Arraignment day 4/4

[Velar Fricative]

I really need to get a snack but I don't want to miss anything. I can bring my phone and airpods but I have to cross a busy street and I'm afraid I'll be stupid enough to hear something and pull out my phone in the middle of the street to watch.

[suburbanzookeeper]

My company's home office is in NY near the courthouse and they encouraged everyone to work from home and blocked out this time as a "meeting." I heard the whole surrounding area was a shitshow.

[Velar Fricative]

I still see a bunch of Trump 2024 flags around on houses. Probably the homes of cops in uniform in Manhattan today.

[smock]

I'm counting down the minutes until we can see all 34 felony charges!

[pixy0stix]

Well, that's it for that.

[Velar Fricative]

I guffawed at the reporter yelling out to him to come speak to them. There are like a million barriers there, BUT it is Trump and there was always a chance he'd run to the mics, so I can't fault the reporter either lol.

[muffin0]

I can't stop giggling.

[curbsideprophet]

He is in the courtroom now.

[calamity]

He certainly didn't look happy

[pixy0stix]

MSNBC has a still they're showing of the short walk, and it's so bad. LOLOLOL!

[Velar Fricative]

Apr 4, 2023 13:35:08 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

MSNBC has a still they're showing of the short walk, and it's so bad. LOLOLOL!

ABC News was showing it in slow motion and I almost died!

[NewOrleans]

Apr 4, 2023 11:28:09 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

MSNBC interviewed her in her vehicle as she was leaving. She compared Trump to Jesus with both being persecuted. *eye roll*

In Holy Week they say this blasphemy.  

Trump would be Herod, not Jesus.

[heat40]

First still in the courtroom

[beetea]

I hope Secretary Clinton is sipping champagne somewhere peaceful and laughing her ass off.

[tacokick]

I saw someone on Tiktok who was supposed to be married at that courthouse this afternoon! Can you imagine? What are the odds?

He was like “we won’t know if the crowds are objecting to our marriage or Trump” lol

[kdubs923]

He's entered a plea of Not Guilty.

Insert sure Jan gif lol

[mpm]

Conspiracy charges!!

What a day to be alive.

[pixy0stix]

Anyone have a written list of the charges yet?

[Saudade]

34 felonies! holy hsit

[lpcats]

Apr 4, 2023 13:53:11 GMT -5 mpm said:

Conspiracy charges!!

What a day to be alive.

I keep seeing this but I don't understand what's so exciting about it.  Please explain.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Apr 4, 2023 13:52:36 GMT -5 kdubs923 said:

He's entered a plea of Not Guilty.

Insert sure Jan gif lol

I'm not surprised he plead Not Guilty. His ego won't let him do anything other than that. 

[kdubs923]

I haven't heard anything about conspiracy yet.

ABC News is saying the charges relate to Falsifying Business Records. This charge would normally be a misdemeanor. They're speculating that the reason these charges would be felony level is that the falsifying was to aid in hiding another crime, which is likely campaign finance related.

I'm over the speculating - I want to see the written list of charges!

[neverfstop]

Apr 4, 2023 14:05:34 GMT -5 lpcats said:

Apr 4, 2023 13:53:11 GMT -5 mpm said:

Conspiracy charges!!

What a day to be alive.

I keep seeing this but I don't understand what's so exciting about it.  Please explain.

This is all I can find from WaPo.  

The charges — falsifying business records in the first degree — were announced at an arraignment hearing Tuesday afternoon. The indictment has not yet been released, so the precise details of the charges have not been made public, but that should happen later Tuesday.
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The 34 felonies thing had been previously reported, but it looks like it's confirmed.

[pixy0stix]

Prosecutors have asked the judge to put limits on Trump's posting/talking about the case.

[calamity]

Apr 4, 2023 14:21:38 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Prosecutors have asked the judge to put limits on Trump's posting/talking about the case.

Jr already opened his stupid mouth and posted a pic of the judge's daughter.  I hope they lay the hammer down on all of them.

[pixy0stix]

Apr 4, 2023 14:23:43 GMT -5 calamity said:

Apr 4, 2023 14:21:38 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Prosecutors have asked the judge to put limits on Trump's posting/talking about the case.

Jr already opened his stupid mouth and posted a pic of the judge's daughter.  I hope they lay the hammer down on all of them.

These chucklefucks really do think they're above the law. I hope they all end up in jail.

[neverfstop]

Later, as the arraignment draws to a close, the judge, Juan M. Merchan, will adjourn the case until a specified date, expected to be months from today. The case may be put over for a status conference, which is basically a check-in date with the judge, the prosecution and the defense to assess how the case is progressing.

Maggie Haberman
April 4, 2023, 3:08 p.m. ET17 minutes ago
17 minutes ago
Maggie Haberman

The presence of the Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn at the defense table in the courtroom has been raising eyebrows. Epshteyn’s phone was seized by federal agents last year, apparently in connection with the investigation into Trump’s efforts to remain in power after he lost the 2020 election. Epshteyn is also represented by Todd Blanche, whom Trump hired in recent days to join his legal team.

[neverfstop]

He had left the courthouse- likely headed straight to La Guardia to fly home.

[pixy0stix]

MSNBC has a hard copy now - waiting for it to hit the web.

[neverfstop]

Bragg’s office has released the indictment and a “statement of facts.”  www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf