Talk:Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York

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Just a Thought[edit]

If this trial goes on for much longer, it might be a good idea to create a separate article for the trial itself. 173.187.179.10 (talk) 17:41, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A WP:SPLIT may become necessary in time. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:14, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Muboshgu, I agree. In fact, there is no reason to wait as there is no doubt that the topic is GNG notable enough and that it will just grow and grow. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 13:55, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Somewhat relatedly: HuffPost says the "trial is now in its third week of proceedings." I suppose they're counting the week of jury selection, while we started counting weeks only with opening statements. This Wikipedia article (as currently organized) says we're on "Week 2." Is there a canonical way to count weeks of trial? Tuckerlieberman (talk) 18:57, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please cancel my question from 30 April. This has been addressed, as the sections are no longer called "Week 1," "Week 2," but instead are grouped by the name of the witness giving testimony, which does seem more useful anyway. Tuckerlieberman (talk) 16:41, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paragraph cut from Discovery section[edit]

I cut the following paragraph from the section on Discovery (law) because it does not appear to be about the ''legal process'' of discovery in ''People v Trump''. But rather than just axe it, I invite others to show me why it belongs in that section and how we could change it to make its relevance to that section clear in the text.

On June 3, the New York Post (a conservative tabloid) reported that a financial investigator for the DA's office had been suspended for his contact with Cohen. Lawyer for Cohen Lanny Davis stated that the conversations between the investigator and his client had been professional and were related to Cohen's security. The DA's office confirmed that it was reviewing an unspecified investigator's conduct. Trump invoked the report to baselessly claim that the investigation would be dropped, while insulting Cohen's reputation. Cohen responded by listing several Trump controversies and calling him "Mandarin Mussolini". Cohen previously used the nickname to call for tax-evasion charges against Trump in order to stop his alleged attempt to cause democratic backsliding for his own gain.[1][2]

NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 12:39, 9 May 2024 (UTC) NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 12:39, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

refs for this section[edit]

References

  1. ^ Hurley, Bevan (2023-06-04). "Trump makes misleading claim that New York hush money case could be dropped". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  2. ^ Papenfuss, Mary (2022-10-22). "Put 'Mandarin Mussolini' Trump Behind Bars With Tax Charges, Says Michael Cohen". HuffPost. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-05.

Size is getting too big.... propose replace Stormy background section with EXCERPT template[edit]

Before we have to start talking about splitting the article due to size, I'd like to see if we can condense this one, especially by replacing detailed text here with the lead paragraphs from sub articles, and dealing with the detail in those.

For starters, we could accomplish two birds with one stone if we replace the current background section about the Stormy-Trump scandal with the lead from Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal ... or maybe alternatively the section Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal#Alleged 2006 encounter using Template:Excerpt

At the same time, detail we want to retain could be exported to the sub article about the scandal.

  • Advantage 1 - that lead in the sub article is only about 1/2 as long as the current section's text
  • Advantage 2 - we only have to maintain the text in a single place (the lead of the sub article), rather than two (both there and here).

Your thoughts? NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 13:01, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This page is well written, and that section seems informative and OK to me. If anything, one could probably add some background info about Cohen. My very best wishes (talk) 02:40, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with MVBW. This article isn't too large, considering the topic and RS coverage, and, IMO, it is THAT alone that should determine the appropriate size. An important, controversial, convoluted, and widely-covered topic should produce a very large article, and this one isn't very large....yet. Let's make it our goal to get there. Background on Cohen would be good to have.
That being said, I also agree with NewsAndEventsGuy. Sometimes it's appropriate to use summaries from other articles. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 03:07, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I do not know much about court proceedings, but this is an exceptional case. That commentary by Glenn Kirschner seems to be very insightful. My very best wishes (talk) 02:32, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 May 2024[edit]

2 typos: change "Westerbout" to "Westerhout" 24.212.191.6 (talk) 01:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jamedeus (talk) 03:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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