Timothy O’Brien: “Whatever the weaknesses of the New York case against him, and it’s possibly the least consequential and muscular of the myriad federal and state charges he faces, Trump seems well aware that he’s in peril. He continuously ramped up efforts to postpone the trial in recent days, and only seemed to grow more unspooled and histrionic each time the court rejected him. Over the weekend Trump leaned into the flimsiest of his arguments for why he’s being prosecuted.”
Said Trump at a rally over the weekend: “On Monday in New York City, I will be forced to sit, fully gagged, I’m not allowed to talk. Can you believe it? They want to take away my constitutional right to talk.”
Greg Sargent: Surprise evidence against Trump may wreck his hush money trial defense.
