Trump trial: Judge slams defense attorney for ‘outrageous’ comment on Trump prison time

Published May 28, 2024 3:11pm ET



A judge scolded Donald Trump‘s defense attorney during closing arguments on Tuesday for raising the possibility that the former president could go to prison if convicted of the criminal charges he is facing in New York.

Judge Juan Merchan said he would issue a corrective instruction to the jury after Trump attorney Todd Blanche said while delivering the defense’s closing arguments that jurors could “not send someone to prison … based upon the words of Michael Cohen,” according to courtroom reports from the Associated Press.

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