The jury is described as attentive and interested in what prosecutors say during the closing arguments of the Trump trial.
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CNN reported:
Jurors watch prosecutor Joshua Steinglass as he delivers his closing argument.
Many of their eyes are on him. Others watch the monitors, which currently show text messages put on a map by prosecutors.
Steinglass also made an important point about why this case matters and how it constitutes election interference:
You might say, who cares if Mr. Trump slept with a porn star a decade before the 2016 election. Many people feel this way. It’s harder to say that the American people don’t have the right to decide for themselves whether they care or not.
The value of this corrupt bargain cannot be overstated.
It turned out to be one of the most valuable contributions anyone has ever made to the Trump campaign. This plan that these men have come up with right now could very well be the reason President Trump was elected.
Trump won by such a small margin that common sense suggests that one more negative story like the Stormy Daniels scandal would have disabled Trump in the minds of enough voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan to lose the election.
If Trump loses in 2016, there would be no Trump in 2020 and 2024. This one criminal plot gained the presidency and ownership of the Republican Party.
That is why this case is important. The hush money scheme and falsification of business records made Donald Trump’s entire political career possible, and therefore he must be held accountable for these crimes.
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Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is also a White House press pool and congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor’s degree in political science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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