Trump lawyer hammers Michael Cohen in closing argument at hush-money trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The trial has played out in remarkable scenes in which Trump has been in court and largely kept off the campaign trial, except at weekends and some events in and around New York City.
44% : Trump, who is almost certain to secure the Republican presidential nomination, is charged with falsifying business records related to paying the adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 for her silence about an alleged sexual liaison.
40% : "President Trump is innocent.
38% : He also insisted that the key allegation of prosecutors - that business records were falsified because they wrongly claimed that repayments were for legal services - fell flat, insisting that Cohen was Trump's personal lawyer and "was rendering services to President Trump in 2017 as his personal attorney".Trump also faces three other criminal trials: one for trying to sway the 2020 election in Georgia, another for his conduct around the January 6 attack on the Capitol and a third one related to his treatment of sensitive documents after he left the White House.
36% : Donald Trump's hush-money trial entered its final stages on Tuesday, with his defense team starting their closing argument, which will be followed by the prosecution's.Trump, sporting a crimson tie and crisp white shirt, walked into court just before 9.30am, carrying a sheet of paper.
34% : If found guilty, Trump could face the prospect of jail, though that is mostly seen as unlikely.
33% : But as details of the case and Trump's liaison with Daniels have been brought before a Manhattan jury, they have had seemingly little impact on the 2024 race - where Trump still often narrowly leads Joe Biden in head-to-head polls and is performing strongly in the swings states that are crucial to victory.
26% : You cannot convict President Trump of any crime beyond a reasonable doubt based on the word of Michael Cohen.
20% : Prosecutors argue that the payments amount to election interference as Trump was running in the 2016 race for the White House at the time and seeking to cover up a potentially damaging scandal.
20% : Trump denies all the allegations.
20% : Cohen gave vital evidence for the role that Trump played in the alleged hush-money scheme, but was also brutally grilled by Trump's lawyers for his previous history of lying and his evident dislike of his former boss and desire to see him behind bars.
17% : "He emphasized that the invoices in the case were submitted by Cohen, adding: "You cannot convict President Trump.

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