Trump Trial: Closing Arguments!

Dear readers,

Wonderful news! We made it to the end of the Donald Trump's first criminal trial (of four). Closing arguments took place on Tuesday. Defense went first and Todd Blanche did a lot of screaming, made a critical error towards the end that required a "curative" statement from the judge and kept professing Trump's innocence (expected. Prosecutor Josh Steinglass needed close to FIVE hours for his closing, weaving a story of fraud, crime and plotting with dirty tabloid rags to steal an election.

So let's GET INTO IT! Defense gave a long summation, prosecutors even longer. I am going to hit the high points versus going through every single thing covered because, honestly, most of it was covered in my previous daily summaries.

Reminder: Today is just summaries. It is the last time for both sides to make their case to the jury about why the defendant, Donald Trump, is TOTALLY guilty or TOTALLY not guilty. This is it. Take 6 weeks of testimony, over 20 witnesses and many many many pieces of evidence and wrap it up in a nice little package with a bow. It is about connecting with the jury directly, not through interaction with the witnesses. It is the time when they jury looks right at - and talks right to - the 12 jurors (and 6 alternates) in the hopes that they believe your position.

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