Argue that the defendant failed to produce evidence or failed to call witnesses or fail to introduce documents. The defendant has an absolute Fifth Amendment right not to testify and has an absolute right not to put on a case in the defense. So what mr. Blanch is doing here, mr. Trumps lawyer, is essentially what you would expect from any good defense lawyer. Telling the jury dont believe what you just heard from the government by telling them that no crime was committed, trying to humanize mr. Trump in some ways, and then perhaps leaving dangling a bit the prospect that they will have evidence down the road in the trial to demonstrate the things that mr. Blanche is saying. Again, they dont have to prove anything. So they do have a slight advantage in their Opening Statement of saying things that they dont later have to back up. The government must back up everything it has said. Heres what else todd blanche