Cohen's credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial's closing arguments

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "The government wants you to believe that President Trump did these things with his records to conceal efforts to promote his successful candidacy in 2016, the year before," Blanche said.
56% : government wants you to believe that President Trump did these things with his records to conceal efforts to promote his successful candidacy in 2016, the year before," Blanche said.
45% : De Niro told reporters that if Trump returns to the White House, Americans can "kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted.
45% : De Niro told reporters that if Trump returns to the White House, Americans can "kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted.
36% : "After months of saying politics had nothing to do with this trial, they showed up and made a campaign event out of a lower Manhattan trial day for President Trump," Miller said.
36% : "After months of saying politics had nothing to do with this trial, they showed up and made a campaign event out of a lower Manhattan trial day for President Trump," Miller said.
33% : But prosecutors did not choose him, Trump did, Steinglass said.
33% : But prosecutors did not choose him, Trump did, Steinglass said.
32% : Furthermore, he said, there is "a mountain" of evidence and corroborating testimony connecting Trump to the crime.
32% : Furthermore, he said, there is "a mountain" of evidence and corroborating testimony connecting Trump to the crime.
30% : It's "no coincidence" that Daniel's alleged sexual encounter with Trump happened in 2006 but she wasn't paid for her silence until right before the 2016 election, Steinglass said.
30% : It's "no coincidence" that Daniel's alleged sexual encounter with Trump happened in 2006 but she wasn't paid for her silence until right before the 2016 election, Steinglass said.
28% : The jury will begin deliberating Wednesday to decide if Trump is guilty of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign to an adult film actress who claimed she had sex with him.
28% : The jury will begin deliberating Wednesday to decide if Trump is guilty of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign to an adult film actress who claimed she had sex with him.
24% : "The case against Trump is built around testimony from "a witness that outright hates the defendant, wants him in jail, is actively making money off that hatred," Blanche said.
24% : "The case against Trump is built around testimony from "a witness that outright hates the defendant, wants him in jail, is actively making money off that hatred," Blanche said.
19% : Trump says Stormy Daniels' story is a lie and that he's innocent of the charges.
19% : But Trump has also been trying to cast the case -- and the separate federal cases brought by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith -- as a politically motivated effort by President Joe Biden's administration to tank Trump's campaign.
19% : Trump says Stormy Daniels' story is a lie and that he's innocent of the charges.
19% : But Trump has also been trying to cast the case -- and the separate federal cases brought by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith -- as a politically motivated effort by President Joe Biden's administration to tank Trump's campaign.

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