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Steve Bannon is expected to have his first court appearance at around 4 p.m. Eastern Time—roughly 15 minutes from now.

Covering it soon, for @CourthouseNews.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Aaron has appeared on the line, instructing the clerk to read the roll call.

William Burck from Quinn Emmanuel is representing Bannon.

The government is not on the line.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicholas Roos (who also prosecuted Michael Cohen) and Alison Moe (who also prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell) from SDNY has joined the line.

The hearing is about to begin.
The judge asked Bannon if he could hear him.

"Yes, I can," Bannon replied.
Judge: "We're here for arraignment [and] at least potentially for a bail hearing."

He asks whether Bannon consents to a remote video conference and to waive his presence. Bannon agrees on both counts.

Bannon was arrested this morning at approximately 7:15 a.m.
Prosecutor confirms reports that Bannon was arrested on a yacht off the coast of Connecticut.

The judge moves onto summarizing the allegations of the indictment and Mirandizes him.

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Apr 18
Good morning from New York.

We're seven sworn jurors into the process in Trump's criminal trial. Could we get the full 12-person panel today, save for the alternates?

Follow again for more voir dire, and see my chat with @Lawrence on Tuesday's session msnbc.com/the-last-word/…
First off:

On the first day, Justice Merchan read out a list of 41 names related to the case—not all witnesses.

For @Just_Security, @NormEisen spearheaded a breakdown of these names, with research from @JNKGoodman and me.

Bookmark this resource justsecurity.org/94696/trump-cr…
Trump has sat down at the defense table, more alert than we have seen him so far.

He appeared to be talking on his phone, until his attorney Todd Blanche made a cellphone gesture toward him, and he got off the phone.
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Apr 17
News

In Trump's NY criminal case, prosecutors file their so-called "Sandoval" notice—disclosing uncharged prior bad acts they intend to use at trial to impeach his credibility.

The list in the document rattles off the NYAG civil fraud case, the E. Jean Carroll case, and more. Image
"If the defendant chooses to testify, the People intend to inquire regarding the following"

Read the full list of litigation prosecutors intend to confront Trump with, if given the green light by the judge.

Doc 🔗 documentcloud.org/documents/2455…
Context

A Sandoval hearing establishes the permissible scope of cross-examination in order for the defendant to make an informed decision about whether to testify.

The notice shows that, for Trump, the list of prior bad acts, is quite long.
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Apr 16
The juror in seat No. 2 will be excused after Trump's lawyers discovered this post on social media:

“Good news!! Trump lost his battle on his unlawful travel ban!!! Get him out, and lock him up.”

(Punctuation marks recited into the record by Justice Merchan.)
Trump's legal team has been going down the list of jurors, one by one, and three jurors in, they have challenged every one for cause.

One challenged failed; one succeeded, and one is pending.
ADA Steinglass says that Team Trump's tactic of trolling potential jurors' social media accounts is a "conceptual problem."

Justice Merchan seems to agree, as Trump's third challenge is about an eight-year-old post by the juror's husband. (!)
Read 9 tweets
Apr 16
Good morning from New York.

We're gearing up for the second day of jury selection in Trump's criminal case in New York. Some nine jurors passed through the initial screening round, though none are empaneled, yet.

I'm reporting live from the courthouse every day. Follow here.
Per pool at 8:34 a.m. ET:

"Motorcade is on the move."
For my written reporting:

I will periodically fire off quick dispatches, and longer analytical pieces, on the trial for @Just_Security.

You can find the former category here. (Bookmark it!)

A more analytical dive here. justsecurity.org/daily-courtroo…
justsecurity.org/94560/trump-tr…
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Apr 15
Good morning from New York.

Jury selection is gearing up for Trump’s first criminal trial.

Lower Manhattan is a phalanx of metal barricades, and the largest press lines I have seen are outside the courthouse.

Follow here for the blow-by-blow throughout the proceedings.
There are all of two protesters in the park outside the courthouse, both carrying signs against Trump.

One sign says, “Convict Trump already,” on one side, and the other sign is a mock-TRUMP sign with the name replaced with “LOSER.”

No pro-Trump signs visible here, yet.
The press queues outside the courthouse for arraignment were quite long:

These seem larger, including among the two lines to get inside and the wall of cameras pointed at the facade of the building.
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Apr 10
Trump's attorneys are currently arguing AGAIN to delay his New York criminal trial at an appellate court — this time, on the immunity and other issues.

By the DA's count, that's more than 10 attempts to adjourn his trial.
One of the grounds cited by Trump's lawyer Emil Bove now:

Justice Merchan ordered that the parties must receive permission to file any more 11th hour pretrial motions.

Bove calls them "unacceptable and unconstitutional restrictions on our ability to file defense motions."
Bove pivots to the presidential immunity arguments.

He notes that Trump's argument here is "different" than the one in D.C.

"This argument is evidence of official acts cannot be offered at criminal trial against a former president."

Merchan rejected that theory, too.
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