The Hall of Fire

Ben Wittes, at least, thought that the testimony was a disaster for the prosecution, and that beating that she is taking and will take tomorrow on cross-examination outweighs any benefit of the testimony. I'm not sure I agree with him on this one.

At least she didn't opine about the size of Trump's appendages.

Merchan denies the motion. He points out that not only did he sustain most of the defense objections, at some points where he was surprised that there was not an objection he intervened sua spotted.

Blanche has moved for a mistrial on the grounds that too many details were testified to by Daniel's despite the judge repeated sustaining of objections and that therefore the prejudicial impact outweighs the probation value.

This is a detail about the PP/DD settlement agreement that I either didn't know or had forgotten about.



That certainly is suggestive that the story is true.

The purpose of Franklin's testimony was to enter into evidence excerpts from Trump's books in which he make it clear that he closely tracks his business dealings, in order to forestall the expected argument that he was not responsible for the falsified business records. And then the prosecutors call...

This piece by Quinta Jurecic and Tyler McBrien gets at some of what I was talking about regarding misconceptions about NY law. What Must Prosecutors Prove in Trump’s NY Trial? Oh, and Stormy Daniels is about to take the stand. ETA: Or not. After a debate about what Stormy Daniels can and can not tes...

My great-uncle (my mother's mother's brother) was a colleague of Jackson Pollock). He was a lovely man but his art left me mostly unmoved.

Seymour Boardman

Well then call their bluff.

RoseMorninStar wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 3:20 pm Whack-a-mole day indeed.

I could have eliminated some letters but I was pretty sure I knew all the possibilities. Of course it was the last one.

Boring but damning testimony from former Trump Org Controller Jeffrey McConney. Based on Emil Bove's cross, it appears likely that Trump’s defense will be to pin it once again on Weiselberg. However so far as I am aware neither side plans to call him as a witness.

Exactly

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This is damn impressive. I thought it was going to be completely random abstract art (which does little for me). But watch until the end.

Most of the people in the U.S. who are protesting for Hamas don't actually realize that they are protesting for Hamas. (Or so I believe.)

Fortunately, filing a lawsuit (or claiming to do so) does not make it happen.

Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies

RIP

Shocking!

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