Trump defense attorney tells hush money jury to acquit | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : "- Graphic testimony -Trump had a grave look on his face as his lawyer spoke, his head titled to the side studying the jurors.
38% : Speaking to reporters earlier before entering the Manhattan courtroom, Trump said "this is a very dangerous day for America.
36% : Trump is the first former or sitting president under criminal indictment, with charges ranging from the relatively minor hush money case to accusations that he took top secret documents and tried to overthrow the 2020 election.
35% : "There was no intent to defraud and beyond that there was no conspiracy to influence the 2016 election by president Trump," Blanche said.
32% : In addition to the New York case, Trump has been indicted in Washington and Georgia on charges of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
31% : "Less than six months before American voters choose whether to return Trump to the White House, the stakes riding on the verdict are hard to overstate -- for the 77-year-old personally, but also for the country.
26% : "You cannot convict president Trump of any crime beyond a reasonable doubt on the word of Michael Cohen.
26% : "Blanche said Trump was "busy running the country" when the reimbursements were made to Cohen and he did not closely inspect all the invoices that came across his desk.
26% : If convicted, Trump faces up to four years in prison on each of 34 counts, but legal experts say that as a first-time offender he is unlikely to get jail time.
18% : Trump is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his former lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, when her account of a 2006 sexual encounter could have doomed his 2016 presidential campaign.
17% : Trump's attorney Todd Blanche, delivering his closing argument, told the jury that the trial "isn't a referendum on your views of president Trump" or "who you plan on voting for in 2024.
13% : They will lay out the case that Trump falsified records to keep the hush money payment secret amid fear that the episode could sink his already rocky outsider's bid to defeat Hillary Clinton.
9% : Speaking on behalf of the Biden campaign outside court, actor Robert De Niro berated Trump as a "clown" and "grubby real estate developer" intent on destroying the country.
7% : ""President Trump is innocent," he said.Blanche spent much of his summation attacking Cohen, the prosecution's star witness, who has spent time in prison for tax evasion and other crimes, calling him the "MVP of liars" consumed by "outright hatred for Trump.

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