Oops! Trump Spotted Outside the Courtroom Editing Stooges' Speeches

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Donald Trump has had some of his political cronies show up at his hush-money trial. And it turns out he has been editing what they would say on his behalf, a seemingly obvious violation of his gag order.

One of the journalists covering the trial says the former president was “editing” and “making notations” to the speeches his allies made outside of the courtroom Tuesday.

“In court yesterday, actually, I was sitting close enough that I could actually look over Trump’s shoulder and see what he was reading. At one point he was actually reading the quotes that these individuals were—and going through and making notations with a pen on the paper,” New York magazine contributing editor Andrew Rice said on MSNBC Tuesday.

“While Michael Cohen was testifying against him, he was actually going and going through and annotating and editing the quotes that these people were going to say,” Rice added.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/oops-trump-spotted-outside-courtroom-144116499.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Nothing to see here, move along...trump is above the law

the day after Joe was sworn in the DOJ should have started the investigation that would have indicted trump and others in months, not years...we are so fucked now. DAMMIT

[edhopper]

2. That seems obvious to some

and difficult for others to grasp.

[onenote]

3. The reporter claims to have seen Trump's note INSIDE the courtroom.

And his claim to have been close enough to read Trump's scribbles is highly dubious given the seating arrangements in the courtroom.

But if he's willing to testify under oath to exactly what he saw and what the words on paper were, and subject himself to cross-examination, the reporter should go to the prosecution and press them to file a motion alleging a violation of the gag order. I, for one, am not holding my breath.

[Harker]

4. The key bit is obviously "... were going to say."

He can play script editor after the fact as much as he would like.

As is... contempt of court.

[Passages]

5. Always marketing, always.

[IronLionZion]

6. What's it going to take to jail him for contempt?

Nothing sticks to teflon Don the con

[SWBTATTReg]

7. What a bunch of losers.

[ancianita]

8. Unless someone on the Prosecution team actually sees this they can't file for contempt.

Not sure if the judge has jurisdiction outside the courtroom, but if anyone connected to the prosecution witnesses this, they could file re these violations, and Merchan can act.

[SunSeeker]

9. K & R for exposure.

[flying_wahini]

10. Well to be fair they CANNOT think for themselves.