Comment on Just 1 piece of evidence could scuttle Trump's hush-money conviction and force a time-sucking retrial

Just 1 piece of evidence could scuttle Trump's hush-money conviction and force a time-sucking retrial

Donald Trump could be in for a hush-money retrial. Jeffrey Phelps/APThanks to the SCOTUS immunity decision, it may not take much to force a hush-money retrial.One key piece of evidence, People's Exhibit 81, may be enough to scuttle Trump's May 30 verdict.It's an ethics form Trump signed in 2018, and just the kind of official-act evidence SCOTUS now bans.It might not take much to scuttle Donald Trump's May 30 hush-money conviction.In fact, a single piece of evidence could be Trump's handiest monkey wrench of all.Manhattan prosecutors labeled it People's Exhibit 81.It's a routine federal ethics form called an "Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report."Manhattan prosecutors showed it to jurors back in early May, during the third week of testimony.They later spun it as solid proof that Trump knew his hush-money reimbursement checks to his then-attorney, Michael Cohen, were just that: reimbursements, not "legal fees," as his falsified business records claimed."Mr.

 

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