Perfect 'Tour Guide' or 'MVP of Liars'?: Lawyers Clash Over Cohen Testimony in Trump Closing Arguments
To secure a conviction, prosecutors must prove that Trump caused his company's business records to be falsified to conceal another crime – specifically the use of unlawful means to influence the 2016 presidential election.
May 28, 2024 at 05:35 PM
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White Collar CrimeThe original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
The Manhattan jury set to weigh Donald Trump's culpability were offered competing frameworks for evaluating the testimony of Michael Cohen during closing arguments on Tuesday—with the defense painting Cohen as "the greatest liar of all time" while prosecutors called him the perfect "tour guide" to Trump's alleged crimes.
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