The jury unanimously determined that #Trump #FalsifiedBusinessRecords to cover up $130k in payments to adult film star #StormyDaniels, which could have affected his #2016election campaign.

The original July 11 sentencing date was pushed back after #SCOTUS delivered its ruling on presidential #immunity in July. Justice #Merchan has said he will rule on the immunity argument Sept 16, just 2 days before the scheduled sentencing.

#AlexStamos founded the #Internet Observatory after publicizing that #Russia has attempted to #influence the #2016election by sowing division on #Facebook, causing a clash w/the company’s top execs. Special counsel Robert S. #Mueller III later cited the Facebook operation in indicting a Kremlin contractor. At #Stanford, Stamos & his team deepened his study of #InfluenceOperations from around the world, including 1 it traced to the #Pentagon.

#law #disinformation #NationalSecurity #CyberSecurity

#Jurors hear #Pecker recall that after he said he wasn’t going to go thru w/the agreement w/ #MichaelCohen, who was to pay him for the rights to #KarenMcDougal’s story using an LLC, Cohen told him: “The boss is going to be very angry at you.”
Court reporters read the 3rd portion of Pecker’s testimony. This part pertains to the Aug 2015 #TrumpTowerMeeting in which Pecker, Michael Cohen & #Trump entered a #conspiracy to suppress negative news about Trump during the #2016election.

If #Trump is #convicted, it will be up to Justice Juan M. #Merchan to decide whether his #punishment will include #prison time.

Trump is charged w/ 34 counts of falsifying business records related to the coverup of a $130k #HushMoney payment that was made to the porn star #StormyDaniels in the days leading up to the #2016election.

All of the charges are class E felonies, or the lowest category of felony in #NewYork State.

#MichaelCohen is now describing talking to #Trump every single day, multiple times a day, before the #2016election. It was either in person or by cell phone, Cohen testifies.

He says that if he needed to reach Trump, depending on who Trump was with, he could have reached out to #RhonaGraff, his exec asst; #KeithSchiller, Trump’s #bodyguard; #HopeHicks, his press sec, or the Trump *kids*.

@SallyStrange
Being someone who's a #FormerGOP, I see things in ways that others probably don't. I fear the Left falling into the same cult-trap that the Right exists in now. No one should say ANY leader is above criticism.

But mostly, I'm reminded how #TheLeft was so divided over Hillary/Bernie in 2016 that they felt it was okay to abstain from voting or even to "protest vote" for Trump.

THAT, more than anything, was why Trump won in the #2016Election. Putin pushed divisive social media bots, targeting BOTH the #Republicans AND #Democrats, and the Left obliged him by refusing to unite around and vote for the only viable alternative to insanity.

Please, Dear Lord, PLEASE... Let's not repeat that godawful mistake. STOP BLOCKING each other. Start TALKING to one another.

Just because a person disagrees with you on one topic or another, that's no reason to block them. #Progressive ideology is supposed to be about embracing #diversity-- of people and of opinions.