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This looks like @AWeissmann_ and my idea in NYT Op-ed:

“The participants also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in furtherance of the scheme.”

Would insulate from legal challenges (preemption etc.) Image
2. David Pecker is going to be a star witness.

- August 2015: The key meeting that set up the catch and kill election scheme is: Pecker, Trump, and Cohen (para 9)
- 2016: Pecker, Trump, Cohen “series of discussions” suppressing Karen MacDougal story (para 12)
- post election:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImageImage
3. Evidence this was election driven (contra the "Melania"/"John Edwards" defense)

Para 19: Trump tried to avoid paying Stormy Daniels until after the election - “because at that point it would not matter if the story became public.”

Documents: emails and texts corroborate… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image

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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
Apr 4
Another flawed idea circulating on Twitter: indictment for false business records fails if Trump's were just internal bookkeeping.

We touched on this issue in @just_security article (with thanks to guidance from @Delavegalaw).

Who to trust on this? The true experts.

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2. Here's former Chief Assistant Manhattan DA @DanielRAlonso explaining:

The DA Office charged "it *all* the time. By definition business records are internal."

3. Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney @rroiphe:

"we used the felony falsification statute to charge people with the broader definition of intent to defraud the government (Banking laws etc) and we did not require submitting the records."

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Mar 30
Prescience👏

8/25/22: @AWeissmann_ predicts DA would press Weisselberg to flip by threatening new charges while in Rikers

3/29/23: @Jose_Pagliery reports DA "prosecutors in recent weeks have discussed applying additional pressure to Weisselberg" with charges while in Rikers
2. Also note, from @Jose_Pagliery reporting, that the specific charge DA prosecutors are contemplating is insurance fraud, pivoting off NY AG Complaint on Sept 21, 2022.

One person, very quickly noted a remarkable passage in the AG Complaint.

Andrew👇
3. Seven days ago, @AWeissmann_: "is DA Bragg contemplating charging Weisselberg for insurance fraud (spelled out in Letitia James civil suit) and Weisselberg may finally flip on Trump?"

🎯!!

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Mar 28
Key and likely to satisfy DOJ:

"Boasberg ruled that while Pence does have some limited protections because of [Speech or Debate], the immunity does not prevent him from testifying about conversations related to alleged 'illegality' on Trump’s part."

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
2. Looks like very narrow carveout:

"The judge said ... that Pence can still decline to answer questions related to HIS ACTIONS on January 6 itself, when he was serving as president of the Senate." (my emphasis added)

cnn.com/2023/03/28/pol….
3. NYTimes report is along the same lines:

"Judge Boasberg also said that Mr. Pence would have to testify to the grand jury about any potentially illegal acts committed by Mr. Trump, the person familiar with the matter said."

That may be the ballgame.
nytimes.com/2023/03/28/us/…
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Mar 27
Mystery witness in Monday’s grand jury: David Pecker of National Inquirer.

His testimony can show the scheme was designed to affect outcome of election.

He reportedly communicated directly with Trump on payment (The Fixers by @joe_palazzolo @mrothfeld)
nytimes.com/2023/03/27/nyr…
2. For those asking whether Pecker's testimony may help Trump, recall Pecker has already testified before the grand jury. We also have AMI's/Pecker's damaging admissions in the federal non-prosecution agreement.👇👇

Bragg likely knows what he's getting, and it rebuts Costello. Image
3. Note how AMI agreement refers to THE meeting to set up catch & kill election scheme was with:

Pecker, Cohen, and "at least one other member of the campaign."

Guess who was that other member of the campaign?

Answer: DOJ sentencing memo: "Individual-1" (Donald Trump)
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Mar 25
This is not a drill.

“Waco is hugely symbolic on the far right,” said @heidibeirich, co-founder of @globalextremism. “There's not really another place in the U.S. that you could pick that would tap into these deep veins of anti-government hatred – usatoday.com/story/news/nat…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2. USA Today includes this important note about Trump whisperer Alex Jones:

“An upstart Austin talk show host in his 20s led a group of volunteers to rebuild the chapel on the [Branch Davidian] site. His name was Alex Jones.”

Report by @willcarless
usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
3. @splcenter:

“Jones moved to Austin’s KJFK-FM to host a show called ‘The Final Edition,’ where he…banged the drum to rebuild the Branch Davidian compound as a memorial to those he said were ‘murdered’ by Attorney General Janet Reno” and the ATF Bureau.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
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Biden admin STILL not giving assistance to Int’l Crim Court to help hold Russia accountable for war crimes.

Now strong bipartisan group Senators—@LindseyGrahamSC @SenatorDurbin @SenThomTillis @SenWhitehouse @SenatorMenendez @SenBlumenthal—issue complaint
nytimes.com/2023/03/24/wor…
2. “Other parts of the government — like the State and Justice Departments — want to transfer the evidence, the officials said, and Mr. Biden has not acted to resolve the impasse.”

@charlie_savage reporting

nytimes.com/2023/03/24/wor…
3. Key in Senators’ letter showing how damaging Biden’s current posture is:

“Last year's bipartisan congressional action to enhance that support [to the ICC] was done in collaboration with your administration to balance all perspectives on the U.S. relationship with the ICC.”
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