Todd Blanche is closing up with a list of reasons that should raise ‘reasonable doubt’ in jurors’ minds: ‘Each one of these reasons makes a not guilty verdict a very easy path and a very quick path.’
The invoices - were sent by Cohen (nothing to do with Trump), and were accurate
Valentine’s day communications - no evidence that Trump ever saw the payment vouchers
No evidence of intent to defraud
No intent to unlawfully influence 2016 election - no Federal Election Campaign Act violations have been demonstrated
No illegal agreement to influence the election - any deal with the National Enquirer was just a normal part of working with the media
AMI would have run Sajudin’s story - the story of the Trump Tower doorman was not true, that’s why it wasn’t run
McDougal did not want her story published
Stormy Daniels’ story was already public
Manipulation of evidence - Cohen’s phones were wiped and synced at different times, before data were taken from them
Michael Cohen