Donald Trump Will Be 'Convicted' Due to One Piece of Evidence�Legal Analyst

s former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial is set to
begin, legal analyst Glenn Kirschner put forward an argument on Saturday as
to why a single piece of evidence could ultimately lead to his conviction.

The first of the four criminal cases currently leveled against Trump is set
to go to trial on Monday, April 15, in New York City. Resulting from an
investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the case has
charged Trump with illegally falsifying business records in order to hide
hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016
presidential campaign in exchange for her not speaking out about an affair
the two allegedly had in 2006.

Trump, the presumed 2024 GOP presidential nominee, has pleaded not guilty
to the charges against him and denied that the affair with Daniels ever
happened. Several last-ditch efforts by the former president and his legal
team to try and delay the trial start date in recent days have also proven
unsuccessful.

On Saturday, Kirschner, a former assistant U.S. attorney and frequent
critic of the former president, posted a new video to his personal YouTube
channel in which he dug into the upcoming Manhattan trial. In particular,
he discussed the "one piece of evidence" that he believes will lead to a
conviction for Trump "in a New York minute": directions he gave his then-
lawyer, Michael Cohen, to delay making the payments altogether.
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Former President Donald Trump attends a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan
Criminal Court on February 15 in New York City. As Trump's criminal hush
money trial is set to begin, legal analyst Glenn Kirschner put forward...
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As Kirschner laid out, Trump and his legal team have claimed that the
payments were made to prevent Daniels' story from going public and causing
distress for Trump's wife, Melania. However, Kirschner highlighted one
notable paragraph from the Manhattan indictment, in which Trump was found
to have allegedly directed Cohen to try and delay the payments as much as
possible, suggesting that they could avoid paying altogether, as once the
election passed it would not matter if Daniels spoke out.
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Newsweek reached out to Trump's office via email on Sunday morning for
comment.

Cohen, a star witness for Bragg in the upcoming trial, served prison time
after pleading guilty to eight criminal counts in August 2018, including
campaign finance violations related to the alleged hush money scheme
involving Daniels.

"So let's recap: it was not about protecting Melania's feelings, because
Donald Trump said, let's just delay the payment, that we promised to make
her [Daniels], that we signed a contract pledging to make these payments to
Stormy Daniels, let's delay it until after the election, cause that way we
don't have to pay her and that way if it comes out after I've been elected,
it won't matter," Kirschner said. "What happened to Melania's feelings,
Donald?"

This suggestion from Trump, as per the indictment, Kirschner described as
"insult on top of injury on top of despicable conduct on top of callousness
on top of corruption on top of crime." This, he added, would make Trump
"the most unpopular person in that Manhattan courtroom," dooming his
chances of avoiding a conviction.

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Cortez Banks

A jury has found a Brooklyn Park man guilty of multiple charges following a trial that lasted more than a week.

Court documents show 28-year-old Cortez Banks has been found guilty of three charges: Second-degree murder with intent but not premeditation, second-degree assault and third-degree assault.

He was found not guilty of first-degree assault and first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

While Banks was charged with second-degree murder, the victim did not die. Documents state Banks attempted to cause the death of the victim.

The trial, which began on Feb. 8, ended after a verdict was reached on Feb. 17.

Banks was charged after officials said he stabbed a woman while sexually assaulting her last September in Crystal.

RELATED: Man charged with attempted 2nd-degree murder after stabbing, sexually assaulting woman in Crystal

A warrant stated police were called to an apartment along Douglas Drive North, and found a woman with stab wounds on a bed. She was unconscious, and didn’t have a pulse.

After life-saving measures were done, the woman was brought to a hospital, where she went through treatment.

In the apartment, the warrant states an officer found Banks, who they knew from “prior police contacts,” naked. They found a “significant amount” of blood in the bedroom and a knife on the bed.

Banks entered the apartment and went into the victim’s bedroom, according to the warrant. She grabbed her 2-year-old child and ran into a relative’s bedroom — who was present in the room — and locked the door. Banks kicked open the door and “ended up on the bed” with the victim. Banks had sex with her while simultaneously stabbing her with a knife, according to the relative’s witness account.

The witness also suffered minor defensive stab wounds and was released from the hospital after a short stay, according to police.

Banks is scheduled to be sentenced at 3 p.m. on March 7.

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