Lisa Rubin, MSNBC’s Lisa Rubin, described the “brutal” development as a tactic used by the former president’s lawyers.
The “brutal” development laid exposed a vital tactic from the former president’s legal team, said MSNBC’s Lisa Rubin. The “brutal” development laid exposed a vital tactic from the former president’s legal team, said MSNBC’s Lisa Rubin.
Lisa Rubin, MSNBC’s Lisa Rubin, described the “brutal” development as a tactic used by the former president’s lawyers.
LOADINGERROR LOADING. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin on Thursday said the “weirdest moment” in Donald Trump’s ongoing hush money trial was the former president’s legal team’s “brutal” cross-examination of a computer forensics analyst who was ostensibly only in court to authenticate data.. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, is accused of falsifying business documents in a bid to cover up payments to porn actor Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election that intended to silence her over their alleged affair.. Advertisement. In a thread on the X platform formerly known as Twitter, Rubin acknowledged that “many Trump trial watchers are still knee deep in the world of [former Daniels’ lawyer] Keith Davidson, where lurid details about people like Hulk Hogan, Charlie Sheen & Lindsay Lohan are bought and sold like candy.”. “But the weirdest moment for me was the cross of a guy who does cell phone data extraction” for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, she noted.. NEW: I know many Trump trial watchers are still knee deep in the world of Keith Davidson, where lurid details about people like Hulk Hogan, Charlie Sheen & Lindsay Lohan are bought and sold like candy. But the weirdest moment for me was the cross of a guy who does cell phone data…. — Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) May 3, 2024. The Iraq war veteran who took the stand was just there to “authenticate data taken off two cell phones provided to the DA by [former Trump attorney] Michael Cohen” and came across as “knowledgeable, earnest, and honest,” said Rubin.. Advertisement. But he was still grilled by Trump’s defense team who are “looking to sow seeds of mistrust” because they are “in need of only one juror” to find the former president not guilty, she added.. Trump’s team suggested Cohen’s devices or data “could have been manipulated and/or deleted by the FBI,” she wrote. Cohen was Trump’s fixer for years before being sentenced to prison over his role in the hush money scheme. 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