Trump's moment of truth: convicted of fraud or acquitted

It looks like the first trial of Donald Trump could be over by the end of next week. If he is aquitted of the 34 business fraud charges, then watch out for a huge nationwide boost to his chances of becoming the next president of the United States. If he is convicted of some or all of the charges, then we can expect Trump's lawyers to appeal. The damage to the Trump campaign will be marginal but it will give Joe Biden ammunition to remind voters that the Republican nominee for the White House is a convicted transgressor of the law. The judge in the case has called for final statements to be made by the prosecution and defence on Tuesday. next week which should mean a decision by the jury by the end of next week. It's impossible to know or guess what is going on in the minds of the individual jury members but it's pretty difficult to come to the conclusion that the prosecution has made a watertight case agaist the former president. There has been too much tittle-tattle and sexual innuendo, and very little clear evidence of a crime committed knowingly by Trump. The prosecution's main witness, Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and Mr Fixit, is himself a convicted liar and has served time in prison. Will the jury really accept everything he has claimed as the truth or will they have doubts? If they have doubts, they will more than likely acquit Trump because the rest of the prosecution case seems to be based on circumstantial evidence. So it may well be that by the end of next week Trump will walk free from the Manhattan court.