Can he be held in contempt of court? Asking for real.

Be still my heart! I’ve been longing for a series set in New Orleans since the end of HBO’s Treme. And here it is! Starring Giancarlo Esposito! I’ve loved him since Lost and Breaking Bad.

Thread on the beauty of wildlife 🧵

1. When it’s cold enough to see the melody

So those who previously thought Opening Arguments could NOt start on April 22, 2024 —turns out making predictions not always advisable because most certainly Opening Arguments really can start next Monday
Its a pity this first ever criminal trial of a (disgraced) former president…

Now that we’re seven months out from Election Day, I've got a question for you: Will you donate $7 before our end-of-month fundraising deadline? Thanks for being on the team.

FWIW there are stages in a Criminal Trial -(we’ve long passed the PreTrial Motions, specifically motions like “in Limine“)
see N.Y. State Bar for Motions In Limine
nysba.org/NYSBA/Coursebo…
Below is a relatively abbreviated steps
Step 1. Jury Selection (bot parties are out of…

It’s as if her privilege bubble burst with the heat of a thousand suns.

NEWS

A 12-person jury has been selected for Trump's first criminal trial in New York.

After a flurry of peremptory and for-cause challenges, jury selection progressed in a fast and furious fashion.

An alternate already has been chosen.

After prosecutors warn about Trump's social media posts about witnesses, defense attorney Todd Blanche suggests that his client won't 'Truth' like that.

Merchan deadpans:

'That he will not tweet about any witness? I don't think that you can make that representation.'

Note the time stamps in DA's new motion alleging 7 more violations of gag order.

But first this nugget by Adam Klasfeld about alleged gag violation.

On Monday, prosecutor told the judge:

“It’s entirely possible it was done within this courthouse.”

justsecurity.org/daily-courtroo…

Katie's Sidebar:

Ok, so we've got a jury of 12 plus 1 alternate so far.

The jury of 12 is 7 men and 5 women. The alternate is female. Tomorrow, another round of 96 prospective jurors return so ideally we get another 5 alternates.

Next week, scheduling looks like this: both…

Moscow Massie & Moscow Marge are birds of a feather & they’re sticking together.

Some of their GOP colleagues have finally spoken out.

Erin Burnett Erin Burnett OutFront
shows how Russian state media is giving Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 positive coverage over her campaign to end US aid to Ukraine.

NEW: As I predicted earlier today, we now have a jury of 12 and one alternate. We’re moving in to the alternate process; Merchan has directed that everyone remaining from today’s pool of 96 be included in this next round of jury questionnaires and voir dire.

God bless her. #AmYisraelChai

I wonder how many foreign intel agencies are involved in fomenting these protests.

It’s no secret that Josephine wasn’t fond of Chevalier for many reasons ..but here is a very classy way of not answering private questions about other celebrities by not tarnish their images after they are gone .But when it came to De Gaulle it’s another ..history !!!!

As expected, Susan Necheles raises this potential juror's 'vitriolic' social media posts in order to try to strike her for-cause.

She called Trump a “sexist, racist narcissist.”

Another post: “I wouldn’t believe Donald Trump if his tongue were notarized.”

As immediately recognized by George Conway, she appears to have been quoting Ed Koch's famous quip about Donald Trump.