"Donald Trump corrupted the 2016 election". The Trial begins

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[RobertDevereaux]

1. Found at TPM, Talking Points Memo

JOSH KOVENSKY
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10:40 a.m.
Moving Fast

Opening statements in criminal cases, particularly white collar matters, can last for hours, or even days of trial.

Colangelo is moving swiftly. He summarized the crime early on, hitting a main theme: it was, in prosecutors’ telling, an effort to corrupt an American election, by using dirty money to hide information from the public.

He’s now into the weeds, explaining the results of the grand jury’s investigation.



JOSH KOVENSKY
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10:37 a.m.
Keeping Things in Context

Colangelo is running through the scheme, first in broad brushstrokes and then in detail.

A conspiracy, he says, was “formed” early on in the Trump campaign at a meeting with Michael Cohen to keep negative stories out of public view.

To do that, Colangelo alleges, Trump falsified business records as part of the effort to reimburse Cohen for his efforts.

All of it, Colangelo says, was “to influence a presidential election.”

As we all know, these allegations aren’t new. But it’s the first time we’re ever — in American history — seeing a scandal of this nature end up in a criminal case.

[mucifer]

2. Thanks so much for the updates !

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Really good to hear

Great to hear that the prosecutor is getting to the point quickly of why this was all done, to corrput the 2016 election.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. ELECTION CORRUPTION as well as ELECTION INTERFERENCE in 2016.

Youzer! That is a lot to defend against.

The Defense has its work cut out for them. Good luck with that.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Trump told the truth all along. It was a rigged election. He rigged it. /nt