Former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason breaks down 'far from crazy' arguments Trump's lawyers could make in hush money trial.
Donald Trump may be able to successfully argue that he was unaware of any scheme to hide hush money payments in his company records, a legal expert has said.In a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason said that Trump's lawyers may have a good case to suggest that the former president did not know about an apparent scheme to list hush money Michael Cohen paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels as 'legal fees' ahead of the 2016 election.
'This all could have been done between Weisselberg and Cohen. Trump's fingerprints aren't on it,' Eliason posted.McConney also testified that Trump never personally directed him to log Cohen's payments as legal expenses, and Weisselberg never said that's how they would be listed in company records.'But Trump signed the checks! Yes, but he's a busy guy,' Eliason added.
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