TFG and his lawyers have known the exact contents of the indictment since Friday

[MissMillie]

and they are free to discuss it.

They reason they haven't disclosed any of it is because it doesn't support their narrative. It's not baseless, political BS. If it were, they would have revealed the specifics.

[claudette]

1. How do

you know this?

[MissMillie]

2. Reporting on the day of the indictment

I don't remember if I read it or if it was on the TV news. If it was TV news, the only station I get is CBS.

If I read it, I read it in an article linked here on DU.

TFG and his lawyers get to see the indictment as soon as it is filed. They are free to discuss any and all of it as they wish.

The DAs office is not allowed to (publicly) discuss the details of the indictment until Trump has appeared in court for arraignment.

I will look for confirmation right now, and post something as soon as I find it.

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. The new document isn't filed until it is unsealed

It is currently sealed

[ificandream]

17. Correct.

And Tacapina, who by the way is apparently being criticized by his fellow Trump lawyers according to Rolling Stone, has said they don't know what's in it.

[ShazzieB]

23. He knows what he did.

That's not the same as knowing what all the charges are.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. TFG could have leaked the indictment if he thought that it would help

This indictment must be nasty

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Could have? He would have . . . . nt

[pwb]

4. Isn't the indictment opened when he appears?

Nobody knows until then is my take.

[samnsara]

20. thats what i heard as well as NO mug shot and if there is one it will be kept private

..darn...

[republianmushroom]

6. Now trump is down to the nitty gritty, will the trump BS end.

Not really but maybe a little different. Not so much macho trump, more of what attorneys say.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. The indictment remains sealed

So not sure how Trump knows the charges

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. I'm not convinced our friend does.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. The judge in the case ordered it made public, but I don't know the timeline

It would make sense to honour the order by making it known to the defendant first.

However, I can't find the report on that order, so maybe I have it wrong.

[Nevilledog]

21. He ordered that the existence of an indictment could be disclosed. Not the contents.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Thanks, that clarifies it. . . nt

[yaesu]

22. Friday the judge gave Bragg the ok to publically discuss the indictments

and this probably was because tRump and his mob lawyers got the indictment info so it must be unsealed.

[Fiendish Thingy]

25. It's still sealed

Trumps lawyer admitted on tv he doesn’t know the charges.

If it were unsealed, it would be part of the public record and available to the press.

[Brother Buzz]

11. An indictment is typically unsealed on the day of a defendant's arraignment

But then again, there's nothing typical with this circus.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. They sent out their second string lawyer Tacopina to regurgitate propaganda points on TV

No new substance.

They are in trouble and they know it.

The rump shut down Merd-a-Loco events for the weekend, which is pretty strange since M-a-L can make money on automatic pilot while the rump takes counsel.

They know they are in trouble. And this is just the beginning of the end. There is more to come.

[Captain Zero]

19. I'd be pissed if I was a member and it shut down

for a weekend. I hope a member sues him for loss of access to the club. I would. But his sycophants will just be waiting to kiss his taint the next time he opens it up.

[pnwmom]

16. In many jurisdictions that would be true, but not in NY.

His lawyers won't see it till he's arraigned on Tuesday. That's what I heard on MSNBC and it was confirmed on CNN and in the NYT.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/02/politics/trump-indictment-joe-tacopina-cnntv/index.html

Tacopina and other Trump lawyers have done several TV interviews in anticipation of the former President’s first appearance in court Tuesday, when he will learn the charges that the Manhattan grand jury has approved against him.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/31/nyregion/trump-indicted

The charges against Donald J. Trump will be formally unsealed when he is arraigned.

[Bucky]

18. More importantly, I haven't started straight up lying about it

So they're not following their usual MO. Perhaps they've learned a lesson. Perhaps they've been sobered up.

[live love laugh]

30. Believe me they're looking for an angle. Any angle.

Doubt they will find one.

[ecstatic]

31. I'm surprised they didn't even try to lie about it

It must be really really bad.