Alison Durkee is a senior reporter covering breaking news, with a focus on legal issues and U.S. politics. She joined Forbes in 2020 and is based in London and New York, covering such topics as the Supreme Court, litigation against Donald Trump and clashes over abortion rights. Durkee previously covered U.S.
Trump’s Hush Money Trial Hasn’t Changed Voters’ Minds—But It Could Still Cost Him The Election, Polls ShowProsecutors and attorneys for former President Donald Trump concluded their closing arguments after a more than 11 hour day in court in his criminal trial Tuesday, as the jury will decide whether Trumpon charges of falsifying records based on a hush money payment ex-attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels—with the ex-president’s lawyer telling the jury they shouldn’t...
The attorney also insisted that Trump’s reimbursement checks to Cohen weren’t falsely labeled as being for legal services as prosecutors claim, arguing Trump was paying Cohen for his legal services because he was the then-president’s personal attorney at the time—Cohen testified he was working for Trump for free and the reimbursement checks were separate—andthere’s no evidence that Trump had an “intent to defraud,” given that Trump disclosed the payments to Cohen on IRS and ethics forms, and...
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass, who delivered closing arguments for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, hit back against Blanche’s suggestion that prosecutors and their witnesses presented lies or misleading evidence to the jury, andthat if Cohen had lied under oath, he could have gone further in accusing Trump of criminality, but didn’t because “he's limited by what actually happened and he's not going to tell you anything beyond that.
Steinglass also argued Trump hired Cohen “for the same qualities that his attorneys now urge you to reject his testimony because of,” asby The New York Times, telling jurors Trump chose the ex-attorney “because he was willing to lie and cheat on Mr. Trump’s behalf.”We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines.
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