Former President Trump greeted the media on Tuesday morning holding a paper detailing reports that there was “no conclusive outcome” in the unprecedented Manhattan trial.
“NBC’s ‘Today’ Show: ‘The problem is there’s no smoking gun, no email, no tape to prove the president’s intent. They have no way to prove it.’ That’s NBC’s ‘Today’ Show.” President Trump said Tuesday morning.
President Trump has vehemently denied a series of media reports and expert commentaries, including on “Fake News CNN,” “Good Morning America,” and FOX News, and the prosecution team has accused President Trump of criminal or intentional falsification of business records. He claimed that he had not been able to prove that. Concealing a second crime.
On “Good Morning America,” he said, “I heard that paying attorney’s fees is a legal expense.” The attorney fees you paid were not included in construction costs, the cost of purchasing the slate, or the cost of electricity. I don’t think it’s necessary to seize anything, but I would like to seize the legal costs. ”
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Former President Trump speaks to the media as his criminal trial continues in New York City on May 7, 2024. (Reuters/David Dee Delgado/Pool)
The lawsuit alleges that President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen paid former porn actor Stormy Daniels $130,000 in 2006 to hush claims that she had an affair with the then real estate mogul. is focused on. Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels.
Prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen and fraudulently recorded the payments as legal costs. Prosecutors are working to prove that President Trump falsified his records with the intent to commit or cover up a second crime. That’s a serious crime.
President Trump says prison is a ‘sacrifice’ he is willing to make to protect free speech.
The court heard Monday from a 10th witness, former Trump Organization administrator Jeffrey McConney, who testified that Trump did not direct him to set up repayments to Cohen.
“Was Michael Cohen a lawyer?” defense attorney Emile Bove asked former Trump Organization administrator Jeffrey McConney Monday at the beginning of the fourth week of the trial.
“Of course I do,” McConney replied.
“And the payments to the lawyers by the Trump Organization are legal costs, right?” Bove asked.
“Yes,” McConney said.
“President Trump did not ask you to do what you just described…is that correct?” Bove asked.
“He didn’t,” McConney replied.
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Former President Trump walks through New York City as his criminal trial continues, May 7, 2024. (Reuters/David Dee Delgado/Pool)
“With all this going on, they don’t have a case,” Trump said Tuesday.
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“Every legal scholar I’ve met, maybe some of them are doing a hell of a job, but virtually everyone I’ve met has said there’s no litigation at all. is a case that should never have been brought.’The previous prosecutor didn’t want to bring it, but he brought it because I ran for No. 1,’ Trump continued.
During the trial, President Trump is under a gag order that prohibits him from publicly speaking or directing others to say anything about witnesses or their potential participants, court personnel, prosecutor’s office personnel, or the employees’ families. It is laid out. President Trump slammed the order, calling it “unconstitutional” and a violation of free speech rights.
On Monday, Chief Judge Juan Melchán said he would consider a prison sentence if Trump continues to violate the gag order.
Judge Juan Machan in a New York courtroom on March 14, 2024. (AP)
Prosecutors argued that Trump violated the order more than 10 times, and a judge ruled last week that Trump violated the order nine times and would be fined a total of $9,000. Marchan on Monday fined the former president an additional $1,000 for additional violations, arguing it was “clear” that a $1,000 fine for each violation was ineffective.
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“The last thing I want to think about is prison,” Marchan said. “you [the] Former president, and possibly the next president. ”
President Trump said Monday afternoon that potentially going to jail is a “sacrifice” he is willing to make to protect the Constitution.
A courtroom sketch depicts the second day of former President Trump’s trial on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Manhattan Criminal Court. (Kristin Cornell)
“I have to be careful with every word I say to you. You ask me questions, and I want to answer them, but I can’t talk about them. Because this judge… issued me with a gag order, [says] If you violate it, you go to jail,” Trump said outside a Manhattan courtroom Monday afternoon.
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“And frankly, you know what? Our Constitution is much more important than prison. It’s not even close. I’m willing to make that sacrifice any day.”
President Trump continued in his comments Tuesday morning that the case is being promoted by the Biden administration in the run-up to the presidential election.
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“This all comes from the White House and crooked Joe Biden. This comes from the White House. It’s all Biden’s because it’s an attack on a political opponent. That’s not happening in this country. “But it’s not happening in this country, and it’s a very unfair trial, the good news is they don’t have anything,” he said. Ta.
