The Prosecution Has Made Its Case
Did Donald Trump falsify business records to cover up his payment of hush money to Stormy Daniels?
Did he do it to hold onto women voters in the days leading up to the 2016 election?
Reading the daily press accounts of the New York trial leaves little doubt that the prosecution made its case.
Michael Cohen is a liar, convicted as one, but his testimony addressed and answered the key questions in the case.
Stormy Daniels at one point denied having an affair with the former president, but she did not waver at the trial. Her account of her interaction with the former president was searing.
The records were clear. Hush money is not a legal expense. Michael Cohen did what he was told. Donald Trump was fully on board.
What more could you expect from the prosecution?
With closing arguments expected to come as soon as next week, the defense has yet to introduce an alternative narrative of what happened here.
There is no alternative narrative. They may claim it was all to protect his family, to shield Melania from embarrassment, but Hope Hicks made clear there was a political imperative.
And who would believe that it was all for Melania? It was for Trump.
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