'Bad look': Ex-prosecutor says Trump lawyers are preparing for hush money conviction
6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Bad look': Ex-prosecutor says Trump lawyers are preparing for hush money conviction

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A panel of former federal prosecutors on MSNBC tore into former President Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche for trying to complain to the jury in closing about the prospect of Trump receiving a prison sentence — remarks that Judge Juan Merchan ruled to be completely improper. If you thought you had a decent shot at hung jury without that, I don't think you would engender the judge's ire in that way." Co-panelist and former prosecutor Joyce Vance promptly agreed with Reid's assessment that Blanche's behavior is "something you say when you think your client is going to be convicted. "Look, the first line of defense for Trump's lawyers is to hope someone on the jury will believe the government failed to meet its burden of proof of get beyond a reasonable doubt.

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