Internet weighs in as former prosecutor points out flaw in Trump’s ‘latest defense’ in hush money case

WASHINGTON, DC: A legal expert stated on Sunday, April 21, that Donald Trump's latest defense against the charges he faces in the criminal hush money case contradicts his earlier claims, according to Raw Story.

In the lawsuit, which accuses the former president of over 30 felonies for alleged 'hush money' payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, Trump's trial is about to start.

Notably, Trump first claimed that the $130,000 he had sent to Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, was for standard expenses incurred throughout his legal representation.

Ex-prosecutor claims Trump's new defense contradicts his earlier claims

Although now Trump acknowledges that the money went to Daniels rather than for routine expenses, the former president refutes that assertion by saying the amount was legal fees since they were reimbursements to Trump's attorney.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's former senior prosecutor Andrew Weissmann asserts that the present defense contradicts what Trump had claimed at the time of the actual transactions.

Weissmann posted on X, "Trump's latest defense, which we will see at trial I'm sure, that the 34 business records were not false because they were legal payments (reimbursing his lawyer Cohen for making the $130,000 hush money payment) is BELIED by contemporaneous notations that the payments were for ongoing legal services rendered during a certain month. Oops."

Notably, David Pecker, the former chairman of the parent company of the National Enquirer, is anticipated to be the first witness summoned in Trump's hush money trial by the Manhattan district attorney's office, as per a source.

Pecker was an integral player in the alleged scheme to pay hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels to cover up her alleged affair with Donald Trump before the 2016 presidential election.

Internet trolls Donald Trump after Andrew Weissmann's post

Several social media users trolled former President Donald Trump as Andrew Weissmann posted on X claiming that Trump's current statement is contradicting his earlier one.

A user wrote on X, "Trump hid his stormy payments as legal fees because there isn’t a box on the tax forms: payment to porn star for sex!"

Another added, "Which he then proceeded to use for tax write-offs. Peak trumpiness."

A person also wrote, "Because a 'billionaire' needs his lawyer to take out a home equity loan to pay himself for his work."

Another remarked, "Mr Weissmann, am I crazy for feeling confident that DJT’s going to prison? Tbh, I don’t see how he can realistically avoid prison for too much longer."

A user also stated, "Prosecutor need only say why would Michael Cohen go to prison twice and not Farty?" while another wrote, "I am hopeful that at some point in the future, Donald Trump‘s attempts to try this case in the court of public opinion will fail."

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