Election conspiracies are ‘done all the time’, Trump lawyer tells trial jurors
Hush-money trial enters final stages as defense makes closing argument in case centered on allegedly falsified business recordsTrump trial – live updatesDonald Trump’s defense team put forth an eyebrow-raising argument on Tuesday morning in the former president’s criminal hush-money and election interference trial: that conspiracies to win elections happen all the time.“It doesn’t matter if there was a conspiracy to try and win an election,” Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche said of the alleged payoff plot involving Trump, who is accused elsewhere of election meddling and fomenting civil unrest to thwart Joe Biden from taking office. “Every campaign in this country is a conspiracy to promote a candidate.” Continue reading...
Hush-money trial enters final stages as defense makes closing argument in case centered on allegedly falsified business records
Donald Trump’s defense team put forth an eyebrow-raising argument on Tuesday morning in the former president’s criminal hush-money and election interference trial: that conspiracies to win elections happen all the time.
“It doesn’t matter if there was a conspiracy to try and win an election,” Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche said of the alleged payoff plot involving Trump, who is accused elsewhere of election meddling and fomenting civil unrest to thwart Joe Biden from taking office. “Every campaign in this country is a conspiracy to promote a candidate.” Continue reading...