legitimate reason for being there. and it was ahmaud arbery as greg mcmichael told immediately after being questioned who had hauled ass from that house on february 23rd after he looked through the window at matt albenzo on the phone that he ran from that home. add all that knowledge, that certainty to what he learned when travis jumped into the truck and hashared with hame wh he saw on the driver s side of the truck. that is not in evidence and i object to this was never in evidence and arguing with facts not in evidence. i believe that is in evidence and i believe that controversy mcmichael testified on these
saw, the state s case demonstrated an opening state, that what mr. hoag told you in opening statement. he told you, greg mcmichael was absolutely certain and he was absolutely right. you were so attentive and i thank you for that. we all do. you took a lot of notes and there was a lot of things to take notes about. so you know that the very first words out of greg mcmichael s mouth is that there was no doubt in his mind as to who this guy was. he told officer brand that and it was captured on the body cam that you saw.
preserve the independence of the fed and we need people of character and integrity who can be trusted to keep their focus on the right long-term goals of our country, for our country, and i m confident that jay and lael are those poem. now i would like to give them both a chance to say a few word. we ll start with jay and then i ll turn to lael. okay. the president making it official. he is renominating jerome powell to a second term as chairman of the federal reserve. that is pending senate confirmation. for now let s take you back to close arguments of the trial of the three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. this is the defense continuing their closing arguments. this is the attorney of the guest greg mcmichael. he spent years as a life insurance salsman not because he liked it, but he did it because he wanted to see his three kids
standard than what you even need to find in this case. certainty was way more knowledge than they needed to detain ahmaud arbery to execute a citizens arrest and that was greg mcmichael s intent. he said it from the very beginning. he was asked by the investigator parker marcy testified to you, what was your intent had he stopped? and he said as clear as a bell, hold him for the police so that he could be arrested. the judge will charge you that a private citizen can effectuate an arrest, detaining someone for the police to arrive if a crime happens within his knowledge, oops, there is the other one, or
intention to take the life of another human being where all of the circumstances of the killing show that an individual acted with an abanned and malignant heart. the state will have to be asking you to find that greg mcmichael advised or encouraged travis mcmichael, his son, to take the life of ahmaud arbery because that s what he wanted to do. for no reason other than to see that young man die and to see him die at hands of his own son, and to do it, right there in front of his eyes because the guy keeps breaking down,