Trump's lawyer gets called out by the judge for trying to mislead the jury.

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Trump’s lawyer gets called out by the judge for trying to mislead the jury. While Pecker was on the stand being cross examined, trumps lawyers tried to present documents they say was Pecker’s earlier testimony. They were blank.

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"Real embarrassment": Trump lawyer apologizes after judge called him out for "misleading" jury

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By Charles R. Davis, 18 hours ago



"Real embarrassment": Trump lawyer apologizes after judge called him out for "misleading" jury

By Charles R. Davis, 18 hours ago

It was a pretty good day for Donald Trump and his defense team. David Pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher, was seen by jurors as being a little fuzzy on the details of a key moment: an August 2015 meeting where prosecutors say he, Michael Cohen and the former president conspired to break campaign finance laws by cementing an agreement to "catch-and-kill" potentially damning stories about the Republican candidate.

During cross examination, Trump attorney Emil Bove pressed the witness on why he was now testifying that Hope Hicks — then-director of the Trump campaign's communications team — was "in and out" of that Trump Tower meeting when he had previously told federal investigators that she was not there. Bove then handed Pecker a document that the attorney said would refresh his memory.

But that document appears to have been more of a prop than a piece of evidence. After jurors left the room Thursday, and following objections from the prosecution, Judge Juan Merchan accused Bove of leaving the jury with a false impression.

"If there wasn't anything in that document, it's misleading," Merchan said, as HuffPost reported. "I'm going to ask you to be very careful with that."

When Bove sought to defend himself, Merchan cut him off. "Mr. Bove, are you missing my point?"

Norm Eisen, an attorney and CNN legal analyst, said that moment undid whatever good may have been accomplished Thursday from the defense's perspective.
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