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The da is going to argue this is a bout donald trump s attempt to interfere in the 2016 election. donald trump s team will probably argue this is a paperwork offense from a long time ago that he never should have been charged with& that he s not guilty of. the second in theme, of course, will revolve around some of the witnesses michael cohen in particular, is a very high-stakes, very controversial witness, as you just discussed with your panel. and the final theme that we will here, we re going to hear a lot about the burden of proof. the defense lawyers in any case, they always remind the jury over and over again that the prosecution, they bear the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. so listen for those three themes. when the parties open on monday, we ll watch it together with you, elie honig. thank you very, very much. let s get some more insight right now from robert rais served as counsel, the former president trump during his first impeachment robert, thanks so much for j ....
Favor of testifying in his own defense. yeah, that would be the reason they do that is because they re trying to protect themselves from any subsequent claim later on. that the lawyers provided ineffective assistance of counsel. yeah, that s a good point. let me get your thoughts while i have you, robert, on the now fully empaneled jury and the six alternates. is this a jury you would have agreed to seat if you were representing trump? i think there were appropriate objections made. you went over them with judge scheindlin about some i think questionable calls about whether or not certain jurors should have been excused for cause. the defense has made a record of that in the event of a conviction, i m sure those issues will be ones that we ll return on appeal. and that may or may not warrant a new trial if an appellate court decides that even in the event of a conviction, donald trump didn t receive a fair trial because he didn t get a fair jury i think there can be reasonabl ....
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to reflect the days of two events. The Dickens Horror Film Festival was incorrectly listed for Oct. 27. The correct date is 11 a.m. Saturday. Longmont Halloween Parade was incorrectly listed for Thursday. The annual parade is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. Leading up to Halloween, the […] ....