Prosecutors from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg have argued that “smoking gun” documents were presented in the New York City criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.

Joshua Steinglass called notes from former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg “the smoking guns” while delivering the prosecution’s closing arguments in the Trump trial on Tuesday, according to Newsweek reporter Katherine Fung, who was present in the courtroom.

The notes purportedly instructed Trump to illegally falsify business records to cover up “hush money” payments that former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

Alvin Bragg Prosecutors Claim Smoking Gun Trump
Manhattan District Attorney Alving Bragg is pictured alongside prosecutors Joshua Steinglass and Susan Hoffinger during a press conference in New York City on December 6, 2022. During a closing statement in the hush money criminal…


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Steinglass said during his closing statement that he was “speechless” Trump’s defense team was still claiming that the payments were “legal fees,” calling the documents presented during trial “so damning you almost have to laugh.”

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.