5264

Did FBI Assistant Director Bill Sweeney rip off his sunglasses dramatically while offering this quote?

5265

This seemed a more fitting place for Trump tax stuff since I’m fairly sure it’s related.

Minute by minute of the Trump taxes case:








5266

And the dumbest position likely made in a court today by someone:

I guess if you do business worldwide you should be immune to audits or something.
That’s what they’re going with.

Judge isn’t having it.

5267

I don’t know NY law, but very state with income tax I’ve lived in has calculated income tax as a percentage of federal income tax, which of course means global transactions are certainly a factor.

5268
5269

5270

Loheir about to drop a hammer on Trump’s lawyer for talking shit.

Remember kids, hire lawyers, not wannabe politicians for court. Judges don’t put up with bullshit.

Edit: Lawyer trying to weasel his way out, but Loheir’s tone is that of a man holding a sledgehammer over an unruly fence post.

5271

Interesting that one of the judges pressed the point with Vance’s lawyer that enforcement of the subpoena has not been stayed. The court stayed dismissal of Trump’s challenge but did not stay enforcement of the subpoena, and Vance can enforce the subpoena any time he wants.

5272

I didn’t quite get that last bit. They’ll present arguments on Tuesday about whether there is or is not a stay on delivering the returns?

5273

Court adjourned.

Trump’s lawyer put his foot in his mouth trying to play Jim Jordan, but backed down once Loheir focused on him. If nothing else it was fun to hear him start stuttering and being nervous, where before he’d been the calm and collected guy.

5274

Basically no one had the actual paperwork of what the previous order was, so they’ll have to hunt it down and go from there is what I gathered.

Trump’s people said one thing. The DA said something else. The Court was basically “fuck if we remember, someone go look it up”.

Edit:

5275

Here’s the order they’re looking for:

Stays the dismissal order and judgment, doesn’t say anything about enforcement of the subpoena. Though maybe that is implied by staying the judgment.

5276

Trump’s attorney would have been better served to just stand up and say “I’ve got nothing, your honor.”

5277

Sounds like things are getting a bit wild in the Flynn hearing today.

Sullivan is grilling Flynn’s attorney on conversations / communications she has had with Barr or Trump about the Flynn case. Apparently at one point she tries to claim executive privilege lol.

5278

Executive privilege/ NDA same diff, whatevs.

5279
5280

That headline does not match the first sentence. Asking someone not to do something is different from not asking them to do something.

Strangely enough, if you click on the link the article text agrees with the headline.So the little summary thing summarizes the article incorrectly.

5281

Executive privilege and attorney-client privilege aren’t working, so now she’s pleading white privilege.

5282

There are two different statements.

  • She asked Trump not to pardon Flynn

  • She had nothing to do with the controversial DoJ decision to try to dismiss the case

The latter DoJ decision is under heavy scrutiny. A request to pardon (or not) is fairly innocuous.

5283

Huh, shocking. Comey must be lying.