DA’s Office And Trump Team Hash Out How Jury Will Evaluate Case

May 21, 2024
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 20: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom alongside his attorney Todd Blanche during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New Yo... NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 20: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom alongside his attorney Todd Blanche during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New York City. The prosecution rested their case in Trump's hush money trial after cross examination of Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney, wrapped up. Attorney Robert Costello will be back on the stand when the trial resumes, and Judge Juan Merchan says to expect summations next week. Cohen's $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels is tied to Trump's 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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May 21, 2024

The judge and lawyers are meeting this afternoon to sort out jury instructions.

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The judge and lawyers are meeting this afternoon to sort out jury instructions.

Follow along with us.

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  1. I see Grampy is still reading from his printouts from the Internets.

  2. He gets multiple copies of each fawning headline, and doesn’t notice the repetition.

  3. Blanche’s scowl is so consistent from day to day it almost looks photoshopped. Someone should do a flip book using his face as the anchor. (Though of course the anchor on his soul is standing to his right.)

  4. I think he practiced it in the mirror, styling on Trump’s jailhouse Atlanta photo. Makes Trump think he has a macho attorney. Also he failed at attempting the Roy Cohn sneer.

  5. 28m ago08.28 EDT

    Judge threatened to strike Costello’s entire testimony, transcripts show

    Fran Lawther

    The Washington Post has more details on the courtroom chaos caused by Costello on Monday. After the judge, Juan Merchan , removed the media from the courtroom, he told Costello his “conduct is contemptuous”, court transcripts show.

    He also told Costello he would remove him as a witness if he did not change his behavior. “If you try to stare me down one more time, I will remove you from the stand. I will strike this entire testimony; do you understand me?”

    Trump’s attorney Emil Bove answered for Costello, saying: “Yes Judge. I understand.”

    Costello then tried to make a comment, to which Merchan replied: “No. No. This is not a conversation.”

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