Trump attorney lays out battle plan as legal teams gear up for opening statements
Former Manhattan district prosecutor Elliot Felig noted the presence of two lawyers on the jury is highly 'unusual'
By Taylor Penley Fox News
Published April 21, 2024 12:08pm EDT | Updated April 21, 2024 12:09pm EDT
Former President Trump's defense team insists facts are on their side as they lay out their battle plan for opening arguments in the "highly irregular" hush money trial slated to begin Monday.
Trump attorney Will Scharf, appearing Sunday on "Fox & Friends Weekend," said a part of that battle plan means casting doubt on the credibility of the prosecution's key witnesses.
"With respect to Michael Cohen, as we've said in court pleadings, this is a man who's been found liable for perjury by a number of courts previously. I think this is going to be a key theme here is the fact, that the prosecution's witnesses are simply not credible people, whereas the actual facts here fully support President Trump because he did nothing wrong," he said.
Scharf said the defense team aims to "focus on the facts" to prove Trump "did nothing wrong."
"This is a business records case. Those business records accurately reflected payments to one of President Trump's lawyers as legal retainer fees. Additionally, those records weren't actually entered by President Trump. He was busy running the country from the White House while all this was happening in Trump Tower in New York," he said.
"We believe the facts are absolutely on our side, that they're absolutely exonerative of the president and, as long as the jury focuses on the facts, as long as the jury can see through all the media coverage and all the sensationalism and focus on the actual facts at issue… we believe we have a winning case."
Scharf also insisted the case shouldn't be tried in New York during the height of election season, as the case is stealing the presidential candidate away from the campaign trail.
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