Trump’s attorneys told the jury that the prosecution’s criminal case against the former president is wholly reliant on the testimony of – the “MVP of liars” who is out to get Trump.
Which narrative the jury believes could ultimately decide Trump’s legal fate.
The defense and prosecution gave their closing arguments in Trump’s New York hush money trial, spending many hours late into the evening Tuesday offering the jury diametrically opposed stories about the payment made to in October 2016 and the subsequent reimbursement to Cohen the following year.
On Wednesday, Judge Juan Merchan will give the jury his instructions in the morning, and then jurors will begin deliberations, with the historic and unprecedented trial – and a pivotal moment in the 2024 presidential election – hanging in the balance.
Here are takeaways from Day 21 of the Trump hush money trial:
Defense argues jurors cannot convict on Michael Cohen’s words
Defense attorney Todd Blanche was up first, and he spent much of his two-hour closing argument attacking the credibility of Cohen, Trump’s former fixer.
He accused Cohen of lying directly to the jury, on top of the lies he was convicted of telling. Cohen lied so much, Blanche alleged, that he should be considered the Tom Brady of lying – the “GLOAT,” or the “Greatest Liar of All Time.”


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