Lost in the news that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's discovery list turned over to Donald Trump's lawyers contains a reference to an audio tape of a witness speaking with the former president, is a list of books the investigators appear to be relying upon -- and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin noted one curious inclusion.
As part of "automatic discovery" Bragg's office turned over the information related to Trump’s arrest and subsequent 34-count indictment over allegations he falsified business documents while trying to conceal a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
CBS reported, "some information, labeled 'Limited Dissemination Materials' by prosecutors, will only be available to Trump in the presence of his attorneys."
Reviewing the list, MSNBC's Rubin highlighted the fact that the books containing statements about the former president and his life before and during his presidency were included and one leaped out at her.
As she tweeted, "In New York state, a defendant is entitled to receive all witness testimony before the grand jury and any and all other witness statements provided to the relevant prosecutor’s office. But here, the Manhattan DA’s office also attached this two-page list of books," before adding, "Why? Because these books themselves may contain relevant witness statements. And it is quite a collection. Yes, it includes journalistic hits like those written by Maggie Haberman, Bob Woodward, Jon Karl, and @KatyTurNBC, whose book on the 2016 campaign is listed."
Notable, she pointed out, was a book by Dino Sajudin, who once worked as a Trump World Tower doorman.
"But what really popped for me was a book by Dino Sajudin, a onetime Trump World Tower doorman who was paid by the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media, for his story that Trump had a child out of wedlock with a concierge at that building," she wrote before asking, "As the New York Post notes here, Sajudin’s account has been vigorously denied by the woman in question. So is it on the list to show that AMI had a habit of catching and killing stories damaging to Trump? Or for other reasons?"
"In any event, I don’t know why Mr. Sajudin’s book is on the Manhattan DA’s discovery list, but I sure would like to find out. Watch this space," she tweeted before adding, "p.s. @KatiePhang’s memory FTW: She reminds me the payment to Dino Sajudin — and its mischaracterization in American Media’s books & records — is discussed in the DA’s statement of facts" with a screenshot that you can see below:
\u201cp.s. @KatiePhang\u2019s memory FTW: She reminds me the payment to Dino Sajudin \u2014 and its mischaracterization in American Media\u2019s books & records \u2014 is discussed in the DA\u2019s statement of facts:\u201d
