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The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman -- who has been following Trump in NY for years before he became President -- has a report on the Fox Interview here. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/us/politics/trump-classified-document-fox-news.html https://archive.is/mLcNA But this whole Bedminster NJ audio tape may become what Alfred Hitchcock called the MacGuffin. The real issue here for Trump is the 37 count indictment in Florida and -- if for their sake alone -- I hope Kise and Blanche know what they are doing despite the big upfront retainers they have been reported to have received.

I have no idea. This is not a new jury trial. An appeal is largely concerned with procedural issues. And whether the jury verdict jives with complaint as filed. And the above is the complaint as filed long before he trial -- with the word AND not OR. "In her new claims, Carroll maintains that Trump committed battery "when he forcibly raped and groped her" and that he defamed her when he denied raping her last month." NOVEMBER 24, 2022 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-rape-sexual-assault-lawsuit-e-jean-carroll-new-york/ And in this case, per the notice filed with the the appeals court, there will be unspecified constitutional issues raised. But as this is the first sentence of the appeal's Nature of the Action, I think it will have something to do with this: Appellee-Plaintiff, E. Jean Carroll’s (“Plaintiff”) contentions arise out of an alleged sexual assault which she claims occurred at the Bergdorf Goodman store in New York, New York on an uncertain date “between the fall of 1995 and the spring of 1996.” (My italics)

Well aside that his lawyers might be telling him to be quiet and give us a break, a gag order other than for discovery material would -- at least to me -- not make sense up to and until an actual trial and jury seating, as such a gag order would (?) be challenged on First Amendment rights. But not after. Because then ex-POTUS could be accused of trying to influence the jury.

Well the NY Court Bragg - indictment seems mostly the same: A state judge in New York cautioned former President Donald Trump on Tuesday to obey a protective order dictating how he can talk about discovery materials during the upcoming criminal trial stemming from hush money payments paid to a former adult movie actress. The order covers how Trump communicates publicly about emails, photographs, testimony and other evidence gathered as legal proceedings move forward ahead of the trial date set for March 25, 2024. During a hearing held over a video connection, Judge Juan Merchan told Trump he must obey a protective order or there could be a "wide range of possible sanctions including a finding of contempt." https://www.npr.org/2023/05/23/1177644144/trump-stormy-daniels-judge-new-york-hush-money-case-carroll But it does get confusing. I think of the old baseball stadium hawker line: Can’t tell the players without a program.

A gag order might (maybe) be sought by the Prosecution once a jury is selected.

The Protective Order only deals with discovery materials: 5. Defendants’ Review of Discovery Materials. Defendants shall only have access to Discovery Materials under the direct supervision of Defense Counsel or a member of Defense Counsel’s staff. Defendants shall not retain copies of Discovery Material. Defendants may take notes regarding Discovery Materials, but such notes shall be stored securely by Defense Counsel or a member of Defense Counsel’s staff in the same manner as the Discovery Materials. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.27.0.pdf

Defense attorneys may decide that, although they get to look at the classified documents, it isn't necessary to show Trump anything.

I was really only responding to the notion that an 'unopposed motion' that was drafted in consultation with the defense is a "significant victory" for the prosecution.

One reason to not move your account to a new province is that you might not qualify for a new account under the current regs at the new province.

From the Complaint filed November 2022: 122. Trump committed battery against Carroll when he forcibly raped and groped her. Logical Operators - Compound Statements There are two types of compound statements used in logic functions: these are called conjunction and disjunction. A conjunction implies that both statements are true, while disjunction implies that at least one statement is true. With a conjunction, statements are connected by the word "and" while with disjunction statements are connected by the word "or." https://nemeth.aphtech.org/lesson10.2

That is a very good price and the procedure and the accommodations sound just fine. But consider this: "Screening guidelines by age are: 45-75 — colonoscopy every 10 years for average-risk patients. 76-85 — selective testing based on individual factors, such as overall health, life expectancy, and previous screening history." https://www.gastroconsa.com/colorectal-cancer-screening-guidelines-for-2023 So while getting the colonoscopy done at a private hospital will be 2 - 3x the price if not more, factoring the difference over a 10 year period isn't that great.

Note that on the Court docket this motion is listed as an unopposed motion: ORDER granting Unopposed Motion for Protective Order as to Donald J. Trump (1), Waltine Nauta (2). Signed by Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart. From the motion request to the Court: The government has conferred with counsel for Defendant Donald J. Trump and Defendant Waltine Nauta, who have no objections to this motion or the protective order.

Trump at 34. of the indictment says of the "Senior Military Official": "This was him. This was the Defense Department and him." As far as Milley saying someone else may have written the note of the DoD's plan to invade Iran in the final days of the Trump Administration, not that the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News, Politico, The Hill, etc. have been made aware as far as I can note.

Only as it relates to the potential jury pool.

As linked to CNN above, Milley, the Senior Military Official" says he never wrote such a letter. From the indictment (click to enlarge)

Lawyers Unable to Find Document Trump Discussed in Recorded Conversation Prosecutors issued a subpoena for a description of military options for Iran mentioned by the former president during an interview. But Mr. Trump’s legal team said they could find no such document. But Mr. Trump’s legal team has informed the Justice Department that it was unable to find any such records in his possession, the people said. It is unclear whether prosecutors have been able to track down the document themselves, leaving open the possibility that the material remains at large or that the famously blustery Mr. Trump incorrectly described it on the recording. (my underline) The subpoena, which was issued in March, sought any and all records pertaining to Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to Iran, including maps or invasion plans, according to the people familiar with the matter. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/us/politics/classified-documents-trump-recording.html From CNN: Meadows’ autobiography includes an account of what appears to be the same meeting, during which Trump “recalls a four-page report typed up by (Trump’s former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) Mark Milley himself. It contained the general’s own plan to attack Iran, deploying massive numbers of troops, something he urged President Trump to do more than once during his presidency.” The document Trump references was not produced by Milley, CNN was told. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/31/politics/trump-tape-classified-document-iran-milley/index.html

122. Trump committed battery against Carroll when he forcibly raped and groped her. Not raped OR groped her. Trump has filed appeal documents. Carroll has yet to respond.

But that is part of the appeal. Nowhere in the complaint does it suggest specifically or otherwise that Carroll was sexually abused but not raped.

Rape. That was the complaint as filed.

Jury instructions are generally to consider the charges as specified in the complaint. This is from the original complaint: 1. Roughly 27 years ago, playful banter at the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue in New York City took a dark turn when Defendant Donald J. Trump seized Plaintiff E. Jean Carroll, forced her up against a dressing room wall, pinned her in place with his shoulder, and raped her. And even after the verdict, Carroll in interviews still insists regardless of the jury decision that she was raped: Ms. Carroll, in the interview, blamed herself for their decision to find Mr. Trump liable for sexually abusing her but not for rape. “I didn’t make myself clear when I was testifying,” Ms. Carroll said. In the interview Thursday, Ms. Carroll noted that she had twice been married, and she said, “I know what a penis feels like, and he did insert his penis.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyregion/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation.html

On appeal. Also a separate motion that damages were excessive. The verdict was "sexual assault" but the damages are more commensurate with "rape".

The tack they will take is listed in the appeal documents.

I am a legal wonk. I just look at the case. And personally, I think Trump is more at legal peril in Georgia than with either the Florida or the possible Washington DC cases.

I have no love for Trump but there is this thing called a trial.

She has not recused herself and the prosecution has as yet filed no motion to have her removed by order.