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    Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 13, 2024

    M. Cohen Direct/Hoffinger
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    was there at The Trump Organization about executives coming in
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    to meet with Mr. Trump?
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    Mr.
    Trump had an open-door policy, which, if there was
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    somebody in there, you waited; and if not, you knocked on the
    door, and I would say, “Boss, do you have a second?”, and I
    would walk right in.
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    And others did the same, to your knowledge?
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    To my knowledge, yes.
    Now, when you met with Mr. Trump at The Trump
    Organization, in his office, did you, generally, need
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    sorry.
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    Did you, generally, record those meetings in your calendar?
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    No, ma’am.
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    As part of your work at The Trump Organization, did
    you feel that it was part of your job to keep him updated on
    matters that you were handling for him?
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    Yes.
    It was actually required.
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    Tell us what you mean by that.
    When he would task you with something, he would then
    say, “Keep me informed. Let me know what’s going on.”
    And what he was saying, what everybody did is, as soon as
    you had a result, an answer, you would go straight back and
    tell him. Especially if it was a matter that was troubling to
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    So, two things, just to break that down.
    Laurie Eisenberg, CSR, RPR
    Senior Court Reporter More

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    Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 10, 2024

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    J. Jarmel-Schneider

    Direct/Conroy
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    And if we could just continue going down January and
    February, those two columns, we talked about the one invoice,
    two vouchers; and is there only one check?
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    Yes.
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    with?
    How many invoices were there, in total, on this chart?
    Eleven.
    And can you just read which counts they’re associated
    Counts 1, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29 and 32.
    After January and February, is there one invoice for
    each month for the rest of the year?
    Going down to vouchers, same question. Could you just
    read the count number for each of the vouchers?

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    Yes.
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    Sure.
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    Yes.
    Counts 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30 and 33.
    And is there one voucher for every month in 2017?
    Yes.
    And, finally, in checks, could you read the count
    number for each check?
    It’s counts 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31 and 34.
    And after January and February, is there one check for
    each of the remaining months in 2017?
    Laurie Eisenberg, CSR, RPR
    Senior Court Reporter More

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    Neil Portnow Accuser Asks Court to Dismiss Her Sexual Assault Lawsuit

    The woman, who sued the former head of the Grammy Awards anonymously, expressed concern that her identity would be revealed in the proceedings.A woman who filed a lawsuit accusing Neil Portnow, the former head of the Grammy Awards, of drugging and raping her in a New York hotel room has asked a federal judge for her case to be dismissed.The request by the woman, who filed her suit anonymously in November, was addressed to Judge Analisa Torres of Federal District Court in Manhattan over the weekend via email, and it was posted on Monday to the court’s website. Days before, her lawyers had opposed a statement by Mr. Portnow’s lawyers to require the woman to use her real name in the case.In her letter, the woman made clear that she was concerned about her identity being revealed. She also noted a dispute with her lawyers. Despite their opposition to Mr. Portnow’s request, she wrote that her lawyers’ filing “did not accurately reflect my position.”Also on Monday, her lawyer, Jeffrey R. Anderson, filed a motion to withdraw as her counsel. Mr. Anderson said she had submitted the letter without his knowledge, and that “the attorney-client relationship has deteriorated beyond repair.” Reached by phone on Tuesday, Mr. Anderson declined to comment.The woman’s lawsuit, originally filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, arrived as a legal window in New York was drawing to a close that had allowed people to file civil suits alleging sexual assault even if the statute of limitations for their cases had expired. The case was removed to federal court in January.The woman, who was identified in her suit only as a musician from outside the United States, said she met Mr. Portnow, then the chief executive of the Recording Academy, at a Grammy event in New York in early 2018. According to her complaint, that June he invited her to a Manhattan hotel room where he was staying. He gave her wine and she lost consciousness, according to the suit, and the woman said that she awoke to find him “forcibly” penetrating her.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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    2024 Met Gala After-Parties: Usher, Serena Williams and Other Celebs

    One reason the Met Gala after-parties are nearly as famous as the Met Gala itself has to do with an incident that took place 10 years ago at the Standard Hotel in the West Village of Manhattan.On that night, Beyoncé was a star of the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, along with her husband, Jay-Z, and her sister Solange Knowles. Afterward, in an elevator car headed to the Boom Boom Room, the club on the top floor of the Standard, Solange attacked her brother-in-law while Beyoncé stood watching and a bodyguard tried to restore order. The security-cam footage leaked to TMZ and the internet, and a family fight became the stuff of New York social lore.Things were less dramatic this year and less star studded at the annual Standard after-party. Just past midnight, the most famous person at Boom was the designer Christian Siriano, who had arrived with his date for the evening, the model Coca Rocha. Connie Fleming, the hotel’s longtime doorwoman, reflected on the changes in the social atmosphere since the heady days of 2014.“I think the Met Gala has peaked in its base of being about real fashion and real fashion people,” said Ms. Fleming, who became one of the trans community’s first stars in the 1990s, when she walked runways for Thierry Mugler.Christian Siriano and Coco Rocha at the party at Boom. Nina Westervelt for The New York TimesLil Nas X and Camila Cabello at Boom.Nina Westervelt for The New York TimesPedro Oberto and Marc Bouwer.Nina Westervelt for The New York TimesWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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    Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, April 30, 2024

    G. Farro

    Cross/Blanche
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    there helping you make things happen?
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    I have several team members, yes.
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    And, again, if we can put up Exhibit, already in
    evidence, 371, if we can go to the second page first, and then
    the next page.
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    This is, again, the various documentation associated
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    with the LLC that ultimately was founded, correct?
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    That’s correct.
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    whether, I believe, standard questions about whether he is
    acting as an agent for anybody.
    And Mr. Cohen answered, no, to that, right?
    That’s correct.
    And if he had answered, yes, that would have
    potentially raised more questions?
    A Well, not only would it raise more questions, it would
    require more paperwork.
    What type of paperwork?
    We would have to know. We would have to determine
    exactly who he was acting as agent for.
    And by, know, just have him tell you, or would there
    have to be
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    – proof, documentation?
    Documentation.
    Susan Pearce-Bates, RPR, CCR, RSA
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    Using Police to Clear Protesters, Universities Struggle to Calm Campuses

    Students were arrested at N.Y.U. and Yale on Monday. But at Columbia, that approach led to a new encampment and demonstrations outside its gates.Police arrest protesters outside of New York University on Monday night. Adam Gray for The New York TimesAt New York University, the police swept in to arrest protesting students on Monday night, ending a standoff with the school’s administration.At Yale, the police placed protesters’ wrists into zip ties on Monday morning and escorted them onto campus shuttles to receive summonses for trespassing.Columbia kept its classroom doors closed on Monday, moving lectures online and urging students to stay home.Harvard Yard was shut to the public. Nearby, at campuses like Tufts and Emerson, administrators weighed how to handle encampments that looked much like the one that the police dismantled at Columbia last week — which protesters quickly resurrected. And on the West Coast, a new encampment bubbled at the University of California, Berkeley.Less than a week after the arrests of more than 100 protesters at Columbia, administrators at some of the country’s most influential universities were struggling, and largely failing, to calm campuses torn by the conflict in Gaza and Israel.Despite arrests at Columbia last week, protests continued on campus on Monday.C.S. Muncy for The New York TimesWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More