Trump faces 34 unusual charges in US history supposed falsification of records to disguise the payment of $130,000 to former actress and director of more than 150 pornographic films Stormy Daniels in the final stretch of the 2016 elections that she won against Hillary Clinton.
Clear objectives against Trump
However, the true intentions of the left and the extreme left are annihilate economically and politically Trump heading into the November presidential election. For its part, Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has dedicated itself to this work since the Democrats returned to the White House in January 2021.
Under the watchful eye of the former president, defense attorney Todd Blanche began his second round of interrogations by emphasizing Cohen’s history of lies.
In addition to listing his deceptions, the defense played clips from the witness’ podcast episodes in which he frequently spoke about the former president.
“You better believe I want this man to go down,” he said in a 2020 episode.
Cohen, 57, has repeatedly said in interrogations that he takes “responsibility” for his actions and has faced the consequences. He was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for lying to Congress and electoral and tax fraud.
Trump, for his part, has complained that the trial prevents him from campaigning to return to the White House in the November elections.
This Thursday, Republican congressmen Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert were in the courtroom. In recent days, the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, was present.
Outside the court, Johnson said that the Republican Party would take action against the Department of Justice for considering this trial to be absolutely false and with precise political objectives to undermine the image and prestige of the 45th president of the United States, in the face of political adversaries who try at all costs to prevent Trump from becoming President of the country in the next elections.
These actions have been denounced by conservatives as the most implausible and undemocratic actions in the nation’s history.
Outside court, Trump again called the trial a “huge scam.” “I’ve been sitting here for almost four weeks. And we still have a long way to go,” he said. That is precisely what my radical political enemies want, while Biden walks around the country campaigning.
The interrogation of Cohen will continue next Monday since on Friday Trump will attend the graduation ceremony of his youngest son, Barron, in Florida.
Will Trump testify?
Prosecutors have reported that Cohen is their last witness in the case.
Her version has been dismantled by Trump’s defense along with those of two other witnesses who have caused laughter and ridicule in the courtroom: Stormy Daniels and David Pecker, the former tabloid editor who claimed to have worked with Trump and Cohen to suppress coverage. refusal of the candidate for the White House.
It is not yet clear whether Trump will also take the stand in his defense.
The twelve members of the jury will have to unanimously determine whether the tycoon really ordered the falsification of documents. Defense and prosecution witnesses have not been able to prove that Trump ordered the falsification of documents and whether he did so with the intention of influencing the 2016 presidential vote.
If Trump does not testify, final arguments could be as early as Tuesday. Then the jury will retire to deliberate.
Trump has been the only former president in the nation’s history to face the hatred and undemocratic actions of his political opponents, especially Joe Biden and the elite of the left and the far left.
The 45th president of the United States has repeatedly denounced being the victim of a witch hunt, harassment, persecution and clear electoral interference, also exposed by Republican legislators in Congress in Washington.
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Source: With information from AFP and AP.
