by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
100 CENTRE ST COURT, April 22 – The day of opening arguments in the Trump trial, the line started before dawn. The area beside 111 Centre Street was locked off; some attributed it to increased security after the self-immolation in Collect Pond Park on Friday.
There were line-sitters, some of whom became organizers of the lines.
After the sun came up, a group of protests of decidedly middle age showed up from the side of the Housing Court building, chanting about election interference.
Some asked online, Which side of they on? Since both side now alleged election interference by the other.
Up in the courtroom, Judge Merchan became by ruling against Trump on nearly every Sandoval cross-examination issue, then calling it a compromise.
The opening statement by the prosecutor painted a Donald Trump reeling from the leak of the Access Hollywood tape, arranging to pay Stormy Daniels $130,000 then doubling that to Michael Cohen so he could pay taxes.
Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche said the more than double payment to Cohen showed it wasn't reimbursement. He began to call Cohen a liar until the prosecutor objected, and Merchan sustained it.
And then there was Pecker...
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