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Anna Bower
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Legal Fellow & Courts Correspondent @lawfare. Detailed reporting and legal analysis of the 4 criminal cases against Trump. Contact: anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
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May 9 • 45 tweets • 7 min read
Good morning from 100 Centre Street, where Stormy Daniels is set to resume her testimony in Trump's trial on 34 felony counts.

@TylerMcBrien got the golden ticket for the overflow room. I got the green ticket for courtroom 1530.

Follow along!

🧵⬇️👇


Image @TylerMcBrien On Monday, the atmosphere around court had begun to feel routine—boring, even.

But the anticipation around Daniels' testimony has created a new sense of excitement.

It's like a stampede today, one reporter quipped as we raced to the elevators on our way up to courtroom 1530.
May 8 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
NEW: The Georgia Court of Appeals will take up Trump’s immediate appeal of lower court order that declined to disqualify Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis. Link to the order from the Georgia Court of Appeals: efast.gaappeals.us/download?filin…
May 7 • 41 tweets • 7 min read
Hello from 100 Centre Street, where Trump’s criminal trial on 34 counts of falsification of business records is set to resume.

The sun is shining in New York City, but the forecast in the Manhattan criminal courthouse looks like it could get a little Stormy… Image I'm watching from overflow today, while @TylerMcBrien is in the courtroom.

But I'm cutting out a smidge early today to make it back to DC for a conversation w/ @secretsandlaws, @MuellerSheWrote, & Andy McCabe about the classified docs case.

Join us!

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May 6 • 43 tweets • 10 min read
Good morning ☀️ from 100 Centre Street, where Day 12 of Trump’s trial on 34 felony counts is set to resume.

@TylerMcBrien is back to live tweet minute-to-minute updates from the press room for @lawfare.

And I’ll be providing updates from courtroom 1530.

Follow along!👇 Image @TylerMcBrien @lawfare Who gets a golden ticket (or, rather, the white cardstock ticket) for a seat in court at Trump's trial?

50+ media organizations (including @lawfare) have a reserve seat in the courtroom.

Beyond that, it's first come, first serve.

May 4 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Here are the moments that led to Hope Hicks breaking down in tears on the stand.

Only she can say why she cried. But in my view, the breakdown related to her testimony at the end of the prosecution’s direct examination.

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Image Hicks is a polished, articulate woman. Those characteristics are part of her livelihood: She’s a crisis comms pro.

But from the start, she appeared somewhat nervous, apprehensive.

Indeed, she admitted as much: “I’m nervous,” she said at the beginning of her testimony.

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May 3 • 99 tweets • 17 min read
Good morning ☀️ from The Line at 100 Centre Street, where Day 7 (or Day 11, depending on who you ask) of Trump’s criminal trial is set to resume.

I’m here to cover the trial for @lawfare.

Follow this thread for live updates 🧵👇 Image When we left off yesterday, Doug Daus—a forensics expert with the Manhattan DA's office—was on the stand, testifying about evidence recovered from Michael Cohen's phones.

Catch up on Daus's testimony thus far in @TylerMcBrien's excellent thread:
Apr 30 • 79 tweets • 15 min read
Good morning from 100 Centre Street in Manhattan, where Donald Trump’s criminal trial on 34 felony counts is set to resume.

I’m here to cover the trial for @lawfare.

Follow this thread for updates 🧵👇 ⬇️ Image When we left court on Friday, Gary Farro—a former managing director at First Republic Bank—was on the stand.

First Republic plays a role in the story bc Cohen allegedly wired the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels using First Republic. 

Catch up: lawfaremedia.org/article/standa…
Apr 26 • 88 tweets • 17 min read
It’s a chilly Friday morning in Manhattan, where Day 4 of Donald Trump’s criminal trial on 34 felony counts for falsification of business records is set to resume.

I’m here to cover the trial for @lawfare.

Follow this thread for updates ⬇️ 👇 Image We left off yesterday w/ the cross examination of David Pecker, the former tabloid publisher.

You can catch up on Pecker’s testimony in my thread below 🧵.

And if you appreciate our minute-to-minute coverage, please consider supporting our work: givebutter.com/c/trumptrials/…
Apr 25 • 89 tweets • 18 min read
Good morning from the press line in front of the courthouse in Manhattan, where Donald Trump’s trial on 34 felony counts is set to resume at 9:30 ET.

I’ll be in Justice Merchan’s courtroom for @lawfare.

Follow this thread for updates 🧵👇 ⬇️ Image Need to catch up on what's happened during the trial thus far?

Ben Wittes, @TylerMcBrien, and I have you covered.

Our neurotically detailed dispatch from the first two days of Trump's trial will tell you everything you need to know:

lawfaremedia.org/article/catch-…
Apr 23 • 79 tweets • 14 min read
Hello from 100 Centre Street!

It’s Day 2 of Trump’s trial on 34 felony counts for falsification of business records.

I’ll be in the courtroom for @lawfare. @TylerMcBrien will be in the overflow courtroom live tweeting minute-to-minute coverage.

Follow along 🔔👇 🧵 Yesterday, we heard opening statements from both the prosecution and the defense.

David Pecker, former CEO of tabloid publisher American Media, testified for approximately half an hour before court wrapped up early for a juror's dental appointment.

Apr 22 • 48 tweets • 8 min read
Good morning from 100 Centre Street, where Manhattan prosecutors and defense counsel for Donald J. Trump are set to deliver opening statements in the first criminal trial against a former American President.

I’ll be in the courtroom for @lawfare. Follow along for updates ⬇️ 🧵 Image Things seem to be off to a slow start this morning.

Members of the press and public are still lined up outside as we wait to enter the courthouse.

It’s a very chilly morning in NYC, which has left some of us (me) shivering in the cold. Image
Apr 16 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
The first six jurors in Trump’s criminal trial are being sworn in.

Per pool, juror B400 will serve as the foreperson.

Here’s what we know about B400, per yesterday’s pool report:
Image The second juror is B280. She’s a native New Yorker who works as an oncology nurse at a large hospital, per yesterday’s pool report. She gets her news from NYT, CNN, and Google.

Asked to express her opinion of Trump, she said “I don’t really have one.” Image
Apr 14 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Tomorrow, jury selection is set to begin in the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. President.

@lawfare will be there to provide you with detailed reporting & analysis as Trump faces trial on 34 felony counts.

Here’s a look at what to expect from our coverage: ⬇️ 🧵1/ @TylerMcBrien will be your eyes & ears during jury selection. Follow him!

Twice a week during jury selection, we’ll publish an in-depth dispatch from Tyler as he chronicles the effort to seat 12 jurors in the criminal trial of a former President. 2/

lawfaremedia.org/article/how-to…
Apr 3 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
New: Justice Merchan denies Trump’s bid to stave off criminal trial in New York based on presidential immunity.

nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/pre… Merchan says that Trump’s motion is denied as untimely.

“The court finds that the defendant has myriad opportunities to raise the claim of presidential immunity well before March 7, 2024”—the date when Trump filed his immunity motion. Image
Apr 3 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Special counsel Jack Smith has filed his response to Judge Cannon's request for preliminary jury instructions regarding the Presidential Records Act in Trump's classified documents case.

Read the filing here: documentcloud.org/documents/2452… Cannon asked both Trump & the special counsel to "engage with" two "competing scenarios" involving potential jury instructions regarding the impact of the PRA on Trump's charges.

"Both scenarios rest on an unstated and fundamentally flawed legal premise," special counsel writes. Image
Mar 27 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: California State Bar recommends that John Eastman be disbarred. Image Read the decision of the State Bar Court of California here:

documentcloud.org/documents/2452…
Mar 20 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: Judge Scott McAfee issues certificate of immediate review, allowing Trump and seven co-defendants to seek appeal of order denying disqualification of Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis. Image Per McAfee’s order, the trial court proceedings are not automatically stayed. He says he intends to address pending pre-trial motions regardless of whether the appeal is taken up by the Georgia Court of Appeals.

And the Court of Appeals could still decline to hear the case.
Mar 17 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Trump’s Georgia attorney, Steve Sadow, in response to a question about potential options to disqualify Fani Willis following Judge McAfee’s ruling:

“Our first legal option is to ask the Court to permit a pre-trial appeal of his disqualification order.” Sadow has 10 days from the date of McAfee’s order to seek what’s called a “certificate of immediate review.”

The certificate, if granted, would allow Trump to immediately appeal the disqualification order before trial—and likely cause a substantial delay in the case.
Mar 15 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: JUDGE RULES THAT FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS MUST STEP AWAY FROM TRUMP PROSECUTION OR CUT TIES WITH SPECIAL PROSECUTOR NATHAN WADE

documentcloud.org/documents/2448… The record, Judge McAfee writes, establishes that there is a "significant appearance of impropriety" that infects the current structure of the prosecution team--an appearance that "must be removed" by one of two options: Either Willis steps aside, or Wade withdraws from the case.
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Mar 9 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
This year, Trump is set to face trial in one or more of the four jurisdictions where he has been criminally charged.

@lawfare will be there to bring you extensive factual reporting and legal analysis.

But our non-profit newsroom needs your help 🧵 ⬇️

givebutter.com/trumptrials @lawfare is a 501(c)(3) non-profit media organization dedicated to educating the public about the law.

We’ve devoted a significant amount of resources to producing in-depth coverage of the criminal cases against the former President in Georgia, Florida, DC, and New York.

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Mar 1 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A few more details from today's hearing before Judge Cannon in Ft. Pierce:

1. Prosecutors told Judge Cannon that they intend to call roughly 40 witnesses to testify at Trump's trial on criminal charges related to unlawful retention of classified documents. 2. At one point, Judge Cannon asked prosecutor David Harbach when the special counsel's office would be prepared to "publish" its witness list.

Across the room, Jack Smith seemed visibly bewildered by the question, raising his eyebrows in apparent shock.