Prosecutor Josh Steinglass highlighted that the jury does not need to agree about which unlawful means Trump advanced through falsifying business records.
“Any single one of the unlawful means is enough for you to conclude that the Trump Tower conspiracy violated New York state election law,” Steinglass said. “You don’t have to agree on which unlawful means were involved.”
Steinglass said Trump and his associates “devised this elaborate scheme requiring involvement of at least 10 other people.”
“That’s a whole lot of time, thought and energy to conceal the truth. The defendant used his own business records as the vehicle to disguise the reimbursement because he didn’t want anyone finding out about the conspiracy to corrupt the election,” he said.
“I apologize for trading brevity for thoroughness but we only get one shot at this, and without jurors like you … the system doesn’t work,” Steingless told the jurors, nearing the end of his summation.
