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Per @Tom_Winter, a Lancaster, NY man is now in custody after being charged for threatening New York Attorney General Letitia James, who prevailed in her civil fraud trial against former President Trump and whose contact information he found online, with death or injury unless she dropped her case against Trump. 1/
The man also sent threatening voice mail to Judge Arthur Engoron, who presided over that trial, telling the judge he would go after him if an “innocent” Trump were to be imprisoned or to lose his properties as a result of the case and calling the judge “un-American” for his role. 2/
When participants in our justice system, like Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, insist that gag orders are necessary and urgent, arrests like this one are critical context. 3/
For them, this is not about silencing a political adversary; this is about ensuring the smooth, safe functioning of our justice system—and saving lives. FIN.

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Apr 5
Tonight, Trump's team released their 37-page recusal motion. That means that Merchan -- who ordered last month that both sides need his express permission before filing further pre-trial motions -- allowed them to do so. 1/
Trump's justification for a second recusal motion, after his first motion was denied last August, is that there are both changed circumstances and newly discovered evidence. 2/
Recall also that the standard for recusal that Trump's team has invoked necessitates finding that the judge knew or should have known his daughter has an interest that would be substantially affected by this case. 3/
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Apr 4
Earlier today, the New York Attorney General filed a motion seeking more information about Trump's $175 million bond in their case. But they're also apparently going at the issue sideways as well through a letter sent to Judge Arthur Engoron tonight. 1/
Specifically, that letter asks Engoron to modify his post-trial order concerning the powers and duties of the independent monitor in two ways. One of the AG's requests is that Engoron clarify that the monitor can communicate with any of the parties ex parte -- meaning, without all sides present. The AG's proposed order is here: 2/Image
Why would it matter if the AG's team has the unfettered right to speak to retired federal judge Barbara Jones without Trump's team present? Because, as I detailed last night, under the monitorship order, Jones is entitled to information about the bond that is not yet public. Image
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Apr 4
Today, I learned that the court filing reflecting Trump’s bond in the civil fraud case was “returned for correction” and specifically, for the inclusion of a current financial statement and power of attorney. But all is not what it seems. 1/
The financial statement that is missing does not seem to be Trump’s. Rather, the court appears to be demanding these documents from Knight Specialty Insurance Co. to ensure that company is sufficiently capitalized and authorized to post the bond. 2/
As of tonight, those documents do not appear on the docket. 3/
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Apr 2
NEW: The company that underwrote Trump's bond tonight in the NY Attorney General's civil fraud case, Knight Specialty Insurance Co., is owned by Don Hankey, the so-called "king of subprime car loans." But that's not all. 1/
Hankey, who is #128 on Forbes’s 2023 list and #317 on the 2023 Forbes billionaires list, made his money in auto services. But he is also believed to be the largest shareholder in Axos Bank. 2/

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If Axos sounds familiar, it's because it's the financial institution that refinanced Trump’s loans on Trump Tower and Doral in 2022. Specifically, Axos has loaned Trump $100 million in his refinancing of Trump Tower and another $125 million for Doral. 3/
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Apr 1
I'm reading tonight's Trump filing opposing any application or expansion of the gag order to cover his posts about Judge Merchan's daughter. Team Trump claims their primary purpose was to "amplif[y] defense arguments regarding the need for [Merchan's] recusal." 1/
But their initial recusal motion was denied last August--and yet Trump has focused on Merchan's daughter only within the last few weeks. 2/
Even to the extent that a renewed motion for recusal is appropriate on the basis of purported new evidence or changed circumstances, as they claim in a footnote today, the notion that Trump's own posts amplified his legal team's arguments is rich. 3/
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Mar 31
NEW: According to reporting & judging from Trump’s social media, his camp is considering another motion to recuse Judge Juan Merchan on the basis of his daughter’s leadership of an online strategy firm that has, among other clients, worked for Biden & other Dem candidates. 1/.
Trump moved to recuse Merchan last May—and his daughter was the principal reason why. 2/
In particular, Trump argued New York law demands recusal where the judge knows that their spouse or a person “known by the judge to be within the sixth degree of relationship to either of them … has an interest that could be substantially affected by the proceeding.” 3/
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