How is Melania feeling during Donald’s hush money trial?
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Steinglass: 'This case is not about Michael Cohen. This case is about Donald Trump and whether he should be held accountable.'
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'The name of the game was concealment, and all roads lead inescapably to the man who benefited most: the defendant, former president Donald Trump.”

Quiet part out loud if *I* ever heard it...

DONALD TRUMP ATTORNEY TODD BLANCHE to a NEW YORK JURY:

“It doesn’t matter if there was a conspiracy to try to win an election.”

Wow—he went and said it. And that’s MAGAism in a nutshell: do whatever you have to do to steal elections.

What is your prediction on how the jury will rule?

Steinglass:

'Very soon it will be time to deliberate.' [...]

'In the interest of justice, and in the name of the People of the State of New York, I ask you to find the defendant guilty.'

Prosecution summations end.

Justice Merchan: It's been a long day. It's pretty late so tomorrow we'll start at 10 a.m.

Steinglass thanks jurors for their attention, and uncommon for him, always showing up on time.

'I apologize for trading brevity for thoroughness, but we only get one shot at this.'

The false business records benefited one person, and one person only, Steinglass says: and that's the defendant.

'...jury knows it to be a lie...Graff, Trump’s loyal asst., testified that Daniels had met with Trump at Trump Tower. 'Ask yourselves...Why did the defendant lie about this & why did he do it while the grand jury was considering charges in this case? People lie for a reason.''NYT

Steinglass shows Trump's 'Horseface' attack on Stormy Daniels, noting that includes the 'lie' that he hasn't 'seen or spoken to her' since the 2006 golf course photo.

A Trump Org employee confirmed that they subsequently met at Trump Tower, and the company had her phone number.

Prosecutors just reminded jurors of Trump's April 21, 2018 tweet saying Cohen would not “flip.”

Mueller Report pointed out it was the same day Costello told Cohen confidentially: 'Sleep well tonight[], you have friends in high places.'

Mueller report:

Cohen guilty pleas on Aug 2018 were the turning point -- the moment Cohen finally came clean and why.
Trump was furious, and went on the attack, which continues to this day.

Trump attentive

Cohen wasn't playing Costello, Costello was playing Cohen, Steinglass tells the jurors.

And when Costello testified here, he showed nothing but disdain for this court. And you can take that into account in assessing his credibility, he says.

More Costello emails. It's the one in which Costello wrote: 'Our issue is to get Cohen on the right page without giving the appearance that we are following instructions from Giuliani or the President.'

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Cohen never really trusted Costello -- and can you blame him? He feared that anything he said would get back to Trump

Costello told you he was just serving cohen's interest. That was just a bald-faced lie.
email to his partner show Cohen wasn't;t playing costello; costello was playing Cohen.
Costello displayed nothing but disdain for court and its decorum. and you can take that into account.

Jonah Bromwich NYT
''Can you slow down a little?' the court reporter asks Steinglass. He agrees to. 'Thank you,' she says.'

But they NEVER do slow down. ⚖️

That's because Hicks' testimony was 'the final nail in the coffin' for Trump, Steinglass says.

Defense: Objection.
Overruled.

JBromwichNYT
'...Trump said that while decorators are generally good people, you should still be very careful when checking invoices they submit...If Donald Trump is checking the invoices for his decorator, you can bet that he’s checking the invoices for Michael Cohen...'