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Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s defense attorney, got tepid reviews for his initial cross-examination of a critical witness in the former president’s hush money trial. Throughout his cross-examination of Michael Cohen on Tuesday, Blanche seemed to jump from topic to topic without necessarily tying them together, experts said. “[M]y basic assessment — cross is not crisp, clean, or quick enough. [N]ot clear at any given time where he’s going,” lawyer Harry Litman wrote for the Los Angeles Times. Lawfare’s Tyler McBrien seemed to agree. “After an hour and 15 minutes of cross, most of it boring and s…

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