Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse
So far, Todd Blanche has focused on the 34 documents that led to the 34 felony charges. He sounded as if he was getting close to making a legal argument about “intent to defraud.” The jurors would have to find that Trump acted with intent to defraud when he directed the falsification of the documents in order to find him guilty.
Justice Merchan appeared to glare at Blanche as he came close to commenting on the law. But the defense lawyer moved away and the judge said nothing.
Very surprised.