Trump trial set for closing arguments and debate

The trial over former President Donald Trump’s business records is in its final stages, with closing arguments set to begin on Tuesday and deliberations set to begin as early as Wednesday.

Judge Juan Merchan scheduled closing arguments for Tuesday after the defense rested on May 21. The New York Times report Marchant expects the discussions to last about a day. hill I got it.He said it could extend into a second day.

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Trump’s defense will hear first, followed by the prosecution, before the jury considers whether the presumptive Republican presidential nominee should be found guilty of falsifying business records in connection with an allegation of paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Marchan expects deliberations to begin on Wednesday. Times.

The jury dismissed after a defense break last Tuesday and will have a week to consider the prosecution and defense arguments before hearing arguments.

Trump’s defense has aimed to discredit the prosecution’s two main witnesses in cross-examination: Daniels and notorious former lawyer Michael Cohen. In questioning Daniels, the defense worked The aim is to paint the picture that she was seeking to financially benefit from Trump’s wealth and fame.

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For example, Trump lawyer Susan Necheles asked about merchandise Daniels sold after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump. Breitbart News I got it.,Quote The New York Times And The Daily Caller’s Kaitlin Richardson:

These items include shirts,Timesthe cartoon “The Political Power of Stormy Daniels,” and the “Stormy Saint of Induction” candles were shown to the jury.

according toTimesThe candle, designed by Jesse McKinley, depicts “Daniel in Christ-like robes.”

At one point during cross-examination, Necheles grilled Daniels about her strip club tour “to get America excited again” and said she was profiting from it, according to Richardson’s report.

Similarly, when Cohen took the stand, Trump lawyer Todd Branche said: Accused Cohen allegedly lied about a brief phone call he had with Trump’s bodyguard, Keith Schiller, in 2016, in which he claimed to have notified Trump about the alleged payments to Daniels.

Branche suggested the call was actually about harassing calls Cohen received from teenage pranksters, and emphasized that the text messages on either end of the phone call between Schiller and Cohen were about harassing calls.

Trump’s lawyer, Blanche: You lied. You said you didn’t remember any harassing phone calls, yet you claim that you spoke with a harasser about Stormy Daniels in a 1 minute 36 second call.
Cohen: Maybe it was.
Blanche: That’s not what I said on Tuesday.

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) May 16, 2024

Breitbart News reportTo quote Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press:

According to Lee’s tweet, the call came between two text messages from Cohen to Schiller about the harassing calls. The first text message read:wasand second at 7:48 p.m.wasAt 8:14 p.m., The Daily Caller’s Caitlin Richardson reported from the courtroom that Schiller “left a voicemail at 8:01 p.m.,” and continued, “sent me a text message” at 8:02 p.m. The disgraced former lawyer then called Schiller at 8:02 p.m.

“You lied about this. You said you didn’t remember the harassing phone calls, and now you claim that in a one-minute, 36-second call you spoke with your harasser about Stormy Daniels,” Blanche told Lee.

Blanche too Highlighting Cohen’s TikTok stream appears to be a fundraiser while discussing the trial and Trump. In fact, Blanche’s first question during cross-examination was about Cohen calling him a “TikTok little motherfucker.”

They’re back.
Judge Marchan: Mr. Blanche?
Trump lawyer Todd Blanche: We’ve never met, but you know who I am, right?
Cohen: Yes.
Blanche: Did you just call me shit on TikTok?
COHEN: That’s kind of what I would say.
Judge Marquan: Come closer!

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) May 14, 2024

Meanwhile, Marchan issued a broad gag order to Trump that effectively bars him from speaking about anyone involved in the trial other than Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Marchan. found Trump has violated the order 10 times.

“The judge’s actions were astonishing, absolutely astonishing,” Trump said. Said On May 10, he told reporters as he left court: “Anyone can say what they want. You can say what you want, but I can’t say anything about anybody. This is a disgrace, and you’re seeing it. The media is seeing it.”

BREAKING — President Trump gives a lengthy statement to reporters outside a New York City courtroom, sparking a trove of headlines blasting Biden and the Democrats for legal fraud, i.e. not violating a gag order.

“Biden lies about everything, including his golf game!” pic.twitter.com/LP8ThVxsmv

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 10, 2024

This incidentNew York vs. TrumpNo. 71543-23, Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County.