The defense attorneys of Former President Donald Trump focused on discrediting Michael Cohen during closing arguments.
delivered a meticulous closing argument aimed at discrediting the prosecution’s case and instilling reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors.
“There is no way that you can find that President Trump knew about this payment at the time it was made without believing the words of Michael Cohen — period,” Blanche said. Regarding prosecutors’ allegations of election influence, Blanche dismissed the idea that Trump or David Pecker, the former CEO of American Media Inc., believed stories in thecould sway the 2016 election.
Blanche also presented the Office of Government Ethics forms from 2017, which disclosed payments to Cohen, arguing that there was no intent to defraud. He noted that the Trump Organization had properly reported these payments to the IRS. “How can it be that there was any intent to defraud by President Trump when he discloses it to the IRS, he tweets about it, and he submits it on his Office of Government Ethics forms?” Blanche asked.
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