Prosecutors made the unusual decision this week to remain almost entirely mum about the order in which they planned to call their first witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s hush

Prosecutors made the unusual decision this week to remain almost entirely mum about the order in which they planned to call their first witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.

Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor working on behalf of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, said Friday evening he would let Trump’s attorneys know the name of their first witness on Sunday night, the day before opening arguments in the case are set to begin, according to a report from the courtroom. Trump’s defense team had asked for the names of the first three witnesses that prosecutors would call.

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“Mr. Trump has been tweeting about the witnesses," Steinglass told Judge Juan Merchan. "We’re not telling them who the witnesses are.”

Blanche then asked Merchan if he could have the information if he promised Trump would not post on social media about the witnesses, to which Merchan replied that he did not believe Blanche could make such a vow.

  • Today@lemmy.world
    1·
    7 months ago

    It sucks, but I don’t believe anything will happen to him. The secret service will never let him go to jail with the commoners. The best we can hope for is house arrest, frozen assets, and limited WiFi. He will stil run for office and his people will vote for him. It would make a funny tv show to have a president who couldn’t leave his home and had every visitor and phone call vetted and monitored.

    • Seleni@lemmy.world
      5·
      7 months ago

      Well, at least then maybe his communications detail could keep him and his cronies on encrypted systems. I know someone who worked on his detail, and they were always chasing Trump’s people down to stop them from using unapproved unsecured channels.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      The secret service will never let him go to jail with the commoners.

      There’s a motion being proposed to remove secret service for any individual who gets themselves convicted of a felony.

      Of course the Republicans will ensure that it will fail to be passed, but it’s still an interesting thing to think about.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      The secret service will never let him go to jail with the commoners.

      He can go to a military prison where it wont be an issue. Throw him in solitary or under armed guard and he can waste away his life reading cat and the hat and other reading level appropriate books.