The jury appears to be homing in on the "conspiracy" elements of the Manhattan criminal hush money case, said former federal prosecutor David Kelley on MSNBC Wednesday — and that's a disturbing sign for former President Donald Trump.
This comes after the jury asked Judge Juan Merchan for a refresher on testimony from David Pecker and Michael Cohen, former Trump associates who formed key parts of the prosecution's case.
"So, it might sound worse for Trump, better for the prosecution, because they're now going to hear it back and know that Hope Hicks and Trump's personal secretary and, yes, Cohen, whatever you think of him, a lot of other people added to Pecker's testimony," said anchor Ari Melber, himself an attorney. "I never heard — and again, I try to cover this as fairly as I can — I never heard anyone really undercut his core points. Here's what he said about his consciousness of all of this. Even while he's doing it, the defense is saying, it happens all the time. Pecker, whose direct testimony says, he told his own 'Enquirer' leadership, he told them, we're going to try and help the campaign. We're going to keep it as quiet as possible. I want it confidential. Is that bad?"...
