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Attorneys for former President Donald Trump presented their closing arguments in his criminal trial Tuesday—as the jury will decide whether Trumpon charges of falsifying records based on a hush money payment ex-attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels—telling the jury they shouldn’t believe Cohen or Daniels’ testimony.
The attorney also insisted that Trump’s reimbursement checks to Cohen weren’t falsely labeled as being for legal services as prosecutors claim, arguing Trump was paying Cohen for his legal services because he was the then-president’s personal attorney at the time—Cohen testified he was working for Trump for free and the reimbursement checks were separate—andthere’s also no evidence that Trump had an “intent to defraud,” given that Trump disclosed the payments to Cohen on IRS and ethics forms,...
Blanche also tried to downplay the hush money scheme to pay Daniels, arguing the Trump campaign wasn’t worried about Daniels’ story getting out as prosecutors claimed and the “Access Hollywood” tape showing Trump denigrating women that came out right before the 2016 election—which prosecutors claim motivated Trump to pay Daniels—wasn’t the “doomsday event” for the campaign that Cohen testified it was, as quoted...
The attorney also sought to distance Trump from the hush money payment and argued Cohen paid Daniels without the then-candidate’s knowledge, claiming, “There is no way that you can find that President Trump knew about this payment at the time it was made without believing the words of Michael Cohen,” asWe’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines.
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