Criminal defense attorney Bill Brennan, who previously represented former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that Judge Juan Merchan’s anticipated jury instruction may contribute significantly to an acquittal for his former client. Merchan on Tuesday suggested he will include a sentence in his jury instruction directing jurors not to consider a “payment would have been made even in the absence of the candidacy … as a contribution,” meaning if the payment to porn star Stormy Daniels would have been made regardless of Trump’s 2016 presidential candidacy, it is not a contribution. Read: Jonatha…