In a CNN interview, Trump attorney Todd Blanche said the jury looked past what his team thought were “fatal flaws” with Cohen’s testimony.
Blanche also said he does not accept that the trial venue was a fair place to try Trump. He also said the timing of the trial was unfair.
“As soon as we can appeal, we will,” he said.
He expressed similar sentiments during a Fox News interview, saying he did not believe Trump received a fair trial.
“We’ve been saying for over a year that we couldn’t get a fair trial in Manhattan, we couldn’t get a fair trial with the judge, and it played out exactly as we expected,” Blanche said on Fox.
Asked on CNN why Trump did not take the stand, Blanche said, “Of course he wanted to testify,” but he emphasized that it was a difficult decision.
“He wanted to get his story out,” Blanche said.
In the CNN interview, Blanche explained what it was like to work with Trump, saying the past several weeks were “everything” he would “expect and want” out of a client.
Asked who was in charge of the defense strategy, him or Trump, Blanche said it was both of them. Asked whether his job was made more difficult by Trump’s attacking the judge and the case, Blanche said he did not look at it that way, noting that Trump “has to explain to the American people” why the case was unjust.
Blanche responded “yes” when he was asked whether he expects to continue representing Trump in other cases.