Adam Klasfeld I know why Eric's there. Boris isn't. Eric is now on diaper duty.

The jury is excused.

Justice Merchan tells the lawyers to expect to begin oral arguments on the next batch of alleged gag order violation on Thursday, at 9:30 a.m. 'sharp.'

Trump, his son Eric and the defense attorneys exit.

Davidson reviews an exhibit of an email showing him sending his wiring instructions to Cohen — 'for the fourth or fifth time,' he adds, with a rueful laugh.

Breaking: The MAGA Supreme Court majority appears ready to rule that the right to 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' doesn't extend to women with pregnancy complications or who otherwise need abortions.

This is horrifying, and it is because of Donald Trump.

Davidson:

'Then, I call Cohen, and Cohen tells me, 'I'm not paying anything.''

AMI was paying, Cohen told him, according to the testimony.

Davidson:

'The entire matter was very frustrating, that it was on again, off again, that there were delays in funding, cancellation, disengaging with client, re-engaging with client.'

After a bit of back-and-forth, Davidson says the resurrected Stormy Daniels deal shifted from AMI to Cohen, directly.

Note:

In the New York case, Trump's immunity bid didn't seek to boot the criminal charges, only to limit certain evidence dating from his presidential tenure.

False start as prosecutors try to introduce an exhibit.

Objection from the defense table.

Sustained.

The prosecutor leads Davidson through a series of messages about the effort to resurrect the Stormy Daniels deal.

Howard on Oct. 25, 2016: 'Going to see Pecker in 15. Will ask for an update.'

On Oct. 18, 2016, Howard cracked in a text: 'I reckon that trump impersonator I hired has more cash.'

Davidson, who replied to him 'lol,' says he took that to mean Trump isn't as wealthy as he claimed.

Davidson said that he effectively told Cohen and his client, 'I'm out. Go in peace.'

Next exhibit: Another email bearing the subject line 'PP v. DD.'

Davidson: 'Please be advised that my client deems the Settlement Agreement cancelled and void ab initio,' using the Latin phrase for 'from the beginning.'

Q: Did you ever believe that Michael Cohen was going to be the ultimate source of the funds?
A: Never prior to funding, no.

Q: Where did you understand the money would be coming from?
A: From Donald Trump or some corporate affiliation thereof.

Davidson says he believed that Cohen didn't have the authority to send the money:

'I let him know that [Daniels'] level of dissatisfaction was quite high.'

Then, Cohen said: 'Goddamn it, I'll just do it myself,' according to Davidson.

Email from mid-October refers to 'PP v. DD,' the shorthand for Daniels' and Trump's pseudonyms.

Davidson informed Cohen that Daniels did not receive the money stipulated in the written settlement agreement.

Davidson says Cohen had a bunch of excuses for nonpayment, including Yom Kippur, the Secret Service, and the computer servers.

One time, Davidson recalled Cohen telling him: 'My guy is in five f***ing states today,' as an excuse for nonpayment.

Kristen Adam Klasfeld Eric is prob in the back of the courtroom shaking his head up and down- yeah that’s true 😂

I bet Eric doesn’t show up again tomorrow😂😂😂