Judge Merchan Makes 'Smart Move' in Donald Trump Trial: Legal Analyst

Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, made a 'smart move' on Monday, according to legal analyst Joyce Vance, as he announced closing arguments in the case will take place next week.Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, became the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial in a criminal case last month.

Smart move that avoids breaking up the arguments from the jury deliberations,' Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama during the Obama administration, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday morning.Newsweek has reached out to Trump's spokesperson and Bragg's office via email for comment.In response to Vance, conservative lawyer and Trump critic George Conway wrote on X, 'Makes sense.

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