Funny, yesterday Fox thought Trumps lawyer was killing it.
"Trump is hurting himself by insisting that his attorneys stand by falsehoods and take weak legal positions."
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Just to pile on.
"They made a mistake," says legal analyst Norm Eisen.
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During cross examination, Trump attorney Emil Bove pressed the witness on why he was now testifying that Hope Hicks — then-director of the Trump campaign's communications team — was "in and out" of that Trump Tower meeting when he had previously told federal investigators that she was not there. Bove then handed Pecker a document that the attorney said would refresh his memory.
But that document appears to have been more of a prop than a piece of evidence. After jurors left the room Thursday, and following objections from the prosecution, Judge Juan Merchan accused Bove of leaving the jury with a false impression.
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"If there wasn't anything in that document, it's misleading," Merchan said, as
HuffPost reported. "I'm going to ask you to be very careful with that."
When Bove sought to defend himself, Merchan cut him off. "Mr. Bove, are you missing my point?"
Norm Eisen, an attorney and CNN legal analyst, said that moment undid whatever good may have been accomplished Thursday from the defense's perspective.
"The defense, Mr. Bove, Trump's lawyer, really got off to a strong start with their cross-examination,"
Eisen said. "But then, they made a mistake."