...Likewise, Pecker's testimony tied his actions to the election and the question is how much can the jury infer from the accounts of the Trump Tower meeting that Trump knew and approved of this effort...
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 30, 2024
...I should have said better than good news. The corroboration and perjury instructions would have suggested that Cohen was the stumbling block. This goes to the question of weight that can be given to these accounts. Notably, they are asking for mostly Pecker's account but also…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 30, 2024
...The instructions state that you can draw an inference from any fact that is proven. Hence the rain metaphor. If you go to bed that it was not raining, but in the morning you see wet grounds and people carrying umbrellas. However, the inference must not be speculative but a…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 30, 2024
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