'I've never seen that': Expert says Trump lawyer sent a 'huge tell' to criminal case judge
Former President Donald Trump's attorney just gave a huge reveal to Judge Juan Merchan in the Manhattan criminal hush money case, former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday.
Specifically, he argued, Susan Necheles, one of the most effective and experienced attorneys in Trump's corner, refused to sign off on some of the submissions to the court — a huge red flag for those submissions, and for the defense as a whole.
"Emil Bove, who I don't know, announced during a sidebar, told the judge, this is the first cross-examination I've done as a defense lawyer," said Weissmann. "He is an experienced prosecutor. The judge said, you're doing a fine job, and that's irrelevant. I'm not cutting you breaks whether you're experienced or not. One, I think he's doing a good job. Remember, as a technical matter, he has to play the hand he's dealt. Would I have done the cross the way he did it today? No, but you know what, you can't try someone else's case. You know, you have to kind of be yourself and do what you think is right." ...