Trump lawyer urges jury to doubt Michael Cohen in closing arguments

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Trump brought several close allies with him on Tuesday, including his adult children Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and a rare appearance by Tiffany Trump.
49% : "How can it be that there was any intent to defraud by President Trump when he discloses it to the IRS, he tweets about it, and he submits it on his Office of Government Ethics forms?"
46% : He also emphasized a key point: that Cohen was the only witness brought by Bragg's office who testified that Trump knew everything about the $130,000 hush money payment made to Stormy Daniels.
42% : He reminded the jury that there was no evidence Trump knew about the voucher system used by the Trump Organization to process these payments at the time he was president.
39% : "The idea, even if there was something wrong with it, the idea that sophisticated people like President Trump and David Pecker believed that positive stories in the National Enquirer could influence the 2016 election is preposterous," Blanche argued, noting the publication's limited circulation of 350,000 at the time.Blanche also attacked the notion that a criminal conspiracy formed during a 2015 meeting at Trump Tower "when the supposed criminal conspiracy was formed."
37% : "There is no way that you can find that President Trump knew about this payment at the time it was made without believing the words of Michael Cohen -- period," Blanche said.
37% : "President Trump is innocent," Blanche said.
34% : "There is no evidence that President Trump knew anything about this voucher system.
28% : "You cannot convict President Trump," Blanche repeatedly told the jury, stressing the sheer weight of its future deliberations.
24% : The defense further questioned the prosecution's narrative around the 2017 Oval Office meeting where Cohen allegedly discussed hush money payments with Trump.
22% : "You cannot convict President Trump of any crime beyond a reasonable doubt based on the words of Michael Cohen," Blanche added, hitting at Cohen's dubious credibility and saying even the prosecution described him as having a history of lying.Blanche's defense strategy focused on several other key points.
22% : "Regarding prosecutors' allegations of election influence, Blanche dismissed the idea that Trump or David Pecker, the former CEO of American Media Inc., believed stories in the National Enquirer could sway the 2016 election.
18% : Throughout his closing argument, Blanche reiterated that the prosecution had failed to meet its burden of proof and that convicting Trump based solely on Cohen's unreliable testimony would be a miscarriage of justice.

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