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Defense attacks Cohen, prosecution attacks Trump in hush money trial closing

Defense lawyer tries to shred the credibility of a key witness, as prosecutor says Donald Trump’s hush money payment helped him win the White House.

By Shayna Jacobs

Derek Hawkins

Isaac Arnsdorf

and

Devlin Barrett

Updated May 28, 2024 at 9:14 p.m. EDT|Published May 28, 2024 at 5:33 p.m. EDT

From left, former president Donald Trump and defense lawyer Todd Blanche listen to prosecutor Joshua Steinglass present his closing argument, as Justice Juan Merchan presides, during Trump's trial Tuesday in Manhattan, in this courtroom sketch. (Jane Rosenberg/Reuters)

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NEW YORK — A prosecutor urged jurors in marathon closing arguments Tuesday to convict Donald Trump in a hush money scheme “that could very well be what got President Trump elected” in 2016 — suggesting that the stifled tale of sex with a porn star changed the course of American history.

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