Turley: DA Bragg Is Relying on a Motivated Judge and a Motivated Jury to Take Him Where He Needs To Go for Conviction

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TURLEY: “It's now becoming apparent what the strategy is. And that is, Bragg is relying on a motivated judge and a motivated jury to take him where he needs to go for conviction. But before he gets there, he has to be able to credibly argue that someone, anyone, said that there was direct evidence that -- that Trump not only wanted to keep the silent, that's not a crime, but intentionally committed fraud, intentionally wanted this -- this denotation as a legal expense to conceal a crime. Michael Cohen appears to be the person that he's going to do that. Now you can look at that and say, but who would believe someone that just a few weeks ago was denounced as a serial perjurer by another judge? And the answer is it doesn't matter. Because Bragg knows that Trump can't take the stand after earlier rulings by the judge in this case. So Cohen's testimony will not be contradicted by Trump. So what Bragg will argue is, you may think he's a liar, you may think that he's a bottom feeder, but that's a question of credibility judge, and so this has to go to the jury. That's the strategy.”