CNN’s Eisen: Odds of Conviction ‘Upwards of 80%’; Trump Team Hoping One Holdout Juror

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CNN’s Eisen: Odds of Conviction ‘Upwards of 80%’; Trump Team Hoping One Holdout Juror

Pam Key 27 May 2024

CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen said Monday on “Newsroom” that former President Donald Trump’s New York defense team hopes one juror will not follow the “evidence and law.”

Eisen said, “In terms of the arguments, battle will be joined around three issues. One: Can the jury believe the critical testimony of Michael Cohen, as it’s corroborated and supported by a mountain of evidence? In a sense, the prosecution’s entire work across 20 days of trial was to corroborate Cohen. Two: Can the jury find that Donald Trump, beyond a reasonable doubt, intentionally made that hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, 2016, in order to influence his federal campaign after Access Hollywood catastrophe, another sex scandal. Issue three: Did Trump participate in covering that up by creating false documents, Jim, including nine checks with his own signature on them.”

Host Jim Acosta said, “What’s the likelihood we will see a conviction here? And how could that play out?”

Eisen said, “This was a winnable case. It still is not a slam dunk in my view, having been there every day, for the prosecution. I think the odds of a conviction are somewhere upwards of 80%. The defense, in part because of this scattershot approach, the defense is not really gunning for an acquittal. That’s out of reach here. What they are hoping for is one angry juror, that there is one juror who either feels such sympathy for Trump or, just for whatever reason, does not follow the evidence and the law, the holdout. That’s what they’re trying for. Just one.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/05/27/cnns-eisen-odds-of-conviction-upwards-of-80-trump-team-hoping-one-holdout-juror/

[Hoodat]

I read an article yesterday stating the opposite, that it was unlikely that Trump would get all 12 jurors to acquit.  CNN is delusional here.

[catfish1957]

I hope that just one realizes  that what they might do, is unleash judical hell on the political landscape the rest of this country's life.

Anyone thinking if there is sucess, that the deed won't be returned on the dims is crazy

[The_Reader_David]

The notion that a conviction would "follow the law" ignores the fact that under New York law to be a felony as charged, falsification of business records must be in the furtherance of another crime.  No crime has been specified other than a hint at "election fraud", which is a Federal crime that New York has no authority to prosecute, and thus no authority to use as the underlying crime here.  Also, if suppressing information unfavorable to a candidate can be regarded as election fraud, aren't there a lot of folks in at Facebook and in newsrooms across the country (not to mention some ex-Twitter employees) who should be facing election fraud charges over the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story?

[Maj. Bill Martin]

The critical issue here are the jury instructions.  The case should never have made it to trial under this wacky legal theory, and that should be reflected in the jury instructions.  But it won't be.   They will be screwy instructions almost certain to be overturned on appeal, but they may be enough to get a conviction.