Ex-prosecutor highlights 'breathtaking' trial testimony that 'undercuts' Trump's defense

Two weeks of trial have commenced in Donald Trump's criminal case over an alleged hush money cover-up scheme aimed at fixing an election, yet one piece of evidence that has been presented stands out as "breathtaking," according to a former prosecutor Saturday.

Ex-federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner went on The Legal Breakdown, where he talked about Trump's trial and a secret recording played in court. The recording, made undercover by Trump's former attorney and "fixer" Michael Cohen, had Trump and Cohen discussing a so-called catch-and-kill scheme to keep an affair quiet.

But the host, Brian Tyler Cohen, also asked Kirschner about how Stormy Daniels' lawyer, Keith Davidson, "admitted" that the scheme likely impacted the presidential election in 2016.

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"That was a bit of testimony that was pretty breathtaking," Kirschner said, "and it actually undercuts one of the defense assertions that they're trying to use to wiggle out of Trump's criminal responsibility for this."

He continued:

"What Keith Davidson testified to is that he was engaged in this hush money payment and covering these things up and then, when it looked like Donald Trump is going to win the election, Keith Davidson said, 'Oh my god, what did we do?' And the import of that is twofold: One, they recognized the potentially dramatic damage they had done to the country by engaging in conduct that may have actually facilitated Donald Trump getting elected."

The second important piece, according to the former prosecutor, is that "it's clear that Keith Davidson and the others involved in this scheme knew that these hush money payments were being made to impact the election, not to try to conceal information from Melania or Donald Trump's family."

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