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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 07:14:12 pm »14:06
The defense strategy is clear
Todd Blanche is leading the cross-examination. He has asked Cohen about the way prosecutors repeatedly asked him to stop commenting on the case, about the ways in which he might have monetized his views on Trump, including selling a $35 T-shirt depicting Trump in an orange jumpsuit behind bars.
What he hasn't asked him about yet is any of the evidence he presented about hush money payments and how he was reimbursed.
The strategy is clear: The defense wants to paint Cohen as an unreliable witness, who is obsessed by Trump and is consumed by hatred.
It makes for a spectacle. Whether it works is up to the seven men and five women of the jury.
MOL
The defense strategy is clear
Todd Blanche is leading the cross-examination. He has asked Cohen about the way prosecutors repeatedly asked him to stop commenting on the case, about the ways in which he might have monetized his views on Trump, including selling a $35 T-shirt depicting Trump in an orange jumpsuit behind bars.
What he hasn't asked him about yet is any of the evidence he presented about hush money payments and how he was reimbursed.
The strategy is clear: The defense wants to paint Cohen as an unreliable witness, who is obsessed by Trump and is consumed by hatred.
It makes for a spectacle. Whether it works is up to the seven men and five women of the jury.
MOL