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Trump trial live: Hush money was 'pure' election fraud, prosecution says - BBC News | Trump trial live: Hush money was 'pure' election fraud, prosecution says - BBC News |
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Sam Cabral | |
BBC News | |
Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor, tells the BBC this trial may come down to whether or not Donald Trump himself decides to testify. | |
The prosecution, in his view, "have forecast for a long time how they were going to proceed and didn't depart from that" in opening statements. | |
But Trump's defence lawyers, who are under his watchful eye in court, "have to thread the needle to keep him satisfied but not allow him to do anything that would upset the judge or the jury". | |
Tobias said appealing to the common sense of the jury was a smart move because proving that there was more to the hush-money payments than merely covering up a story may be a bridge too far to cross for some jurors. | |
"Everybody is waiting in anticipation of Michael Cohen," he added. | |
"He's the lynchpin on the facts and so it may be his word against Trump's, if Trump takes the stand." | |
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