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Former President Donald Trumps weird new filing in his New York City hush money case has a big problem at the heart of its argument, according to MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin: it misrepresents rulings from the trial of convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried. Trump Monday filed notice to New York City judge Juan Merchan overseeing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Braggs falsifying business records case that he plans to present a quasi advice-of-counsel defense, court records show. The problem? writes Rubin. The very first case he cites for the proposition that this informal