The Hall of Fire

Ah, thanks for that correction. I thought the defense argument was, in part, that Michael Cohen did this on his own (and as far as I have heard, we haven't seen a copy of the agreement signed by Donald Trump himself) out of the goodness of his heart rather than at the direction of Trump and then Tr...

To the best of my recollection, the defense has not argued that Trump had no knowledge of the agreement, just that he didn't reimburse Cohen (which is equally untrue). I went back and looked at Blanche's opening statement. He says: You'll hear that Ms. Clifford/Ms. Daniels, did, in fact, sign an NDA...

Good idea. Should I move the other posts to this thread?

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Reading Justice Jackson's dissent, I think what she really wanted was to allow the process to play out so that the African-American voters who challenged the original map could have that case fully resolved.

I see that the case is being appealed to SCOTUS. Mark Joseph Stern expects they'll restore the legislature's map for this year's election in accordance with the "Purcell principle" (which says maps shouldn't be changed too close to an election) but there's a good chance that next year the...

Yeah, I think so too. But it still had to sting.

I wonder if the Democrats would have been so quick to save Johnson's Speakership if they knew he was going to be doing this.

Democrats Call out Speaker Johnson’s ‘Pathetic’ Appearance at Trump Trial

This is a real Truth Social post from Trump, but I don't know whether this is actually a debate Biden has agreed to. I doubt it, and it will probably be the excuse for the other debates to get cancelled.

I was just coming to post about that. That came together fast! Has there ever been a presidential debate for the general election before either candidate was the official candidate of their party? This shows that both of them think that they can gain significant traction in debating the other one, a...

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N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:43 pm Or it might not be that hard to prove after all?

No, not too hard.

From all accounts that I have seen, Cohen has continued to be measured and calm throughout the cross-examination so far. However, Blanche suggested at the end of the day that he had at least another full day of cross, so we'll see if he starts to get rattled. So far the cross seems to be very rambli...

And an "Official Behind the Scenes" clip.

And here it is!

Some may recall that before Trump was indicted in this case, his lawyers presented a rebuttal witness, attorney Robert Costello, who tried to get Cohen to hire him when the DoJ started investigating him. Cohen testified at some length about his interactions with Costello today, and there is some spe...

I really, really did not think I was going to get this today.

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It is, but only the second sentence! Your turn.

It was shortened, but I wouldn't say drastically.

ETA: by word count it is 2/3 as long as the original.

But a nice guess!