Kinda big news in the people who know Lawyering stuff.
because of Trumps violations of the gag order, His defense team will not get the courtesy of knowing the order of the witnesses prosecution is bringing to Trial
A good cross-examination functions as testimony by the defense counsel, interspersed with questions like, "isn't that true?"
Defense counsel must have documents/transcripts ready to control witness if they quibble on any point.
Lots of work
WHY ISN"T TRUMP BEING PUNISHED FOR VIOLATING GAG ORDER?
well he is, and will. $1000 a violation
THAT ISN"T ENOUGH! IT IS LIKE POCKET CHANGE
well, NY law says $1000 fine or jail. That's it. Please cite an example where a person was jailed for contempt of violating a gag order during a trial and we can see if it fits
"$5000 ISNT ENOUGH TO MAKE TRUMP STOP"
sadly that is the law.
By law that is $1000 per offense. 5 offenses. If the Judge fined Trump more it would be overturned on appeal for violation of the law, and he would be fined NOTHING.
But, issuing a fine is a pretty good warning that the next time he does it, it means jail
And after Trump was fined he stopped attacking the clerk.. so in a way it worked.
We have a jury 12 plus 6 alternates in the Trump criminlal Trial #ManhattenVsTrump
""Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will try the case of The People of the State of New York against Donald J. Trump in a fair and impartial manner and, to the best of your ability, render a true verdict according to the law and evidence? Do you swear or affirm?"
They do.
*DONG* *DONG*
#ManhattenVsTrump final update. For the campaign fraud trial.
Prosecution says they are going to call 20 witnesses, and willing to give the courtesy to the defense the name of the first witness. But told Judge they will withhold the other names if the first one is shared on Social media before the trial starts.
David Pecker, the tabloid publisher who bought and buried "Catch and kill" damaging stories about Mr. Trump, s expected to be the first witness in the #ManhattenVsTrump Election interference trial Which is important because he has constantly been working a non-prosecution plea deal, so it is very VERY important for him to spill the beans on the details
Now lets see if a certain can keep quiet and not violate his gag order
(NYT archived)
https://archive.ph/bqIuZ#selection-995.14-995.104
#NEWS: NY Courts will release daily transcripts of Donald Trump's #ManhattenVsTrump criminal trial by the end of the next business day.
Huge win for transparency. These are normally $6.50 a page and rarely added to the docket during the trial
#ManhattenVsTrump contempt hearing for violating gag order not going well for Trump
Judge is reserving judgement until probably later in the day
