OK - now at #TrumpTrial Day 3 of jury selection, starting with 7 of 12 chosen, then alternates - Inner City Press wrote the book on Carroll v Trump (by @MatthewLeeICP @SDNYLIVE) and is live-tweeting this criminal trial, thread belowamazon.com/dp/B0CTFPXKGM
Trump come into the courtroom, blue suit and blue tie, this time. Defense lawyer Susan Necheles plugging in her laptop. Trump is, as before, between Blanche and Bove
All rise!
Clerk: This is the People of the State of New York versus Donald Trump.
Justice Merchan: Wait, do we have a court reporter? No? That's not good. We'll need to do that again. In the meantime, counsel, please approach.
[Whispered sidebar]
Trump currently sitting alone at defense table, empty seats of Todd Blanche and Emil Bove on either side of him. Susan Necheles one seat away, writing on legal pad
Now Blanche in lead defense counsel's chair, speaking animated with Trump, both raising a hand to gesticulate. Justice Merchan's chair still empty as of 9:40 am.
OK - now People of the State of NY v. Trump, Day 1 (jury selection), Inner City Press wrote the book on Carroll v. Trump and will be live tweeting this, thread belowamazon.com/dp/B0CTFPXKGM
Prosecutors are setting up at their table. The entire 15th floor of 100 Centre Street has been "locked down." Drum roll.
OK - Trump (blue suit, red tie) has arrived, and is at defense table. Stands up to change seats.
OK - now election fraud appeal in US v. Douglass Mackey a/k/a Ricky Vaughn, convicted of telling people in 2016 they could vote by text (to suppress voting), and sentenced to 7 months - still out, pending this appeal. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
Mackey's lawyer: All the court needs to find to decide this appeal is that it was not clear in 2016 that it was illegal to mislead people about voting. Misleading is ubiquitous in campaigns. That's why the government called this "groundbreaking"
Judge: Are you disputing that the right to vote is clearly established?
Mackey's lawyer: No.
Judge: So the government had to prove that your client knew his information was false, with the intent to suppress voting, right?
Mackey's lawyer: It's not that simple
OK - Sam Bankman-Fried sentencing has arrived, Inner City Press wrote the book (Crypto Criminal and will live tweet, thread below amazon.com/dp/B0CMJF66XR
Courtroom is full, Assistant US Attorneys glad-handing with people sitting in the second row. (First row behind defense table left empty; SBF will be brought in from holding cell by US Marshals). T minus six...
9:34 am - SBF's post-trial lawyers Mark Mukasey and Torrey Young are are defense table, but SBF has not yet been brought in. Meanwhile the first row has been filled in... with prosecutors.
OK - now Trump NY criminal hearing before Judge Merchan in Stormy Daniels case - Inner City Press published Trump Trial II (on E Jean Carroll by @MatthewLeeICP, series of books incl SBF @SDNYLIVE) and will live tweet this, thread belowamazon.com/dp/B0CTFPXKGM
Update: Trump is now in the courtroom at defense table, blue suit, red tie. Still no Judge Merchan
All rise!
Clerk: This is the People of the State of New York versus Donald Trump.
Judge Merchan: Let's start by going over the events that bring us here today. On March 8, defendant filed a motion seeking to move to discovery sanctions...