Former President Trump Declared Innocent in Falsifying Documents Scandal: Defense Argues for Democracy

Defend the former president Donald Trump (2017-2021), accused of falsifying documents to buy the silence of the porn actress Stormy Daniels and thus defended his election campaign in 2016, assured this Monday that the Republican politician is “innocent” and that he was working under the umbrella of “democracy.”

“I have a ‘spoiler’ warning: there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. It’s called democracy. “They’re trying to do something sinister,” concluded attorney Todd Blanche, who presided over the opening today of the first day of the first phase of arguments with Trump’s defense.

Blanche alleged that the payments made to Michael Cohen, a former attorney who worked for Trump until 2017, totaling $420,000 were made to compensate for his “services legal” and not compensating him for orchestrating a scheme to conceal information that could harm the ex. president, as the Prosecutor’s Office said.

1. They are rejecting a last-minute request to drop a lawsuit against Trump over secret money

2. Trump again mentions the lawsuit on his social network despite the fact that they will evaluate him in contempt

Blanche argued that Trump has a right to the presumption of innocence, “something that some of his critics are losing sight of,” and that the Prosecutor’s Office has “a very simple story and very simple” to present because they do not understand that the figure of the accuser. the former president “exaggerating the truth”.

Likewise, he took advantage of this statement to criticize Stormy Daniels, whom he described as a “biased” person who has “made a career” selling her alleged relationship with Trump.

And he also accused Cohen, who pleaded guilty in 2018 to federal charges stemming from the payment, which he described as “trouble” with Trump.

“He has a goal, an obsession with bringing down President Trump. He cannot be trusted, I assure you,” Blanche concluded.

Finally, Blanche addressed the jury asking them to use “common sense” when reaching a decision in this case, the first criminal case against a former US president in the nation’s history. all of it.

“Use your common sense. We are New Yorkers. That’s why we’re here. If they do, a verdict of innocence will be very quick,” Blanche concluded.