Lisa Rubin Rick Wilson Not really the first time — they identified four theories in their motion to dismiss, and Judge Merchan in his opinion allowed them to proceed on these three theories:

Lisa Rubin The DA's office finally sharpens its prosecutorial blade with the precise aim of carving out the legal underpinnings of their case against Trump. The nebulous mists that have long shrouded the alleged crimes are now parting, revealing the skeletal structure of New York Election

Eric Columbus Rick Wilson My point is that they have vacillated between these theories; today, they acknowledged the NY election law is primarily what they are relying on.

During a sidebar about the relevance of Steve Bannon’s requests of Pecker, Steinglass admitted that New York Election Law 17-152, which prohibits conspiracies to promote a candidate’s election through unlawful means, is their “primary” predicate.

David Pecker says he spoke to former editor-in-chief Dylan Howard to verify whether the story about Trump having a child with a housekeeper in Trump Tower was true, and he recalled saying there should be a source agreement with doorman Dino Sajuddin and that he should take a

What we're seeing in this David Pecker testimony is what we've known about trump all along:

The accusations that he makes about 'fake news' and people cheating and rigging elections? All projection.

That peckerhead literally schemed with Pecker to spread false stories about Ted

George Conway I'm sure that her husband's 9-month affair with Karen MacDougal upsets Melania much more than his one-night stand with Stormy Daniels.

George Conway George, did you know?
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George Conway I think this is the story that most people don’t know about? How long it lasted and he even took her in the apartment when Melanie was there? That seems really bad to me?

George Conway The judge should stop Trump from giving speeches in the courthouse as part of defying the gag order.

George Conway Over a year. There it is!

George Conway Watching Trump while Karen M is testifying will be priceless.

DP: Karen MacDougal was a Playboy model. First heard of her when Dylan came to me in early June 2016 and said one of his major sources said a Playboy model is trying to sell a story about a romantic relationship he had with DJT for over a year. Dylan said relationship included

To be clear, I'm not asking whether they would act differently to him at this juncture, publicly. We know they won't. Sycophancy runs deep. I'm more questioning as a behaviorist whether they harbor feelings that briefly surfaced.
We'd only see it when Trump falters politically.

I wonder how Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson and others react to testimony by Pecker that negative stories about them were planted - part of a plot by Trump, the man they now serve. I wonder if they harbor anger, shame, are in touch with those feelings at all, or shelved them

So at 11:00 a.m. ET, Trump posts on Truth Social calling Judge Merchan's courtroom a 'kangaroo court' and calling on Merchan to recuse himself. Trump also assails the gag order, (falsely) claiming that he cannot defend himself.

This while we await a ruling from Judge Merchan on

Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Robert F. Kennedy Jr 🚨The one and only reason Biden’s comprehensive bipartisan Border Security Bill didn’t pass is because the Republicans blocked it including Robert Kennedy Jr…

🚨If you’re really concerned about border security, then vote for Biden and the Democrats. They’ll get the job done

@amuse chris evans That's the legal asylum application process, and it was no different under Trump.

@amuse chris evans Working & paying taxes is great for the economy as most Caucasian’s won’t take these jobs. Anyone that’s not a millionaire voting for the GQP is voting against their own best interest.