Ex-Prosecutor Spots Donald Trump Attorney's 'Rookie Mistakes' That May Cost Him
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Barbara McQuade pinpointed what she thinks are errors from Todd Blanche in the former president's hush money trial.
Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade at the weekend called into question certain ways in which Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche is defending the former president in his hush money trial.
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“It seems that Todd Blanche has partaken in what I call rookie mistakes,” said McQuade, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan who is now a University of Michigan law professor.
Those mistakes were “going on too long, not having a specific plan and asking one question too many,” she explained.
The “strategy of an effective cross-examination,” said McQuade, is to “pick out a few key areas of impeachment, contradiction or getting the witness to agree with helpful points and be laser-focused on those things so that the jury can follow along.”
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