The jury requested the transcript about the meeting. What the prosecutors want (after the meeting) is not what the jury asked for. You can be sure Merchan will include it.Quote:Quote:
The parties disagree about the excerpts that answer the third jury readback request David Pecker's testimony about the Trump Tower meeting.
They're going over the first passage in dispute. They agree on what page and line to start but not where it should end.
Prosecutors want an extra page of testimony to include what happened after the meeting and the execution of the plan hatched at the meeting.
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass says they tried to draw a line between the substance of the meeting and what happened afterward.Quote:
Attorney Todd Blanche says the defense believes they should keep the readback narrow to the request and what happened after the meeting isn't directly responsive to the request.
Judge Juan Merchan says he understands why Blanche would be concerned over most of the portion the prosecutors want to add.
Maybe the prosecution should request more tesimony from Cohen and Stormy. Merchan would surely also grant that.