In his upcoming hush-money trial, former President Donald Trump intends to argue that he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong because various lawyers were involved with the underlying conduct that gave rise to the charges against him. Trump attorneys said in a New York criminal court filing made public Tuesday that part of his defense will be that he 'lacked the requisite intent to commit the conduct charged in the indictment.
Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney's office say Trump falsified the documentation surrounding payments to Cohen. Trump has pleaded not guilty. Jury selection is scheduled to begin March 25. Trump had said he planned to use an 'advice of counsel' defense, and Judge Juan Merchan had told his attorneys to notify the DA's office by this week if he intended to take that approach.
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