Those are reasonable requests. And they indicate that the jury is extremely interested.
per cnn:
Judge Juan Merchan says he will bring the jury plus the alternates in to hear the requested testimony again.
The parties are now preparing, and Merchan says he’ll be in the robing room until the parties are ready to begin. He’s off the bench.
The judge is saying what’s at 4:30 today? Stop for the night? Verdict expected?
I’d never heard the term “robing room” before this. He’s hanging out in there so I have to assume it’s quite a bit nicer than a locker room.
What kinda amenities are in the robing room?
Robes, of course. Robe rack. Robe iron. Robe mirror.
stop for the night.
msnbc is reading from their copy of the transcript. pecker and trump regarding karen mcdougal.
Arobeic center.
Maybe this? (Old Monty Python judges sketch) https://youtu.be/nVt1EY896cY?si=UFVzmjk7enadIf7T
depends on when they were built. some look like a wee study, shelves, hooks or closet, couple of chairs, maybe a table; that sort of thing. some even have a private privy.
Slow clap.
A coathook?
Seriously, I’ve only ever been in one, but it was rather nice. A small conference table and chairs, a couple of nice easy chairs. A potted plant. As I recall, there was a coffee maker too, and I presume there was a mini-fridge in a cabinet somewhere. There may have been a small sink too.
I was in there on business, so didn’t concentrate on what it had as much as I concentrated on the business at hand. But I recall it as being pleasant enough.
ETA: Yes, there were robes too, hanging from hangers on a coat rack.
per cnn:
Trump attorney Todd Blanche has been standing behind the defense table flipping through printed pages of a transcript.
The jury has requested parts of the testimony be read again, and we’re waiting for that to begin.
I want him in a prison cell but the thought of his nibs sitting in a cold courtroom with a judge who won’t let him speak for the next year is intriguing.
msnbc:
they are reading their copy of the transcripts about the meeting with trump, cohen, and pecker.
Haha. You thought you had the afternoon off.
Per CNN: Susan Necheles is speaking with Alina Habba, who is leaning over the rail.
Hmmm. Habba is not a lawyer on the matter, but she conferring with those who are. I’m not saying that anything funny is going on, but it does make me wonder.
from earlier today:
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Todd Blanche appeared to gently shake Trump awake, nudging his shoulder, as the six alternates filed out of the courtroom, and he was the only person still sitting down. (I didn’t have eyes on him as jurors walked out a minute or so before)
i’m sure that trump wants to swap habba for necheles. he thinks necheles is a big loser. he doesn’t sit near her anymore.
The lawyering is over. No reason they can’t chit chat.
cnn commentary:
The jury’s request to hear testimony again around the August 2015 meeting at Trump Tower is a natural place to start deliberations, CNN legal analysts say.
Prosecutors say David Pecker, Donald Trump and Michael Cohen were all present at that meeting. It’s the moment when Pecker allegedly agreed to be the “eyes and ears” for Trump’s campaign and flag any negative stories to Cohen.
“This is right down the middle of where you want them to be and if you track the closing argument that we heard from the DA, (Joshua) Steinglass yesterday, he cast that Trump Tower meeting August 2015 as chapter one of this whole story. That’s where it all started,” CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said.
“So it’s a perfectly natural, logical place for the jury to start,” he added.
The jury has been deliberating for more than four hours. They got the case Wednesday morning.
CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams said these requests likely suggest the jury is trying to understand Trump’s intent. They are trying to figure out what Pecker, Trump and Cohen talked about and if Trump knew he was directing or participating in a scheme, Williams said.
The defense previously argued that the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels was carried out by Cohen alone, while the prosecution has been trying to show Trump knew what was happening the whole time.