Legal analyst highlights 'weirdest moment' of Trump's criminal trial so far

While some people were focused on the lurid details of Donald Trump's criminal hush money cover-up case, one legal expert is more interested in an otherwise mundane witness.

MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin highlighted the development on Thursday.

"I know many Trump trial watchers are still knee deep in the world of Keith Davidson, where lurid details about people like Hulk Hogan, Charlie Sheen & Lindsay Lohan are bought and sold like candy," according to the ex-trial attorney. "But the weirdest moment for me was the cross of a guy who does cell phone data extraction for the DA."

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Rubin went on to say that the individual, "a career computer forensics analyst and an Iraqi war veteran, was supposed to be there to authenticate data taken off two cell phones provided to the DA by Michael Cohen."

"He struck me as knowledgeable, earnest, and honest," she added.

According to the legal expert, even this witness as open for some grilling.

"For a defense looking to sow seeds of mistrust — and in need of only one juror — even that guy is ripe for a brutal cross. How, you ask? By suggesting that Cohen’s devices or data — including the 9/16 recording of his convo with Trump — could have been manipulated and/or deleted by the FBI," she wrote.

Rubin went on to say that Trump’s lawyer ended the day by "implying that 'a prior acquisition and extraction could impact the data' the DA’s office looked at in 2023, when it was provided to them."

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