After a break on Friday to allow for former President Donald Trump to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation, court was back in session in Manhattan on Monday in the criminal trial of Trump for allegedly falsifying business records. In addition to his son Eric, Trump was joined in court today by famed law professor and commentator Alan Dershowitz.
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Before testimony resumed, Judge Merchan made some evidentiary rulings. He ruled that an email from Robert Costello’s partner to former Trump attorney Michael Cohen could not come into evidence, even as impeachment, as it was essentially double hearsay. Merchan also ruled that Brad Smith, the proposed defense expert regarding the FEC, would not be allowed to testify as to definitions, which Merchan deemed as interpreting federal law and usurping the court’s role in terms of instructing the jury.
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