Trump Hush Money Trial: Can You Say Weisselberg?

Hum. Does Merchan want to hear from Weisselberg? Now, that's the rub for Trump and his attorneys. The prosecution alleges that keep-quiet payments have already been planned for Weisselberg, as long as he stays silent.

Be that as it may, if Weisselberg is brought in to testify, it likely would not be a good day for the defence. He would probably take the 5th, and that wouldn't help the defence much, at least as far as perception is concerned. 

I still think this case is headed to a hung jury: the pretzeling of expired statute of limitation misdemeanours into felony counts is a legal stretch, although seemingly it's often used by prosecutors, sometimes successfully.

This thing smells as if a plant has already been placed on the jury. Someone who plans on stonewalling during jury deliberations. I see Weisselberg's involvement as giving a boost to any plans to deadlock the jury. And then there's the other thing: Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee and a former president. I just don't see how that passes conviction muster. It's like impeachment, a purely political process. You can impeach all you want and have -- Trump was impeached twice -- but you don't dare convict at trial for fear of sparking a civil war. So, for all of those reasons, I don't expect a conviction.