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'Nuclear moment': Trump lawyer says often dry stage of trial will radically sway verdict

'Nuclear moment': Trump lawyer says often dry stage of trial will radically sway verdict

The fixation on witnesses and whether their words will prove or disprove former President Donald Trump committed a felony to manipulate the 2016 election by fudging business records in his criminal hush money case is only part of the process to render a verdict.

Jim Trusty, who represented Trump as his attorney before he cut ties, pointed to a seemingly monotonous directive from the judge that will come further down the road that he says could end up becoming the most explosive moment of the trial.

"I think the real battle that's shaping up, aside from everything about [Michael] Cohen and the cross is redirecting the jury back to Cohen's lack of credibility — but the jury instructions." ...

'It's getting real': Judge Chutkan sets Trump jury selection three months from now

'It's getting real': Judge Chutkan sets Trump jury selection three months from now

Start the countdown, Special Counsel Jack Smith can begin selecting jurors in his criminal election fraud case against former President Donald Trump in just three months, according to court records.

Judge Tanya Sue Chutkan on Thursday set Feb. 9 as the date when hundreds of potential jurors in Washington D.C. will receive copies of a questionnaire to determine their eligibility to take part in the federal case against Trump.

Responded one Politico reporter, in all caps, "It's getting real."...