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Manhattan prosecutor Joshua Steinglass’ attempt to reenact a phone call submitted into evidence during former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got two thumbs down from one legal expert. CNN’s Elie Honig panned Steinglass’ theatrics during closing arguments given to the jury argument, saying he needn’t have relied on parlor tricks to prop up testimony from Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen. “The bit with the phone is a good piece of stagecraft,” Honig said. “But it’s also a cheap gimmick that’s not the point of what Michael Cohen got caught in there.” Want more breaking polit…

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