Mitchell Epner: Here is the actual admission: — Subium • Bluesky web client

Blanche still centering Trump's defense on "the payments to Cohen were not reimbursements" despite the Trump admissions, which are in evidence, that they were in fact reimbursements, is a CHOICE, y'all. x.com/KlasfeldRepo...

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And his attempt to spin the Trump "they were reimbursements" tweet as "come on, he can't have had an intent to defraud (in 2017) if he said it openly (in 2018)" does not strike me as wise x.com/KlasfeldRepo...

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Again, not my practice area, I'll defer to experienced criminal lawyers like @nobodyinteresting.bsky.social @gregdoucette.bsky.social @mitchellepner.bsky.social etc. if they have a different view. But ... this seems like a bad mistake

I cannot imagine basing my defense on the jurors ignoring a public written admission by my client. Whether one juror (or more) will stand by the Trump defense on this point is something that we will see.

And there it is. The prosecution shoves Donald Trump's admission that the payment to Michael Cohen was a reimbursement, not a legal fee, down Trump's throat.

Here is the actual admission:

That’s just one of them. There’s also the tweet, and court filings from another state, IIRC.

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