The son of a key witness in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial Monday once compared teaching the former president to tweet to recreating dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park.”
“The moment I found out Trump could tweet himself was comparable to the moment in ‘Jurassic Park’ when Dr. Grant realized that velociraptors could open doors,” Justin McConney once told Politico. “I was like, ‘Oh no.’”
This nugget of knowledge arrived Monday night from former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance in her analysis of proceedings in the Manhattan criminal courtroom entitled “Courting Disaster.”
Among Monday’s witnesses was Jeffrey McConney, the Trump Organization’s former controller, who Vance noted was also tied to Trump through his son, Justin, Trump’s first director of social media.
Justin McConney reportedly trained the real estate mogul on the nuances of Twitter (now X), and later said he felt dismay and foreboding when Trump tweeted for the first time.
And reported, the ah-ha moment when it dawned on Justin Trump had tweeted on his own for the first time.
Vance focused the majority of her newsletter focusing on the senior McConney, who testified as a witness for the prosecution about Trump Organization business records.
The former prosecutor argued Trump attorney Emil Bove made a critical mistake during his cross examination of McConney the elder.
“Bove, in an apparent slip, managed to elicit testimony—from McConney—that the payments to [Michael] Cohen were ‘reimbursement,’ even though they reflected payments to Cohen for legal services,” Vance wrote. “That’s partway there.”
The former president, facing a 34-count indictment, stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
He has pleaded not guilty.
McConney previously welled up when he answered questions on the witness stand late last year during Trump’s civil fraud disgorgement trial.
At that time he said he “gave up” on his gig of 35 years with the company because the company’s legal battles took a toll.
