Ex-prosecutor shows why 'today was a good day for Trump’s prosecutors'

The day that Donald Trump's criminal hush money cover-up case finally went to the jury was also a "good day" for the ex-president's prosecution, one legal expert said.

Former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg explained Wednesday what it could mean that the jurors requested certain testimony to be rehashed for them as they began weighing the felony charges against Trump. According to Greenberg's analysis, the jurors appear to be following a script laid out by the prosecution in its closing arguments.

"Today was a good day for Trump’s prosecutors: the jury has requested precisely the evidence that ADA Steinglass told them in his closing to focus on that proves the election law conspiracy," she said, noting that "Steinglass referred to the August 2015 meeting at Trump Tower as 'really the prism through which you should analyze the evidence in this case,' the 'meeting that hatched the election law conspiracy,' and evidence of Trump’s direct involvement in the election conspiracy."

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She went on to say that "Steinglass said of Pecker’s June 2016 call with Trump: 'with all of the evidence and documents in this case, it’s easy to lose sight of the significance of this phone call.'"

"Steinglass argued it shows that Trump knew McDougal, discussed purchasing her story, and Trump deputized Cohen to act on his behalf," she added.

According to Greenberg, Steinglass also "said that when AMI spent $125K to purchase the McDougal life rights to kill her story at Trump’s request to help his candidacy, it made a campaign contribution."

“'And Pecker told you exactly that.' 'Corporations are not allowed to donate to candidates. Period,'" the legal expert wrote.

Andrew Weissmann, the former top prosecutor on former special counsel Robert Mueller's team, echoed Greenberg's analysis, saying it's "exactly right."

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