#civil
#SCOTUS justices seemed divided on Mon over a bankruptcy settlement for #PurduePharma that would funnel billions to address the #opioid epidemic in exchange for shielding members of the wealthy #Sackler family from related #civil #lawsuits.
The #DOJ US Trustee Prgm, had challenged the deal, saying that it violated #federal #law by guaranteeing such wide-ranging #legal #immunity for the Sacklers.
Appeals #Court Says #Jan6 #Law Suits Against #Trump Can Proceed for Now
The court left open the possibility that TFG could still prevail in his effort to claim #immunity from #civil cases seeking to hold him accountable for the #violence.
#justice #incitement
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/us/politics/trump-jan-6-lawsuits.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Blavity: 10 #HardHitting #Historical #Movies Like '#TheHelp'
One of the most popular period dramas detailing the life of #Black #Americans throughout the #civil #injustice of the #1960s is #TheHelp. This #drama was adapted from #KathrynStockett’s #novel and is set in #Jackson, #Mississippi, amidst the #civilrightsmovement.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon https://blavity.com/entertainment/movies-like-the-help
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Bid to hold #Trump accountable for #Jan6violence stalls at appeals #court.
The long-awaited D.C. ##Circuitruling in a trio of #civil lawsuits could influence Trump’s criminal cases as well.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/27/trump-immunity-appeal-00128786
#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert
Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?
Nicole Berner
* American civil rights and labor lawyer
Judge Arthur #Engoron denied Donald #Trump's request for a #mistrial, describing the defendants' arguments as "nonsensical," "disingenuous," & "utterly without merit."
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-fraud-trial/?id=103642561
“That a Trump victory next Nov is a coin-toss probability is beginning to sink in.
“#Trump dominates the #RepublicanPrimary. Several polls have him ahead of President Joe #Biden in swing states.… In the primaries, at least, #civil #lawsuits & #criminal prosecutions have only strengthened Trump. …In the next 12 mos a stumble by either candidate could determine the race—& thus upend the world.”
#NationalSecurity #GlobalSecurity #geopolitics #extremism #authoritarianism #democracy #Vote
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#alvarezabogados #abogados #derecho #civil #derechocivil #civilistas #legal #juzgados #justicia #defensa #Tenerife
Trump "and his allies have already started to plot ways for the federal govt to punish his critics & opponents should he win back the #WhiteHouse...
#Trump — who faces 91 charges across 4 #criminal cases — is naming the people he wants to investigate & prosecute, and his associates are drafting plans to potentially invoke the #Insurrection Act on his first day in office, which would allow him to deploy the #military in response to #civil demonstrations."
#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/47rE7Qi
#Criticisms of #Trump #GagOrders Echo #SupremeCourt’s #Selectivity.
Two #Federal #judges have had enough of former President Donald #Trump attacking their #law #clerks and potential #witnesses in the multiple #civil and #criminal #trials he’s facing.
The world has been shouting it to America
that #Trump was a dangerous #Fascist & one idiot
since before you forcibly elected him #potus
that he was a danger to #Democracy and #freedom
we shouted it to you after #Charlottesville
that he would attempt a #coup
we shouted it to you before the elections
Now we shout to you again
Trump seeks #civil #war so as not to end up in prison and take power by force
arrest him NOW !
and arrest all the #MAGA fanatics immediately !
those in politics too
NOW !
"Un pais, una bandera, una democracia: un estado de derecho, justicia, donde todos los españoles seamos iguales"
(Also, argh! & for real, that’s not at issue! Why rebut moot arguments? The #fraud in & of itself was DECIDED as a matter-of-#LAW. All this trial is deciding are the remaining 6 counts: 1. falsifying business records 2. #conspiracy to falsify business records 3. issuing false financial stmnts 4. conspiracy to falsify said false financial stmnts 5. insurance fraud 6. conspiracy to commit insurance fraud; + the amount of disgorgement.)
#legal #law #civil #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial #Trump
Thankfully, Justice #Engoron agreed w/ #Kise as well & said he's only going to base his #ruling on what's in front of him, meaning the #evidence presented in this #trial.
#Trump atty moved on to #disgorgement (the #NYAG is seeking $250M in purportedly ill-gotten gains from Trump et al).
Kise: “There's no demonstration of a [connection] between the purported ill-gotten gains & the defendants' (conduct).”
#Kise started by arguing the standard of proof on the 6 claims at issue requires "clear & convincing evidence," which he says the #NYAG didn’t provide.
Kise: “The attorney general has converted standard commercial real estate loan transactions into fraud not based on what the bank says but what she says.”
(#fraud was already decided, as a matter-of-#law, before this trial.)
#legal #civil #conspiracy #TrumpOrganization #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
#Trump attorney Chris #Kise argued to NY Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron, that regardless of what was in Trump's #financial statements, they did not make a material difference to bankers who approved #loans to Trump.
Kise says there was no testimony presented at trial by anyone at Trump #lender #DeutscheBank or other lenders that said they would have proceeded differently had they known Trump's accurate financial condition.
Thursday, November 9, 2023, is DAY 26 in the #TrumpTrial. The #NYAG rested her case.*
#Trump defense begins Mon.
Today, just motions.
1. Trump seeks a “directed verdict;” a ruling saying the AG failed to back up her claims. (doomed)
2. NYAG seeks to bar 3 of 4 Trump experts for relevancy.
3. Defense also floated possibly moving for a mistrial using a bias argument centered on #Engoron’s principal #LawClerk. They’re on thin ice there.
*Weisselberg may be recalled.
New: #TrumpTrial #DonaldTrumpJr returns to the witness stand Monday to kick off #Trump’s defense case in the #NYAG’s #civil #fraud trial, per sources.
While there is a list of 128 possible Trump witnesses, we haven’t heard anything definitive re the actual people they will call or in what order.
Also, something that never came up is the very real fact that these hotels, especially the #OPO location lost an enormous amount of money, so much so that #Trump had to constantly put huge amounts of his own money into it just to keep it afloat. So what he made from the sale, he still came out of it at a loss.
#loser #Failure #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-business-4203026146d39a3a2315eecd7fe79486
The #AllenWeisselberg testimony went very badly, especially because it was reported that he perjured himself on the first day which would violate his release from #jail for his #criminal #TaxFraud conviction.
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2023/10/12/trumps-longtime-cfo-lied-under-oath-about-trump-tower-penthouse/
Back to the #DC hotel. #Ivanka said she spearheaded the redevelopment of the#OPO bldg. She said there was a lot of red tape.
"Since it's a historic building, there are many many different agencies… I think there were 20+ agencies from which we had to get approval.… It was a labor of love, it was a lot of work…. It was a very special iconic building that I'm really proud to have had the opportunity to work on."
#Trump #legal #law #civil #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
#Ivanka testified during cross examination that the #Doral is something she feels "very proud of," especially now that she's a #Florida resident.
#DeutscheBank’s Vrablic to Ivanka March 8, 2013, re Doral:
"I am SO glad we got to see you & have you show us the new rooms. They look amazing! I have had a wonderful time here & it is really impressive to see what you have accomplished so quickly."
#Trump #legal #law #civil #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
#Ivanka testified that once the financing details had been worked out, all of her attention was devoted to its redevelopment. (not her new baby?) Just the hotel, though. She said the golf course design was all #Trump.
"My father has an affinity for golf.”
When #Doral was fully redeveloped, Ivanka said #DeutscheBank was pleased w/ the transformation, & changed some terms of the loan in Trump's favor.
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
#Ivanka testified: "My father had deep & nostalgic love for that particular property." She said #Trump “told stories about going there as a child w/his father…. He had a lot of sentimental affection for the property & a strong feeling that it wasn't living up to its potential, physically." Ivanka also said it had a really nice spa.
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
Moved on to Trump's #Doral golf course in #Florida. Trump bought the property in 2012 out of bankruptcy for $150M, backed by a #loan from #DeutscheBank.
Asked about her role in the Doral sale, #Ivanka said: she received a phone call about the sale that was "very inconvenient timing" bc she was "in the hospital, or I was about to be in the hospital" w/her first child.
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
Next Suarez showed emails detailing Ivanka's contact w/ #DeutscheBank exec Rosemary Vrablic, of the lender's private wealth mgmt division. #Ivanka said she got along well w/ Vrablic.
Ivanka: "I was constantly told by Rosemary & the members of her team how much they appreciated the relationship.”
This goes toward their arg that Deutsche wanted to do business w/ #Trump & didn’t have problems w/the loans.
#legal #law #civil #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
Suarez showed #Ivanka a letter to #Trump from #DeutscheBank fmr CEO Anshu Jain dated March 14, 2013 which read:
"Dear Donald,
Great to meet you for lunch last week. It was a pleasure to see your delight in the buildout of your family holdings & your justified pride in having your children in the business."
(Not sure what the relevance is / why trump team entered this particular letter into evidence.)
#legal #law #civil #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
The cross-examination of #Ivanka is by #Trump atty Jesus Suarez.
Ivanka testified that she had nothing to do w/the preparation of Trump's SFCs.
Shortly after he began questioning, #Engoron noted that she'd answered some of their questions in direct.
Atty Chris #Kise complained that >1 min in, the defense was being told to “hurry up” & said: "That is grossly unfair."
#Engoron: "I disagree."
#law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
#NYAG showed a 2016 doc in which the Ivanka Trump Revocable Trust does indeed guarantee a portion of the debt for #Trump's #OPO #DC hotel.
#Ivanka said she didn’t recall the document, or the guarantee.
Ivanka then confirmed that she received payment on the sale of the OPO, but didn't recall the amt.
An email from #TrumpOrganization VP #PatrickBirney showed she received $4,013,024 for the sale.
(Birney testified week1)
Direct examination concluded.
#DeutscheBank's Tom Sullivan sent #Ivanka an email Dec 2, 2013, w/ the subj & attachment "Term Sheet - Old Post Office."
The attachment contained the terms on the $160M #loan amt.
They reviewed the conditions.
#NYAG brought up a revocable trust Ivanka owned: “Did there come a time where your revocable trust guaranteed certain amounts Donald #Trump might have to pay on the Old Post Office loan?"
Ivanka: “I don't believe so.”
#NYAG Solomon asked about several of the #covenants for #DeutscheBank's #loan to #Trump for the #DC hotel that the guarantor for the loan, Trump, was required to comply with.
Listing several off, Solomon asked if #Ivanka was familiar w/ them.
Ivanka: “I generally understood that there was a personal guarantee as a condition of the loan as well as other requirements…this level of (specificity) is not something I recall.”
After lunch, #Ivanka Trump returned to the stand.
#NYAG: “Why did you send this to Mr. #Kushner?”
Ivanka: "My husband is also in real estate, & we have respect for each other."
In a Dec 16, 2011, the #TrumpOrganization’s David Orowitz told #AllenWeisselberg: "Ivanka wanted me to change the language in the #GAAP section. She asked that I review w/you."
Asked if she had any reason to believe Orowitz was inaccurate, Ivanka replied: "No."
#NYAG showed an email from #JaredKushner to #Ivanka on June 17, 2013:
"You can get better pricing for such LTV. Nativixis will give you 140MM at that rate most likely. Show i show it to them?" (sic) (#LTV=Loan to Value)
NYAG asked why she showed such info to #Kushner,
#Kise objected on spousal privilege grounds.
#Engoron decided that was a good time for a lunch break
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
#NYAG Solomon turned to a meeting #Trump, #Ivanka & others had w/ the GSA & asked if she recalled the government raising questions about Trump's financial statements.
She said she did not.
It is again noted that the GSA was concerned about the financial info on the statements that wasn't in line w/ #GAAP.
NYAG showed an email from Dec. 17, 2011, that the #TrumpOrganization’s David Orowitz sent Ivanka w/a handout for a presentation on the #OPO.
#NYAG noted in the GSA’s document it stated: it noticed "multiple #GAAP departures" in #Trump's #SFC in late 2011.
#Ivanka: "I recall them asking questions [for] many months, long months after we submitted our (proposal).”
#NYAG: "But you don't recall anything about Donald Trump's statements of financial condition?"
Ivanka: “Outside of what you've shown me now & a year and a half ago, no.”
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
Back to Trump's proposal for the redevelopment of the historic #OPO building, which would for a time become the #Trump International Hotel Washington #DC.
The building was owned by the #federal #government, so Trump et al had to lease it from the GSA.
#NYAG showed an email, which listed a number of questions the GSA had about Trump's development proposal & asked #Ivanka if she remembered the deficiencies the GSA identified in Trump's #SFC.
#Kise: "While there is some contextual latitude...we're asking about things that are well-barred.”
#Engoron: “I agree w/your logic that a certification in 2016 doesn't affect anything about original loan, however (some loans) require as a condition of a loan the #TrumpOrganization or whoever…certify things in the future. I believe those certifications are at issue."
#Ivanka retook the stand.
Engoron to Ivanka: “Sorry to have kept you in the dark.”
Colony Capital was founded by #TomBarrack, a real estate mogul who chaired #Trump's #inauguration cmte & was the 2016 Trump campaign’s go to on foreign policy stuff.
Barrack was charged & went to #trial in Brooklyn #federal court re #FARA - it was alleged he was secretly acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the UAE in the campaign & then the WH.
In the end he was acquitted - but there was a cooperation deal.
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
As we learned before #DeutscheBank was #Trump's largest creditor by far, & extended hundreds of million of dollars in credit to him 2011-2021.
#Ivanka said she only dealt w/ Trump's Deutsche Bank point person, Rosemary Vrablic, on projects like #Doral & the #OPO hotel in DC, & was only tangentially involved w/the #Chicago building.
Re the OPO. Real estate firm Colony Capital had planned on financing the deal in part, but backed out.
#Trump atty Cliff Robert: "Objection, statute of limitations, relevance & hearsay.”
Judge #Engoron: "Overruled on all three grounds.”
(FYI, Engoron already ruled against the defense on issues like timeliness, saying claims can be time-barred, not evidence, but Trump's side wants to preserve everything they can for appeal.)
#NYAG Solomon asked if she ever provided any #asset #valuation information for #Trump's financial statements.
Show
#Ivanka: “Not that I recall.”
NYAG: "Did you ever review [the financial statements] before they were finalized?"
Ivanka: "I don't recall that.”
NYAG turned to a potential 2012 refinancing of Trump's high rise in #Chicago. An email is displayed in which #DeutscheBank extends an offer for the deal.
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
#Ivanka: "As I had told you a year and a half ago when we spoke, I wasn't involved in his yearly statements of financial condition.”
(from the defense’s perspective, Ivanka's testimony is going well, so far she has been cool, calm, consistent. And isn’t giving anything up.)
#NYAG: "Did you have any role in preparing Donald #Trump's statements of financial condition?"
Ivanka: "Not that I'm aware of.”
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
#NYAG Solomon says #Ivanka was deeply involved in the #Doral #loan process:
"She negotiated the deal from top to bottom, from interest rates to the net worth covenant.”
Objection overruled.
NYAG asked Ivanka several questions about Trumps statements of financial condition (SFCs), which the AG said were #falsified to inflate #Trump's #NetWorth.
Justice #Engoron responded that he didn’t think that mattered.
#Kise: “We haven't had any questions about those corporate entities.”
Engoron considered it further & said: “It's an interesting question; to what extent the question has to be limited to the grounds of the subpoena?"
#Trump attorney #AlinaHabba: "She's no longer a defendant in this case.”
#NYAG: "Were you aware that in his statements of financial condition for 2011, Donald Trump represented that his net worth was more than $4 billion?"
#Ivanka: “No”
#Trump atty Chris #Kise said that all of this questioning is outside the scope of the #subpoena that compelled Ivanka to testify:
"This individual was subpoenaed on behalf of three corp entities, & none of those entities have anything to do w/(the Doral loan).”
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
The #NYAG, continued to press about whether she thought it was a good deal.
#Ivanka: "Well we ended up doing the deal w/ #DeutscheBank. Yes I thought generally the deal terms w/ Deutsche Bank were positive & we proceeded forward."
Justice #Engoron: "That could have been a simple yes.”
Remember in order to secure this #loan, #Trump executed a personal guarantee & agreed to certain #covenants, including that he maintain a #NetWorth of $2.5B.
#NYAG asked #Ivanka about one particular proposal from #DeutscheBank in 2011
"You thought this was a great proposal didn't you?"
Ivanka: "I don't recall this proposal.”
The NYAG showed an email from 2011 in which Ivanka references the deal, & says "it doesn't get better than this, let's discuss ASAP."
Solomon asked if that refreshed her memory
Ivanka: "No”
(This testimony is nearly all #IDontRecall)
#Trump #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 #NYAG #civil #fraud #TrumpTrial #Ivanka Trump is testifying. She had to follow her father's outrageous, combative & irreverent testimony on Monday, which designed more for the #CourtOfPublicOpinion & #RightWing #media than to convince #NY Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron of anything.
#Trump called the judge a fraud, the NYAG "a political hack" & gave defenses to the AG's claims which were rejected as a matter of law by before trial.
Unlike her father & her brothers #EricTrump & #DonaldTrumpJr, #Ivanka is no longer a defendant in #NYAG #LetitiaJames’ lawsuit. James alleges that #Trump’s asset values were fraudulently pumped up for years on #financial statements that helped him get #loans & #insurance.
#Now it’s #Ivanka Trump’s turn to face questioning in the #civil #fraud #trial that is publicly probing into the family business. #Trump’s eldest daughter, who has been in his inner circle in both #business & #politics, is due on the stand Wed, after trying unsuccessfully to block her #testimony.
#EricTrump #DonaldTrumpJr #NYAG #LetitiaJames
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fraud-lawsuit-trial-ivanka-trump-testimony-1795382ea1d2c33faefbb40a0907feca
It’s believed the NYAG will conclude its presentation of the case this week, ending w/ #Ivanka Trump’s testimony slated for after her father’s.
She appealed the order compelling her testimony several times, & lost every time.
Justice #Engoron already found #Trump liable for “persistent & repeated” #fraud, in addition to #DonaldTrumpJr, #EricTrump, fmr #TrumpOrganization execs #AllenWeisselberg, #JeffMcConney, & several Trump business entities.
Today at the #NewYork Supreme Court in Manhattan, it is an historic day. Donald #Trump is slated to #testify in the #NYAG’s case against him, the #TrumpOrganization, & its execs alleging he #defrauded #banks, #insurers & the #government for decades by lying about his #NetWorth.
The last time testified at a trial was in 2013 per @AP
#TrumpTrial #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud
https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-york-fraud-lawsuit-business-empire-bd06bf8db3a14a9d2f10eb69b300c1d3
#Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over the #SBF trial, just ordered protective measures for the #jury in Trump's upcoming #EJeanCarroll #civil #trial (aka #Carroll2) due to the “strong likelihood of unwanted media attn to the jurors, #influence attempts, &/or #harassment or #worse by #supporters of Mr. Trump [&/or by Mr. Trump himself.”
.
#law #TrumpTrial #PoliticalViolence #Extremism #MAGA #Cult
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.222.0.pdf
Then #NYAG's atty Andrew #Amer spoke about establishing a record on a totally unrelated issue, at which point #Trump atty #Kise (again) exhibited behavior that could land him in #contempt:
Kise, loudly & dripping w/ sarcasm:
“Wow! A record?!? There needs to be a record?!? That's interesting!”
Then a vaudeville hook pulled him offstage (JK)
Proceedings have concluded for the week.
Monday Trump is testifying.
#law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial #Engoron
#NYAG's counsel Kevin #Wallace on the whole "sideshow” of the #LawClerk passing notes to the judge:
(exasperated) it is “designed to interrupt our ability to put an end to this! If there's something improper between a judge & a clerk passing notes, you should make your motion now”
That’s when Justice #Engoron said he’d issue a written decision on the matter.
#Trump #legal #law #civil #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
More on today’s final exchange btwn Justice #Engoron, #Trump atty #Kise & #NYAG attys #Wallace & #Amer:
Engoron (to Kise): “If you want to make a motion at this point, go ahead & do it. …You've made speeches. You've made observations. …What more of a record do you want?"
Kise tried to use the "two adversaries" line again. (Apparently he’s used it 4X now)
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial #LawClerk #AllisonGreefield
#EricTrump is questioned about a #DeutscheBank #loan, & a certification attesting to #Trump's wealth that he signed.
#NYAG: "You intended for this to be accurate?"
Eric: “Yes, I think my father's net worth is far higher.”
The NYAG showed a 2021 #certification signed by Eric relating to Trump's #Doral golf course. The cert was sent to a #bank w/ Trump's #SFC, which *verified* Trump's financials.
#NYAG: "There is a process to follow.. it's making a motion. We're wasting valuable time."
Justice #Engoron says the allegation that he received any complaint is categorically false. (Referring to the tabloid breitbart article)
And finally the #TrumpTrial got underway.
NYAG cont’d direct of #EricTrump re #SFC, #appraisals, his claimed ignorance of #financial stmnts, & his involvement w/inflating #Trump’s #NetWorth.
#Trump & #TrumpOrganization #civil #fraud #Trial Fri, Nov 3, 2023, AM session;
The day began w/ yesterday’s drama. Trump attys accused #NY Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron's #LawClerk, #AllisonGreefield, of bias, & the asserted she influences the judge.
Yesterday, Engoron warned Trump atty #Kise not to speak about court staff, & noted a pattern of #misogyny in Kise’s behavior toward women in the courtroom.
#NYAG lawyer Colleen Faherty specifically focused on the licensing developments on #Trump's #SFC (Statement of Financial Condition) from 2017, she asked #DonaldTrumpJr if he gave the accountants the $246M #valuation attached to the licensing deals.
NYAG: "Did you work on the statement of financial condition for June 30, 2017?"
Jr: "I did not. The accountants worked on it. That's what we paid them to do.”
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
After that bombshell…,
the #NYAG questioned Jr re some international deals involving business in Azerbaijan, Canada, & the UAE.
#Trump atty Chris #Kise objected on relevance.
NYAG said the deals weren't on the Trump statements of financial condition (SFCs).
#Engoron allowed it.
After that, the #TrumpTrial concluded for the day.
#DonaldTrumpJr. returns to the witness stand in the AM, after that Eric Trump is scheduled.
#NYAG questioned #DonaldTrumpJr on exactly when #AllenWeisselberg left the #TrumpOrganization.
Jr. said it was after Weisselberg’s #indictment, but that he doesn't know when.
Q: Did you ask him to leave?
A: I did not.
Q: Did your brother ask him to leave?
A: I'm not sure.
After a break, NYAG resumed questioning, this time re Jr.'s appointment as a #trustee for the “Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust” which happened approximately when #Trump was inaugurated.
#NYAG questioned #DonaldTrumpJr about his relationship to #AllenWeisselberg, fmr #TrumpOrganization CFO convicted of #TaxFraud.
Trump Jr said that all decisions for the #TrumpOrg changed to, "Allen Weisselberg, myself & my brother” (#EricTrump; nobody ever remembers #BarronTrump, even his big bro) after Trump was inaugurated in Jan 2017.
Asked if he received professional training related to #GAAP, #DonaldTrumpJr answered “no”
Asked who his employer is, #Trump Jr replied: "I believe it's still Trump Payroll Corp”
Asked if he's familiar with rent-stabilization law, Jr says: "I was then. I probably forgot most of it now."
(Money well spent 🙄. #privilege)
(Also EVERYONE/ANYONE who EVER LIVED IN #NYC knows that law)
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial #RentStabilizationLaw
NYAG: Are you familiar w/an acronym G-A-A-P or “GAAP”?
After a back-and-forth, #DonaldTrumpJr. answers that he knows what it stands for: "generally accepted accounting principles."
Beyond that, he says, "That's what I have CPAs for.
(Besides being flippant, he – or daddy –obviously exchanged something for him to get that Wharton degree, & it wasn’t hours studying.)
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial #GAAP
Gross; when #DonaldTrumpJr sat down at the defense table to pose w/his attorneys for the media, he said, "I should have worn make-up.”
Colleen Flaherty was the atty from the #NYAG’s office who questioned Trump Jr.
First she questioned him re his background /education, then #GAAP comes back up (see video earlier in thread)
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
#Ivanka Trump's lawyer notified a judge on Wednesday that she plans to #appeal the order compelling her testimony in this case.
She REALLY doesn’t want to #testify under oath in the case against her father, brothers, the #TrumpOrganization & its top execs.
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=brAQ6nG2AozxbN_PLUS_QS5Ly3g==
Nothing of note occurred during cross examination of McCarty.
Importantly, McCarty’s #LostInterest calculation, is only ONE exhibit of the whole of his report. Makes you wonder what else there was. I’m sure we’ll find out.
But not today.
(In additional to the amount they have to pay, the trial will determine if Trump et al get barred from ever serving as an officer or director of any NY corp ever again.)
#DonaldTrumpJr is next.
State expert, #MichielMcCarty, testified he conducted an analysis of risk differentials of what the true interest rates would have been if the statements of financial condition accurately stated #Trump's assets.
#NYAG shows exhibit 1 from McCarty’s report, the "Lost Interest Calculation."
(see pic)
Total of #LostInterest: $168,040,168 (yikes)
Properties: Doral, Old Post Office, Chicago & 40 Wall Street (Trump Tower).
#law #civil #fraud #TrumpOrganization #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial #GAAP
The last witness before Trump Jr is #MichielMcCarty, state's expert.
1st he testified to his qualifications as an expert. Then his testimony switched to his report.
The 1st category of his report is “lost interest.”
#Trump has argued that everyone made money on the #loans at issue in the case, but problematically #banks gave the #TrumpOrganization favorable terms based on judicially determined #fraudulent statements of #financial condition.
#NYAG showed #Oriwitz another email, this one is from #DeutscheBank’s Rosemary Vrablic to #Ivanka Trump, dated Feb. 11, 2016.
Subject: Doral
"I spoke to the credit team on the $50mm request and we are thrilled to consider it for you."
That was it for Orowitz. Direct examination concluded w/no cross.
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial #GAAP
As prelude for #DonaldTrumpJr, we have #DavidOrowitz, the #TrumpOrganization’s snr VP of acquisitions & development; & #MichielMcCarty, state's expert + chairman & CEO of the investment #bank M.M.Dillon & Co.
First up #Orowitz.
#NYAG's counsel Eric Haren showed Orowitz a Dec 16, 2011 email he wrote to #AllenWeisselberg.
Subject: IMPORTANT: Need to discuss now
"Allen,
Ivanka wanted me to change the language in the GAAP section. She asked that I review with you."
For the record, #DonaldTrumpJr’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania's (#Penn) #Wharton School of #Business, is a Bachelor’s of Science in #Economics.
All he knows about #GAAP, is that it stands for “generally accepted accounting principles.”
Anybody want to do business w/this guy?
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
When the #civil #fraud trial began today, #NYAG’s counsel played this video #deposition of #DonaldTrumpJr, who will take the stand later today.
Two #witnesses are expected to testify before Trump Jr.
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #Trump #TrumpOrganization #LetitiaJames #GAAP
I've built a civil/solar metric clock for the iPhone. If that sounds intriguing and you'd like to know more, you can check out the post at https://www.olsons.net/projects/multiclock.
If you download and use the app, I'd love any feedback.
The source code's up on GitHub. App is in the App Store. Those links, and lots of history and explanation, in the post.
A separate US #civil #lawsuit accuses the #platform, at the time led by #JackDorsey, of enabling #SaudiArabia’s #HumanRights #abuses against its users. The case comes from the sister of a fmr aid worker, #AbdulrahmanalSadhan, whose anonymous parody account… mocking the country’s govt earned him 20 yrs in #prison. But it connects his fate to a pattern of behavior that includes the kingdom’s installation of #operatives into #Twitter’s ranks to funnel to authorities private info on #dissidents.
It's now law here: I cannot discriminate against you because of your religion, but you can discriminate against me because of your religion. Expand the illegitimate Supreme Court.
#ExpandTheCourt #illegitimate #SCOTUS #SCOTUSisCORRUPT #corrupt #court #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights #discrimination is #legal for #religious #zealots & #bigots #protections #stripped #legislating #from #the #bench by #definition #US #civil #laws #overturned #bought #judges
https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/15/finnegans-snooze/#dirty-old-town
Ireland's privacy regulator is a gamekeeper-turned-poacher
#Ireland #privacy #taxhaven #internet #EU #GDPR #internationallaw #European #Europe #irishcouncilforcivilliberties #civil #civilliberties #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #illegal
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...the well-funded, organized, and connected #WomenOfLiberty, as well as the prohibition of books and the defending of public #libraries works to turn back the clock for #US society to at least the time prior to the #CiVil rights movement.
Instead of *at least* creating a compensation fund as the #British did in #Canada to compensate #NativeAmericans there, the #PoC and #NativeAmericans or their...
@simon It's also caused by muting and blocking at the individual level (by you of other servers, or of your server by other respondents, or of you by the other people in the thread). Feature, not a #bug. Each person ends up with a feed that reflects the kinds of people that they want in their #Dunbar number.
* Use #mute / #block sparingly.
* have accounts on multiple servers.
* be careful not to offend
This #care and civility makes #Mastodon ... #civil.
This fear of #administrative tasks a lot of people on here share is very foreign to me. Indeed, my career is based on administrative tasks.
One thing that lead to meltdowns and really problematic situations at my work is my disgust of non-efficient tasks and not knowing WHY I do something.
Most of my colleagues never asked themselves these questions. It was always 'it was like this before me'. I #challenge #processes. And in #civil #service it's REALLY frowned upon, when you're lower tier.
Turns out the Myanmar military hadn't really thought about the #digital presence of the #state when planning its coup.
Hundreds of thousands of #Civil #servants joined the civil disobedience movement and took their #admin #credentials with them - occasionally kicking out the remaining admins or taking the assets offline to prevent their takeover.
It took the military months to assert control - and they still only have ~68% of the #ministries #Facebook accounts.
They kept trying though, which makes us fear for the #safety of the admins who may be getting targeted and maybe even tortured for a chance at recovering the priced blue ticked accounts. :verified_flashing:
#introduction political #sociologist from Athens, Greece, work @ the National Centre for Social Research. Topics of interest: #socialmedia, #civil society, social movements, #borders, the #farright. Recent #research social media and the far-right. Editor-in-chief for the open-access Scopus-listed #journal 'The Greek Review of Social Research' ⬇️ #tennis fan
https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/ekke
Right, I've finally fired up the web version so it's time to do an #Introduction post. I'm a #middle-aged #British #immigrant to #Germany. Former #teacher, #civil-servant, #hausfrau, currently proving that #ItsNeverTooLate by doing an #internship as a #Frontend #WebDev. Follow me for hot (or not) takes on #code, #DoctorWho, #crochet, #baking, #LordOfTheRings, #RPGs, why Germany is great and/or weird (delete according to mood/weather).
:blobcatcomfywave: Hello peepodons. #introduction v.3.1
I'm Johann, I live south of #Bordeaux, #France, in the middle of the #vineyards of the Sauternes region.
I'm on a long duration sick leave for now, but I'm still part of the french #civil #service, I'm a #secretary. I'm going back to work in September and I'm terrified. I'm also on my way to sell my #prints online.
I'm a cis #gay man and live with my #partner and Circé, my #asshole #tortoiseshell #cat.
Content: #geocaching, #photography, #plants, #classical #music #shitpost #disability #coffee #cats #MentalHealth #BPD #gardening #Europe #NSFW #postcrossing #maps