Isn’t the crux of his defense that it isn’t true, so he wouldn’t have bothered paying for her silence, and Cohen did it on his own?
That’s the defense, but the prosecution is attempting to build a case that it is true, that the monies moved, and were subsequently misreported on statutory filings.
That last bit is the actual crux of it. Whether the deed was a crime or not, it’s the coverup that gets you the time.
That last bit is the actual crux of it. Whether the deed was a crime or not, it’s the coverup that gets you the time.
The coverup gets you the time because in this case he’s being charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, not for paying a pornstar as part of an NDA.
I can almost see Trump’s point on this though - the specific details of their sexual encounter (like whether or not he used a condom) are more or less irrelevant to what he’s charged with. That the sexual encounter occurred and that she was being paid not to disclose it is the only really relevant part from her.
She didn’t go into details tho. Her story is absolutely valid to give legitimacy to her claims he paid her to shut up.
The crux of the defense is “nuh-uh” and to delay ideally until Trump can pardon himself or he dies.
He can “demand” whatever he wants. What he’s gonna get is a fair trial, followed by a verdict from a jury of his peers.
And that’s the last thing he wants, because he’s so fucking guilty.
You just triggered a thought that 12 people now have to say they’re Trump’s peer
But they didn’t object to it during the testimony because they wanted to argue for a mistrial
