NEW: The DA’s office has not previously identified with any precision what the crime is that Trump allegedly was intending to commit or conceal by allegedly falsifying business records. Until now. 1/

NEW: The big takeaway of this morning’s testimony is twofold: Pecker was a very good, albeit transactional, friend of Trump for decades, and the agreement they struck in 2015 went way beyond the “catch and kill” aspect of the scheme that has been known for years.

I almost never repost Trump’s social posts, but this one — crafted during the break right after a disaster of an argument — takes the cake. He is trying desperately to bait Merchan, who still has not retaken the bench. pic.twitter.com/d94E…

Want to know how badly the gag order hearing went for Trump? "Mr. Blanche, you're losing all credibility with this court," says Judge Merchan, right after Blanche argues Trump's team is trying hard to comply with the gag order.

Good morning, friends, from courtroom 1530 at 100 Centre Street, also known as the Trump criminal trial. As we await the defendant for a hearing on alleged gag order violations, the DA's trial team is joined by the DA himself, Alvin Bragg, in the first row of the gallery. 1/