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Donald Trump's defense failed to address some of the most damning evidence in their closing argument in the hush money case, argued one former federal prosecutor on Wednesday.

Defense attorney Todd Blanche delivered a three-and-a-half-hour closing statement casting doubt on some of the evidence presented by prosecutors, particularly testimony from Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, but MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann faulted his thoroughness.

Manhattan prosecutor Joshua Steinglass' attempt to reenact a phone call submitted into evidence during former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial got two thumbs down from one legal expert.

CNN's Elie Honig panned Steinglass' theatrics during closing arguments given to the jury argument, saying he needn't have relied on parlor tricks to prop up testimony from Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen.

Closing arguments in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial may have stunned some experts with their extreme length, but legal expert Norm Eisen said there was no other way for the prosecution to do it.

Eisen appeared on CNN Tuesday night as Manhattan District Attorney's office prosecutor Joshua Steinglass wrapped his falsifying business records case with an hours-long recount of the evidence presented against Trump.

A panel of former federal prosecutors on MSNBC tore into former President Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche for trying to complain to the jury in closing about the prospect of Trump receiving a prison sentence — remarks that Judge Juan Merchan ruled to be completely improper.

"It is not lost on me that Todd Blanche took that chance, probably because Donald Trump wanted him to, with even Tiffany Trump there, two Trump sons are in the courtroom ... the fact that there are three Trump adult children in the room does seem theatrically performative," anchor Joy Reid told former prosecutor Harry Litman.

Former President Donald Trump's onetime White House spokesman tried Tuesday to preach against what he described as the one-sided treatment his old boss received in Manhattan criminal court, but CNN anchor Jake Tapper wasn't having it.

Former White House communications official Hogan Gidley tried to claim that Trump's criminal hush money case — in which he stands accused of falsifying business records to conceal deals made ahead of the 2016 presidential election — has been presided over by a compromised judge.

Fox News commentator Jeanine Pirro launched into a tirade against Robert De Niro on Tuesday, following the celebrated actor's speech in Manhattan near the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's criminal trial is taking place.

This comes as that trial, for business fraud connected to alleged hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, sees closing arguments from both sides, and is set to go to jury deliberations later this week.

Whatever the hush money trial jury decides — a former aide warns the American public should "buckle up" for an unleashed Donald Trump fueled on grievance.

Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served in Trump's White House as the communications director, appeared on CNN Tuesday night to discuss what she described as 45th president's mounting frustration that he cannot control the outcome of Manhattan criminal court trial.

One criminal defense attorney believes former President Donald Trump should be acquitted in his criminal hush money trial.

Brandi Harden appeared on CNN Tuesday to accuse Manhattan District Attorney's office prosecutors of failing to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump was aware of hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Attorneys summing up arguments in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial face a surprising but pivotal task as they lay out their cases for finding the former president guilty or not guilty, a jury expert said Tuesday.

Jury consultant Melissa Gomez appeared on CNN Tuesday afternoon as Manhattan District Attorney's office prosecutor Joshua Steinglass outlined his argument — that Trump falsified business records to conceal hush money paid to an adult film star ahead of the 2016 presidential election — to 12 New Yorkers tasked with issuing a verdict in the case.

Robert De Niro's impassioned defense of Washington D.C. cops who protected the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 triggered supporters of former President Donald Trump, who surrounded the Oscar-winning actor as he left a press conference outside Manhattan criminal court Tuesday.

The moment was captured on video — and shared by Trump on Truth Social.

Former Trump White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci on Tuesday said that his one-time boss did himself no favors when he went on an angry Truth Social spree over the weekend.

Appearing on CNN, Scarmucci said that former President Donald Trump may have made a fatal mistake when he decided to once again lob attacks at Judge Juan Merchan in a rage-filled rant that accused his opponents of being "human scum."

One of Donald Trump's former lawyers panned the closing arguments of the ex-president's defense attorney Todd Blanche Tuesday.

Tim Parlatore, who represented Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, told CNN that lead counsel in the hush money case had lost the jury during a closing argument that lasted for nearly three hours.

Former Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone warned Americans about the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency during a press event outside of the courthouse in Manhattan where the former president is currently on trial for alleged illegal efforts to cover up hush-money payments.

Although actor Robert DeNiro took a starring role during the event, Fanone made his own case for why putting Trump back in the White House would lead to a dark future for the United States.