I’ll be posting the thread here, as I did yesterday. 1/… 🧵
Via Adam Klasfeld:
Good morning from #NewYork.
#Trump's trial resumes with more testimony soon from his ex-accountant. His deposition in his suit against Michael Cohen, scheduled for today, was bumped so Trump could appear in court. #TrumpTrial #legal
2/ And here we go. Klasfeld:
Trump enters the courtroom for Day Two of his civil fraud trial.
Big:
Justice Engoron clears up how proceedings ended yesterday on the statute of limitations, based on his colloquy with Trump's attorneys.
Engoron:
"Every use" of a false statements of financial condition "in business starts the statute of limitations running again."
He understands that the defense "strongly" disagrees with this — and will appeal.
3/ Toward the end of the day yesterday, Engoron urged the NYAG to connect the witnesses testimony about 2011 to events from within the statute of limitations.
The state "promised me to connect the dots," he noted.
Engoron indicated that didn't affect his ruling.
4/ Adam Klasfeld:
Throughout ongoing testimony by Trump's ex-accountant Donald Bender at Mazars, Trump's attorneys keep lodging statute of limitations objections to certain testimony.
Justice Engoron keeps overruling them.
I can’t speak for others, but when I’m a juror, it looks bad for an attorney to keep objecting and being overruled. I’ve never weighed it in deliberations, but not everybody can turn a bias off.
Laffy
McNulla