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During his closing argument in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan on Tuesday, lead defense attorney Todd Blanche hammered at the credibility of the prosecution’s star witness, Michael Cohen, the former president’s estranged fixer, calling him “the greatest liar of all time.” That strategy makes sense given Cohen’s role in establishing that Trump “caused” the falsification of the business records at the center of the case. But even if the jury believes Cohen’s testimony, it does not prove that Trump falsified those records with the intent of facilitating or concealing “another crime,” t…

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