Trump Conviction Depends on Proving More Than Coverup

“Manhattan prosecutors have framed their case against Donald Trump as a simple story about the criminal coverup of a sex scandal. But to win a conviction, they would have to convince jurors that Trump orchestrated the coverup with the intent of concealing another crime,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Jury deliberations in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president could begin as early as this week. Closing arguments will be the prosecution’s last chance to spell out the alleged second crime and convince jurors that Trump intended to commit it.”