With closing arguments being delivered in the criminal hush money trial in Manhattan, former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to angrily rant that Judge Juan Merchan did not allow him to submit the legal defense that he wanted. “THE GREATEST CASE I’VE EVER SEEN FOR RELIANCE ON COUNSEL, AND JUDGE MERCHAN WILL NOT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, LET ME USE THAT AS A DEFENSE IN THIS RIGGED TRIAL,” Trump wrote. “ANOTHER TERM, ADVICE OF COUNSEL DEFENSE!” It is unclear exactly what “advice of counsel” defense Trump wanted to use. An advice of counsel defense is a claim that a potential…