Leaving President Trump’s actual motivating crime open to speculation opens all sorts of rhetorical flourishes for prosecution to wail at the jury.
“Who knows what a deceitful tyrant like Trump had in mind for his obvious deceit? It is impossible to gauge the intent of a man hell bent on pursuit of power, power in every aspect of his entire life ? ...”
Deceitful? Matthew 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?