Closing arguments to begin in Trump's hush money trial

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The summations come after a series of witnesses and documents have supported the Manhattan district attorney's case. But the defense says too much depends on the testimony of Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, a convicted liar.

The summations come after a series of witnesses and documents have supported the Manhattan district attorney's case. But the defense says too much depends on the testimony of Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, a convicted liar.Former President Donald Trump arrives at a rally in South Bronx on May 23, just days before a Manhattan jury is set to begin deliberations on whether to convict Trump of felony charges in his criminal hush money trial.

The summations come after a series of witnesses and documents have supported the case made by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. But Trump's defense says too much depends on the testimony of Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, a convicted liar.The defense comes first. When the trial testimony began five weeks ago, the defense highlighted how long ago this was: “pre-COVID.

But, the prosecution may have cleaned that up when they pointed up something that the defense didn’t deal with: There were many many conversations with Trump, including on the day the payments were wired to Daniels.Cohen testified, and there was back up, that many of the lies, like the lie to Congress, were done to benefit Trump, in that case to hide dealings over a Trump Tower in Moscow.

 

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