Ex-Trump White House Attorney Reveals Why Jury 'Really Had No Choice' But Guilty Verdict
Ty Cobb, a former White House attorney for Donald Trump, on Thursday explained how he had correctly predicted that a guilty verdict would be handed down in the ex-president’s hush money trial in New York.
Days before the jury’s decision was announced, Cobb, a staunch critic of the former president since leaving the White House, had told CNN’s Erin Burnett that he thought the case could be “resolved” by the weekend — and indeed, Trump was ultimately convicted on all 34 charges in his trial Thursday.
Shortly after the verdict was announced, the “OutFront” host spoke to Cobb again to ask if anything about the result surprised him.
“Not really, Erin,” Cobb replied. “I think that given the indictment, as it was written, the proof as it came in establishing the facts necessary to support those charges as written, and the jury instructions surrounding the statute in question, I think the jurors really had no choice. And I don’t think they had much difficulty reaching these conclusions.”
But Cobb added that there will likely be “significant issues” for the verdict on appeal.
“They may not prevail, but I think Trump has a better basis for appeal,” he said.
The former Trump White House attorney didn’t rule out the possibility of an appeal ending up before the Supreme Court, but only after “a long road in the New York appellate world.”
H/T Mediaite
