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Hace 13 horas · In the defence’s final pitch, Mr Trump’s lead lawyer attacked Michael Cohen – his former fixer and the prosecution’s star witness – as the “greatest liar of all time”. Prosecutors then launched into a lengthy rebuttal, portraying Cohen as a flawed “tour guide” to a “mountain” of evidence against Mr Trump. Twelve jurors ...
Hace 13 horas · The trial’s final day of arguments wrapped up after nearly eight hours of closing arguments, during which the defense portrayed Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen as the “M.V.P. of liars” and Trump as a victim of extortion and too busy a leader in 2017 to understand the payments to Cohen.
Hace 13 horas · The trial’s final day of arguments wrapped up after nearly eight hours of closing arguments, during which the defense portrayed Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen as the “M.V.P. of liars” and Trump as a victim of extortion and too busy a leader in 2017 to understand the payments to Cohen.
Hace 13 horas · Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass acknowledged that Cohen is a challenging witness. But prosecutors did not choose him, Steinglass argued; Trump did. “It’s not about whether you like Michael Cohen," he told the jury. "It’s not about whether you want to go into business with Michael Cohen.
Hace 7 horas · In his counter arguments, Joshua Steinglass tried in vain to rehabilitate the discredited Cohen. It was a fool’s errand. There were too many lies to rationalize and too many sleazy maneuvers to ...
Hace 13 horas · While Cohen has testified that he lied to protect Trump, his family and others, Blanche asserted that the ex-lawyer “is lying simply to protect Michael Cohen and nobody else. Period.” Blanche’s voice grew to a roar — the loudest he had been all morning — as he also declared that Cohen had lied about speaking to Trump by phone about the Stormy Daniels arrangement on Oct. 24, 2016.
Hace 13 horas · NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors are likely to begin deliberations on Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, sorting through weeks of evidence and testimony behind closed doors as they determine whether he will become the first U.S. president convicted of a crime. It was far from certain how long they might take to reach a verdict in the ...
