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Hugo Lowell

DARK SECRETS: Ten reasons to acquit trump trial key takeaways closing arguments - The Real Truth

Trump with his lawyer Todd Blanche in court on Tuesday
Donald Trump with his lawyer Todd Blanche in court on Tuesday. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

Donald Trump’s lawyer on Tuesday spent two hours focused on three key attacks against the Manhattan district attorney’s case that the former president falsified business records with an intent to commit a second crime – of covering up an illegal federal campaign finance violation.

Lawyer Todd Blanche presented at the end of his closing argument “10 reasons why” there was reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case and the jury should acquit Trump. It in effect came down to a handful of principal lines of argument:

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