Former Department of Justice spokesperson Anthony Coley warns that having two lawyers on the jury might not be a good sign for the prosecution panel.
Coley shared his prediction on “Jonathan Lemire Reports,” saying that having a young corporate law attorney and a civil litigation attorney among the 12 jurors could affect the prosecution as they may weigh the case differently and influence other jurors.
“I think what I would worry about if I’m on the prosecution case, and I say this tongue in cheek because I ran communications at arguably the largest law firm in the world, the U.S. Justice Department, I do worry that there are lawyers on this jury, not one but two lawyers,” Coley remarked.
For Coley, this could lead to Trump’s acquittal.
“And by my own experience, lawyers can sometimes be overly analytical. They can be hyper-technical. I worry that the nonlawyers on this jury may rely on the lawyers who, quite frankly, don’t have expertise in this area of the law.”
The former DOJ spokesman further said that the defense’s tactic is to target Trump’s former lawyer and Alvin Bragg’s star witness, Michael Cohen, and it could be “summed up in four words,” and that is “Don’t believe Michael Cohen.
“And what we saw in four days of meandering testimony and cross-examination towards the end of this trial, we saw them take a couple of hits at Michael Cohen’s credibility. We now know, for example, that in addition to being a convicted felon and a liar, we know that Michael Cohen by his own admission is a thief. So I expect to see defense attorneys return to those schematics.”
Alvin Bragg’s bogus hush money trial against the former president awaits the jury’s decision after more than four weeks of the prosecution and defense team trading barbs and two dozen witnesses.
On Tuesday morning, prosecutors and defense attorneys will present their closing arguments which will last for a day.
On a social media post, retired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz torched Alvin Brag for his “fabrication of a crime.”
He also hit Judge Juan Merchan for allowing Stormy Daniels to testify that she had sexual interaction with Donald Trump.
For Dershowitz, the only issue “is whether he, the accused, and whether the accuser sought money from hm, and whether he paid that money, that’s relevant.”
The former professor added that if Trump made those payments to “avoid exposure,” or “publicity,” that is “extortion and he’s then the victim of a serious crime.”
“The only way it’s not extortion is if the money was paid to avoid a lawsuit, and if the money was paid to avoid a lawsuit, it’s a legal expense”
Either way, “It’s still not criminal” Dershowitz highlighted.
