Good evening everyone we begin the read out tonight with the closing arguments in the historic first ever criminal trial of a former US president

arguments that are still underway as we speak in fact the 12 member jury and Donald Trump's

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election interference trial is hearing its seventh hour of summations right now,

nearly three hours for the defense, followed by four hours for the prosecution

with the clock still running. It appears they will

continue tonight until the prosecution finishes. Over the last four hours the

prosecution has been arguing that the case comes down to three things that they claim they have proven.

One that there were in fact false business records that the false business records were

intended to cover up a conspiracy related to the 2016 election,

and number three, that Donald Trump was personally involved.

Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass has been taking the jury step by step

through the alleged conspiracy

to unlawfully influence the election.

Starting with the Trump Tower meeting between Trump,

Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen,

and the former National Inquirer publisher David Becker,

pointing out this scheme cooked up by these men

could very well be what got President Trump elected. Steinglass did not shy away from

talking about Michael Cohen's credibility as a witness, reminding the jurors that it was not the prosecution that chose Mr Cohen as a witness.

We didn't pick him up at the witness store, Steinglass said. The defendant chose

Michael Cohen. He was his fixer. As expected, the defense focused heavily on

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