
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Nonilex
The cover of #Trump’s book, “How to Get Rich,” is displayed for the jury.
The book cover includes the tagline: “Big deals from the star of The Apprentice.”
The book is described on Amazon as a tell-all “about the lessons learned from The Apprentice,” as well as “his most important role, as a father who has successfully taught his children the value of money & hard work.”
😂🤣
The prosecutor & Franklin discuss what percentage of the cover the word “Trump” takes up.
Nonilex
The first #witness today is #SallyFranklin, who works at Penguin Random House, a publisher.
[#StormyDaniels is the 2nd]
Franklin is a #CustodialWitness — here to verify facts that Trump's lawyers have not agreed to — she will testify about 2 books that #Trump wrote, including “Trump: How to Get Rich” & “Trump: Think Like a Billionaire,” both published by Ballantine, a Penguin Random House imprint.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
Nonilex
#StormyDaniels is expected to be the second witness today.
#Trump's lawyer #Necheles, begins by objecting to Daniels testifying, including “any details” of any “sexual act.”
Susan Hoffinger, a prosecutor, is arguing that these details are key to the case — & that this issue has already been settled. She says that details that are too salacious will not be admitted, but that the story is “significant” & important to prosecutors in terms of Daniels’s credibility.
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#Trump keeps trying to talk to #Nechele while she’s lodging objections to prosecutors arguments as to why they should be able to question #StormyDaniels on “some details” so, he talks to his other lawyer, Todd #Blanche.
Susan #Hoffinger, a prosecutor, clarifies that Daniels will not describe “genitalia.”
Justice #Merchan concedes that Daniels’s may have “credibility issues,” but that it’s up to the jury to determine that.
Merchan seems a little nervous.
Nonilex
Back to court
#Trump did not answer reporters’s questions about his morning Truth Social post.
One of Trump's lawyers, Susan #Necheles, appears to be taking her seat to Trump’s right— suggesting she will be the one to cross-examine #StormyDaniels.
Show’s about to start, doubt Trump will be sleeping today.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #StochasticTerrorism #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
Nonilex
It will be the 1st time #Trump & #StormyDaniels see each other face to face since her accusations. He denies they had sex. Daniels has spoken about him & his body in a pretty let’s go w/ “candid” way.
In her book Full Disclosure she wrote that whenever she saw him on TV for years she’d think:
“‘I had sex with that,’ I’d say to myself. Eech.”
#TrumpTrial #law
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/18/stormy-daniels-tell-all-book-on-trump-salacious-detail-and-claims-of-cheating
Nonilex
From the Guardian article:
[#StormyDaniels] describes #Trump’s penis as “smaller than average” but “not freakishly small”.
“He knows he has an unusual penis.… It has a huge mushroom head. Like a toadstool …
“I lay there, annoyed that I was getting fucked by a guy w/ Yeti pubes & a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart ...
“It may have been the least impressive sex I’d ever had, but clearly, he didn’t share that opinion.”
Nonilex
#Trump posted an angry message on TruthSocial saying he’d just learned who the next witness was [#StormyDaniels] & that his lawyers had “no time” to prepare.
The post remained up for 30 mins before Trump removed it, probably bc it was another violation of the #GagOrder & #jail is fully on the table.
Reportedly, Trump hates deleting posts — he sees it as a sign of weakness 🙄.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #StochasticTerrorism #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
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