Trump hush money trial

[pixy0stix]

LOLOLOL! I bet he takes several old man naps a day, but it's always in secret. Since he can't get out of being in the courtroom now it's on full display.

[tacokick]

Apr 19, 2024 4:34:45 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Apr 18, 2024 22:39:57 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

Omg seriously?!?

Dying…

Watch him try to claim because his daughter converted, he's also part of the tribe. I cannot imagine he's welcome at the Kushner pater residence. Aren'ts they, minus Jared, comparatively liberal? I know nothing about them beyond Alyssa Milano marrying a Kushner, and she's certainly no trumper.

Alyssa Milano is married to David Bugliar. Karlie Kloss is married to a Kushner—Jared’s brother. The immediate Kushners are all a wreck and fairly conservative as far as I know—I know the dad is a Trump donor (although did donate to Democrats before) and there was some drama with the brother and Saudi Arabia.

[dutchgirl678]

Apr 19, 2024 9:16:43 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

And he's already fallen asleep again today...

How can people think he's be able to do thejob of POTUS if he can't even stay awake for a few hours at his own criminal trial!??!

When he was in the WH they never scheduled anything before 11AM. He would always be in the residence watching TV (or maybe sleeping). From what I've heard he has a serious addiction problem but now it is on full display (I follow Noel Casler on SM, who used to work with him when he was doing The Apprentice).

[icedcoffee]

Apr 19, 2024 12:18:00 GMT -5 dutchgirl678 said:

Apr 19, 2024 9:16:43 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

And he's already fallen asleep again today...

How can people think he's be able to do thejob of POTUS if he can't even stay awake for a few hours at his own criminal trial!??!

When he was in the WH they never scheduled anything before 11AM. He would always be in the residence watching TV (or maybe sleeping). From what I've heard he has a serious addiction problem but now it is on full display (I follow Noel Casler on SM, who used to work with him when he was doing The Apprentice).

Addiction to what?

[pixy0stix]

A man lit himself on fire outside the courthouse - www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-19-24/h_a0c5ea747751ddad7bc88749d2f559d1

[neverfstop]

Somebody just llit himself on fire in the park across the streeet…. Threw flyers - no word on what he was protesting.

[bugandbibs]

I know we all theorized it before, but clearly the large chunks of "executive time" on his schedule were for naptime.

[bugandbibs]

I was thinking about if I was part of the potential jury pool and if they would have to read my posts as part of the official record. This would be the most public social media that I have that would include anything political. Like how would they even describe this place, lol.

[icedcoffee]

Jeezus this trial has it all.

[pixy0stix]

All jurors and alternates have been seated. Trial to begin Monday. Trump's defense tried a last minute change of venue appeal which was denied - www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-19-24/h_3009d0fe8272e686f239c9a5a1a91774

[dutchgirl678]

Apr 19, 2024 13:13:32 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Apr 19, 2024 12:18:00 GMT -5 dutchgirl678 said:

When he was in the WH they never scheduled anything before 11AM. He would always be in the residence watching TV (or maybe sleeping). From what I've heard he has a serious addiction problem but now it is on full display (I follow Noel Casler on SM, who used to work with him when he was doing The Apprentice).

Addiction to what?

Adderall

[glw]

Apr 19, 2024 13:23:16 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Somebody just llit himself on fire in the park across the streeet…. Threw flyers - no word on what he was protesting.

Per WaPo:
"The pamphlets Azzarello, 37, threw on the ground promoted various conspiracy theories, including ones about Ponzi schemes and local educational institutions being fronts for the mob, Joe Kenny, the police department’s chief of detectives, told reporters."

Geesh.

[basilosaurus]

Apr 19, 2024 9:30:36 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Apr 19, 2024 4:34:45 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Watch him try to claim because his daughter converted, he's also part of the tribe. I cannot imagine he's welcome at the Kushner pater residence. Aren'ts they, minus Jared, comparatively liberal? I know nothing about them beyond Alyssa Milano marrying a Kushner, and she's certainly no trumper.

Alyssa Milano is married to David Bugliar. Karlie Kloss is married to a Kushner—Jared’s brother. The immediate Kushners are all a wreck and fairly conservative as far as I know—I know the dad is a Trump donor (although did donate to Democrats before) and there was some drama with the brother and Saudi Arabia.

lol I remembered this from project runway, and clearly I confused who was hosting.

[cous0226]

Some gossip on Twitter that he’s been farting when he falls asleep. George Conway stated he heard the same. It’s gonna be a long how many weeks 5 or 6? for everyone.

This is so awful for him and every day when he comes out to the presser he is more angry. I hope it brings on a heart attack.

[basilosaurus]

Apr 20, 2024 5:40:22 GMT -5 cous0226 said:

Some gossip on Twitter that he’s been farting when he falls asleep. George Conway stated he heard the same. It’s gonna be a long how many weeks 5 or 6? for everyone.

This is so awful for him and every day when he comes out to the presser he is more angry. I hope it brings on a heart attack.

In the courtroom so that my favorite courtroom artist who does the scary drawings captures the moment.

[neverfstop]

Sounds like the protester was a deeply troubled man… He passed away from his injuries.


nypost.com/2024/04/19/us-news/conspiracy-theorist-max-azzarello-dead-after-setting-himself-on-fire-across-from-trump-hush-money-trial/

[basilosaurus]

Related to grift, now he's trying to extort down ballot candidates. Is that even legal? Not that legal apparently matters.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/04/18/trump-gop-candidates-fundraising-nil-election-campaign/73365456007/

[basilosaurus]

Lol I just had a thought. If he's convicted this he likely won't be eligible to vote for himself.

While felons in Florida can restore voting rights (after much objection from the right) they have to have completed their sentence and paid all fines relating to that conviction

[pixy0stix]

Opening statements and the start of another historic trial today.

[Bad Dingo]

Random question, why can't the trial be televised like the OJ Simpson trial? It's not like we aren't getting tons of info being reported out by people in the courtroom, why not just cut out the "middleman" so to speak?

ETA: Never mind, I googled and NY law doesn't allow it.  Dammit.

[Bad Dingo]

Live updates: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/22/trump-hush-money-trial-live-updates/

It sounds like there were delays with security and things are running almost an hour behind schedule.

[icedcoffee]

I'm glad they're ending early today. This live feed is killing my productivity and I have shit to do. LOL

[neverfstop]

Apr 22, 2024 9:00:04 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

I'm glad they're ending early today. This live feed is killing my productivity and I have shit to do. LOL

Yes, the live blog is moving much faster today....Prosecutor opening statement expected to take ~1 hour...getting lots of details on NYT.

[pixy0stix]

We should take bets on when he has his first outburst during the actual trial.

[suzyp]

Apr 22, 2024 10:14:46 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

We should take bets on when he has his first outburst during the actual trial.

They mentioned on Good Morning America this morning that he was upset last week because it thought it was too cold in the courtroom.  It is really something to think that this is the first time that he had no control over things like the tempurature of the room.   You know these little things are driving him crazy and I love it.

Did he stand for the jury today?  I read something last week on Above the Law that indicated that he did not stand for the jury when they were brought in (before the full jury was seated but he was the only person who did not stand up - excellent move when you are the defendant and these are the people making the decision!)

[neverfstop]

Well, this is interesting...perNYT


Blanche makes it clear that the defense will continue to deny that Trump had sex with Stormy Daniels. I’m curious whether that will affect the plan for Daniels to testify; it had seemed to be up in the air, but the defense may have just opened the door for prosecutors to ask directly.

[dutchgirl678]

People should really be referring to this as the election interference trial. This is about more than just hush money, this is about keeping people quiet before the 2016 election so it wouldn't hurt his chances.

[pixy0stix]

From opening statements, the prosecutors are hammering in that they have a lot of evidence (voice/video recordings) of Trump.

[pixy0stix]

This seems like a great defense:

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche says, "there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. It's called democracy."
Prosecutors object. Judge Merchan sustains the objection.

[icedcoffee]

I can't believe convicted felons can still be President of the USA. They can't even fly with TSA pre-check for godsake, but we give them the nuclear codes?