2/ Pagliery:

Everyone's nodding, so there doesn't seem to be much disagreement so far.

Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass is leading the discussion.

Interesting. The judge had to call over the court bailiff at the very end of the discussion to brief the sergeant about something.

The court transcript released later today should provide some insight.

3/ Klasfeld:

Westerhout re-enters.

Katie Phang:

No Trump family members are present today

Inner City Press (aka Press):

Trump's lawyer Necheles: You were at the RNC?

Westerhout: Yes

4/ Anna Bower:

Necheles pulls up a list of contacts for Trump prior to his time at the White House. Trump's executive assistant, Rhona Graff, sent that list to Westerhout when Trump transitioned to the White House.

5/ Phang:

Katie’s Sidebar: don’t expect any scathing cross by Susan Necheles of Westerhout. It’s a stark contrast between the way she questioned Stormy Daniels yesterday as compared to the kid gloves she has used thus far with Westerhout.

6/ Klasfeld:

On Thursday, Westerhout said the RNC considered plans to replace Trump after the "Access Hollywood" tape landed.

"It's my recollection that there were conversations about how to, if it was needed, how it would be possible to replace him as the candidate if it came to that."

It seemed that cross-examination was headed toward mitigating the blow of that testimony, but Necheles quickly pivoted to another subject following her questions about the RNC.

7/ Press:

Necheles: Would the RNC create a travel schedule for presumptive nominee Trump?
Westerhout: Yes.
Necheles: I want to show you L-8 and L-9. Oh, when they're ready. So People's 69 [the Trump contact list]

8/ WHILE IT’S A LITTLE SLOW, HEADS UP:

We have another house showing today, hopefully during lunch break. + remember, I have Mr. Blowdryer break coming up soon.

Sorry for the interruptions, but I always catch you up, so … patience, Grasshopper.

Back to coverage…

9/ McBrien is off today, Bower is reporting today:

That list of contacts was for people Trump spoke to a lot before he was in office? Yes.
Many of those people are people Trump never called while he was in the Oval Office? Correct.

Now Necheles displays the newspaper clipping that Trump had Westerhout send to Allen Weisselberg.
He sent newspaper clippings to lots of people? Yes.
And you don't recall any other time that Trump sent a clipping to Weisselberg? Yes.

10/ Bower:

And you don't have any specific recollection of Trump and Weisselberg speaking about a check? No.
In fact you don't recall any specific phone calls between Trump and Weisselberg during his time in the White House? No, he spoke to lots of people.

11/ Bower:

There's an objection by thew prosecution and the parties approach the bench. Sidebar.

While we wait, peruse Trump's pre-White House frequent contact list here: https://pdfs.nycourts.gov/PeopleVs.DTrump-71543/Evidence/People/5-9-2024/People's%2069B%20(Attached%20Contact%20List%20PDF%201.24.2017).pdf

It includes, among others, Serena Williams, Lorne Michaels, Jerry Falwell, Sean Hannity...