To secure a conviction, prosecutors must prove 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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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
The New York jury set to weigh Donald Trump’s culpability were offered competing frameworks for evaluating the testimony of Michael Cohen during closing arguments 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.
“He’s the human embodiment of reasonable doubt,” defense lawyer Todd Blanche told jurors of Cohen. “He’s literally like an MVP of liars.”
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Former President Donald Trump, left, and his former attorney Michael Cohen, right. Photos: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
