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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
@rgoodlaw
May 10 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Under the radar:

A very important piece of evidence prosecutors entered during re-direct with Stormy Daniels on Thursday.

It contradicts a key promise President Trump's attorney made to jurors in Opening Statements.

My discussion with @ErinBurnett @Terridaustin @OutFrontCNN⤵️
2/ Here's the transcript of our conversation:

available here as well: transcripts.cnn.com/show/ebo/date/…
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3/ Link to the court filing (remarkably a joint filing by Donald Trump and Michael Cohen): admitting to the facts of Trump's reimbursement of Cohen for hush money to Stormy Daniels:



See next tweet for link to court opinion holding this was an admission.justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl…
4/ Link to the 2020 court opinion recognizing the Trump-Cohen Joint Opposition filing constituted an admission:

justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl…
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5/ For more context:

Trump decided to admit in court filings to the entire arrangement of reimbursing Cohen for giving hush money to @StormyDaniels, as Trump had done in this most remarkably self-incriminating May 2018 tweet thread.⤵️⤵️ Image

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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
May 7
I discussed why two documents shown by prosecutors on Monday in the Trump trial are "close to being smoking guns."

On @OutFrontCNN.

The Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg document is truly mind blowing.
2/ Get this 🤯:

Trump CFO's contemporaneous handwritten notes recording the underlying scheme - the true reason for payments to Michael Cohen - are written on a copy of the bank account showing the $130,000 hush money wired on Oct. 27 to Stormy Daniels' lawyer!Image
3/ What else do you notice about the bank statement?

It indicates the bank account was set up for this sole purpose.

- Shows total funds of $130,000 for the hush money plus $1K to cover wire transfer fee etc.
- Appears to have opened account a day before the wire transfer.
Read 5 tweets
Ryan Goodman Profile picture
Apr 30
On this day in history:

A former president of the United States was held to be in Criminal Contempt for "willful disobedience of a court's lawful mandate" by attacking witnesses and jurors in a criminal proceeding.

Court's finding based on beyond a reasonable doubt.

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2/ Justice Merchan's well-reasoned, balanced opinion has two additional important notes.

First, he not only warns the Defendant, Mr. Trump, about jail time for future violations. He explains this may be required because fines ($1k per violation) won't be effective in this case. Image
3/ As part of his balanced opinion, Justice Merchan appears to call out Michael Cohen (and perhaps Stormy Daniels).

The judge explains their use of the gag order to publicly go after Trump while he cannot respond may result in judge excluding them from the order's protections⬇️ Image
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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
Apr 25
Due to Trump attorney's concessions in Supreme Court oral argument, there's now a very clear path for DOJ's case to go forward.

It'd be a travesty for Justices to delay matters further.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett got Trump attorney to concede core allegations are private acts.⬇️
2/ Justice Barrett rounds this out with her final question:

She gets USG attorney to say there's enough of these private acts to move forward, and Trump's conduct involving pressuring DOJ, Pence etc would be used just for evidentiary value not criminally liable for those acts.⬇️
3/ Here are the three bullets in USG brief that Justice Barrett gets Trump attorney to concede are private acts that enjoy no immunity whatsoever.⤵️

And note text before the bullets, which Justice Barrett goes over with USG attorney solidifying DOJ can prosecute on this basis. Image
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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
Apr 22
I have a new piece with @AWeissmann_ in @just_security:

Questions the Supreme Court Should Ask at Oral Argument on Presidential Immunity


Just Security also published a complementary piece showing speed by which #SCOTUS can decide cases—if it wants to.⬇️justsecurity.org/94867/supreme-…Image
2/ Here's a link to the second piece. By Fred Wertheimer:

justsecurity.org/94848/supreme-…
3/ Here are the most important questions in my view for the Justices to ask Trump's attorneys.

Note there is no good answer to them. In other words, there is no legal basis to oppose a quick resolution of the immunity question.Image
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Apr 21
NYT scoop: "David Pecker...is set to go first" as prosecution witness. ⬇️

Pecker could be key witness - in ways more devastating than Michael Cohen.

This also indicates DA is foregrounding unlawful election influence for jurors.

hat tip: @AWeissmann_
nytimes.com/2024/04/21/nyr…
2/ As this Timeline shows, Pecker's testimony should be strong proof of core allegation that the hush money scheme was geared toward influencing the outcome of the presidential election.

justsecurity.org/85761/timeline…
3/ Pecker was principal at August 2015 Trump Tower meeting with Trump and Michael Cohen setting up catch-and-kill election operation.

Great WSJ reporting⤵️

"What can you do to help my campaign? he asked, according to people familiar with the meeting."

wsj.com/articles/donal…
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Apr 18
Note the time stamps in DA's new motion alleging 7 more violations of gag order.

But first this nugget by @KlasfeldReports about alleged gag violation.

On Monday, prosecutor told the judge:

“It’s entirely possible it was done within this courthouse.”

justsecurity.org/daily-courtroo…
2/ See some of the time stamps that DA identifies in new motion.⤵️

Monday 9:12 a.m.
Monday 10:26 a.m.
Tuesday 1:50 p.m.

To make these statements or have these statements made from within the courthouse would be to amplify the "contempt" of and for the court.
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3/ New York law also gives special powers to a judge in enforcing their orders (e.g., gag order) if the violation occurs in the "immediate view and presence of the court."

I don't think these alleged violations do so, but the fact that they might come close is significant.
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