On Monday, the trial of former president Donald Trump will reach its conclusion, with Michael Cohen, the prosecution’s embattled” light witness” ready to take the stand for the first time.
Trump’s security banged up Cohen’s trust past week, calling into question if the original plumber spoke to Trump the night of October 26, 2017, as he had claimed.
Cohen had claimed that Trump had approved a hush-money cope with Stormy Daniels during that visit, but Trump attorney Todd Blanche testified that Cohen had spoken to his bodyguard about a 14-year-old prank caller.
Michael Cohen, former prosecutor to Donald Trump, leaves the District Attorney’s office in New York, March 13, 2023. Cohen is the prosecution’s most important testimony in the hush money trial of former president Donald Trump. However, Trump’s fixer-turned-foe is just as difficult to watch as a celebrity see. The now- disbarred lawyer has a tortured history with Trump ( AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File ).
The prosecution and the defense have an opportunity to issue Cohen once more after the security folds up its cross examination of Cohen on Monday, but the trial is anticipated to rest, according to the New York Times. Although it is not anticipated, the defense had visit more witnesses to the remain or place Trump on the stand, and the defense had sleep as soon as this week. As soon as Tuesday, closing claims may be heard.
When Judge Juan Merchan gives the jury instructions on how to take the charges into account, which might help the prosecution, could be at a crucial point in the trial.
Both sides may provide proposed recommendations, but Merchan will determine the exact language of the directions. Merchan may adopt recommendations, use a standardized edition, or compose them himself. Those instructions will be” a vital part of the court’s effort to understand the reasoning of the lawyer’s situation”, according to the , Washington Post.
Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024 ( AP Photo/Seth Wenig ).
Renato Mariotti, a defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor in Chicago, told the , Post,” Jury guidelines do have an enormous influence on a test”.
Tests are won and lost in the expression of certain judge guidelines, “he said.
Marc F. Scholl, a previous counsel in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, told the Times“, The court’s guidelines provide a route map to the jury.”
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