Donald Trump’s lawyer proclaimed his client’s innocence as the first criminal trial of a former US president entered its final phase on Tuesday. “You cannot convict President Trump on any crime beyond a reasonable doubt on the words of Michael Cohen,” defence lawyer Todd Blanche told the 12 jurors in the New York courtroom who will decide Trump’s fate in the hush money case, according to reporters inside. Blanche, making his closing argument to the jury, was referring to Trump’s former lawyer turned star prosecution witness. Blanche attacked the credibility of Cohen, who pleaded guilty in 2018…