You Will Anyway: Neeeeeext

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Neeeeeext

The jury in the E. Jean Carroll case found that Trump likely sexually abused her, and that he did definitely defame her, awarding her damages in the amount of $5 million.

And then...

A New York judge banned Donald Trump from posting any evidence on social media in his ongoing "hush-money" case after prosecutors accused the former president of having a history of targeting witnesses.

Business Insider

This is the Stormy Daniels case, in case you've understandably lost track of the shitshow that is Donald Trump. So, will he be able to abide by the ruling? He has that CNN town hall tomorrow.

On April 4, Trump was arraigned on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Prosecutors allege he covered up a $130,000 non-disclosure payment just two weeks before the 2016 election in order to silence porn star Stormy Daniels over an alleged affair between the two.

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Merchan's Monday order comes as Trump's legal team attempts to move the state criminal case to federal court. The order also stops Trump from publicly discussing details about witnesses involved in the case or any other evidence prosecutors plan to use against him.

Merchan had said at the April arraignment that he wasn't going to impose a gag order. He was hopeful, wasn't he? This isn't technically a gag order. It's called a protective order. He can still talk shit. And he will.

Following his March indictment, Trump took to Truth Social, where he railed against Merchan, saying the judge "HATES ME," and accusing the judge's wife of being "anti-Trump."

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The judge said Trump would be allowed to view "limited" evidentiary material while in the presence of his lawyers, but the court order explicitly forbade Trump, or anyone else involved in the case, from copying, transcribing, or photographing the material.

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Three weeks later, during a hearing that Trump notably skipped, prosecutors [asked] for an official protective order around the case.

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The Monday order bars any person with access to evidence in the case from disseminating or disclosing it without approval from the court.

Some such evidence includes witness contact information and photos of the inside of the home belonging to star witness Michael Cohen, Insider previously reported.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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Life, as Explained in "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"

GUILDENSTERN: What a fine persecution---to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened.

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ROSENCRANTZ : The only thing that makes it bearable is the irrational belief that somebody interesting will come on in a minute.

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GUILDENSTERN: But for God's sake what are we supposed to do?!

PLAYER: Relax. Respond. That's what people do. You can't go through life questioning your situation at every turn.

GUILDENSTERN: But we don't know what's going on, or what to do with ourselves. We don't know how to act.

PLAYER: Act natural. You know why you're here at least.

GUILDENSTERN: We only know what we're told, and that's little enough. And for all we know it isn't even true.

PLAYER: For all anyone knows, nothing is. Everything has to be taken on trust; truth is only that which is taken to be true. It's the currency of living. There may be nothing behind it, but it doesn't make any difference so long as it is honoured. One acts on assumptions.

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GUILDENSTERN : We act on scraps of information... sifting half-remembered directions that we can hardly separate from instinct.

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PLAYER: Life is a gamble, at terrible odds-if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.