Trump’s history-making hush-money trial begins ...(Mod Warning)

A gag order means that you can’t testify at trial? LOL! He’s not testifying because he’s a liar and a terrible witness who will get himself convicted.

 

I think that if he ever were to get up on that stand he would sound like a fool. I don't know whether he would convict himself or not, but he would look like an idiot, and the fact that he lies and makes stuff up would be amplified by the lawyers.
I wish he would, but he won't. In fact, when you think about it, he always avoids testifying to anything.
Imagine that! Voting for someone for president who can't even be trusted on a witness stand. If he can't represent himself, how could he represent our country?

 

They did? Link?

Not bringing charges doesn’t mean Trump magically is exonerated.

 

I think he's right, they are split 50/50 down partisan lines so they are in effect neutered.

 

My point was that this doesn’t at all mean that there was a determination of “no crime”.

 

Totally agree! They are making claims that any court would scoff at.

 

They have a long history of that. Which continues.

 

For the umpteenth time, here's the federal court order remanding the matter back to state court. @Bluesguy NB it addresses the state law and federal preemption.

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311.43.0_1.pdf

 

That's because their "game" is only and all about gas lighting and disinformation (not misinformation). Disingenuousness is a feature not a bug...

 

This just proves tRaitor tRump is a Chickenshit, his word is the most debased, commodity on earth. It’s not worth the breath it takes or the sound waves it makes.

TRaltor tRump is ~290 lbs of BULLSHIT topped with a yellow muskrat. He’s the most pathetic human being in history. His whole life is built on fraud. Fraudulent business deals, fraudulent universities … charities … scams and schemes. All of which had run their course and he was about to go broke. Then somebody asked him to pretend he was a successful businessman on TV, a part he’d been preparing for all his miserable life. All the people that appeared on the show were getting paid to go along with the gag, even when he **** his pants in front of them.


BUT THEN he hit on the perfect scam, pretending to be a statesman that could make a great nation better. But first he had to run it down and attack half the people with lies and hate. If he could pull it off people would stand in line to hear his BULLSHIT and send him their rent money for the privilege.

He’s gotten away with a life of fraud because he cleverly danced a line of fraud that holding him to account wasn’t worth the trouble.

But the opportunities for fraud in politics, “like he never before”, were too great to resist. And now for the first time in his miserable life he is being held accountable, facing real consequences and he just can’t stand it. Doesn’t everyone know law doesn’t apply to him?

 

In your desperation I don't even think YOU know what it is you just posted.

 

WHAT CRIME???? What crime has Trump been convicted of? There was no OTHER CRIME.

 

I'm well aware of what I posted ,try comprehending as you read.

"Hearing that Judge Merchan on his day off from Trump/lawyers lying about covering up his sexcapades has to deal with Trump's despicable criminal buddy Bannon who with his despicable buddys stole millions from Americans.."We Build The Wall".

You can't make this **** up!

 

LOL!

 

You know Trump is lying and ************ when he does that air accordion gesture. LOL!

 

CNN updates

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-n...l-05-03-24/h_e442c35369cc094b887d602d5d74acbe

 

Well the allegation is that it was done to change the outcome of the election, do you no longer subscribe to that claim?

 

Puffing pathological liar.
In or out of water.

 

Bragg has NO JURISDICTION to charge someone with violating that law PERIOD. Only that law applies New York election law does NOT. The only authority to do so as has been cited over and over was the DOJ and FEC and they investigated and brought no charges. Bragg is trying to play grand jury, prosecutor, judge and jury simply declaring Trump violated federal law.

 

@Bluesguy read this. You’re wrong again.

 

Hicks says she was last in contact with Trump in 2022


Hope Hicks said she was last in contact with Trump in the summer or fall of 2022.


Hicks is testifying pursuant to a subpoena
Hope Hicks is testifying pursuant to a subpoena and is paying for her attorney.


Hicks describes working for Ivanka Trump
Hope Hicks is describing her work with Ivanka Trump.

“I was enjoying it so much that I was offered a position at the Trump Organization and jumped at the opportunity to join the company full time,” she says.


Trump looks at Hicks as she starts speaking
Donald Trump is looking toward Hope Hicks as she begins speaking.

He’s leaned back in his chair.


Hope Hicks: "I'm really nervous"
“I’m really nervous,” Hope Hicks says while looking at the jury. She looks visibly uncomfortable after taking the stand.

Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo is handling the questioning.


Hicks enters the courtroom
Hope Hicks has entered the courtroom and is walking in the galley behind Trump.

Trump and attorney Todd Blanche smiled toward her.

She appeared to look straight ahead as she walked in.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-n...l-05-03-24/h_e442c35369cc094b887d602d5d74acbe

 

1 min ago
Hicks says she has no current professional relationship with Trump


Hope Hicks says she has no current professional relationship with Trump. He is not a client in her current role.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-n...l-05-03-24/h_e442c35369cc094b887d602d5d74acbe

 

1 min ago
Hicks testifies about her role as campaign press secretary


Hope Hicks is testifying about her role as campaign press secretary.

"It was kind of a constant flow of incoming questions so I managed all of those and tried to respond to everybody in a timely manner," she says.

"It was just me and Mr. Trump who is better than anybody at communications and branding," she says.

There was no communications team at this point in the campaign.

2 min ago
Trump and Blanche whisper as Hicks testifies
Trump and his attorney Todd Blanche appear to be watching Hope Hicks' testimony on a screen above them in the courtroom.

Trump and Blanche are whispering back and forth as Hicks testifies.





3 min ago
Hicks explains how she began working for Trump's presidential campaign
Hope Hicks is explaining how she began working for Trump's presidential campaign in 2015.

"Mr. Trump, one day said, 'We’re going to Iowa,' and I didn’t really know why," she says.
Attorney Todd Blanche smiled and leaned over to whisper in Trump’s ear as she said this.

That initial Iowa trip was sometime in January 2015, she says.

2 min ago
Hope Hicks says she didn't know "specifically" what kind of work Michael Cohen did at Trump Organization
Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo now asks Hope Hicks about Michael Cohen's role at The Trump Organization.

"Do you know what kind of work he did?" he asks.

"Not specifically. I know he was involved in a couple of the licenses deals for some of the hotel projects and maybe some of the entertainment pieces as well, like Miss Universe pageant," she says.



4 min ago
Weisselberg helped with Trump's personal financial disclosure for campaign, Hicks says
Hope Hicks says that when she shifted to working on Trump's political campaign, Allen Weisselberg helped with the personal financial disclosure Trump was required to provide.

He also provided an explanation they'd share with the press about how Trump "self-financed his campaign" and "loaned" money to the campaign, she says.

Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo asks Hicks to describe Weisselberg's relationship with Trump.

"Also mutual respect," she says. "He was a trusted person there."

4 min ago
Hicks says she is familiar with Allen Weisselberg
"Are you familiar with someone named Allen Weisselberg," prosecutor Matthew Colangelo asked.

"Yes," Hicks said.

Weisselberg was the former Trump Organization CFO.









https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-n...l-05-03-24/h_e442c35369cc094b887d602d5d74acbe

 

1 min ago
Hicks testifies about her role as campaign press secretary


Hope Hicks is testifying about her role as campaign press secretary.

"It was kind of a constant flow of incoming questions so I managed all of those and tried to respond to everybody in a timely manner," she says.

"It was just me and Mr. Trump who is better than anybody at communications and branding," she says. There was no communications team at this point in the campaign.

Attorney Todd Blanche smiled at the compliment. Trump did not visibly react but he's studying the camera feed above him.



2 min ago
Hicks says she thought Trump was joking when he said she'd be his campaign press secretary
Hope Hicks recalled Donald Trump saying to her at one point that she'd be the campaign press secretary, and she thought it was a joke because she had no experience.

She said that eventually she spent so much time working on the campaign it eventually ended up that way.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-n...l-05-03-24/h_e442c35369cc094b887d602d5d74acbe

 

Lotsa softball questions from Colangelo.

1 min ago
Trump was "very involved" in his campaign, Hicks says


Hope Hicks says Trump was "very involved" in his campaign and weighed in on media responses.

"He knew what he wanted to say and how he wanted to say it. We were all just following his lead," Hicks says.

"He deserves the credit for the different messages that the campaign focused on in terms of the agenda that he put forth," Hicks adds.