Ex-prosecutor explains one 'big problem' for Trump's defense team in criminal case

Donald Trump's defense will likely have to come up with an alternate scenario if the former president is going to escape conviction in his hush money cover-up case, a former federal prosecutor said on Thursday.

"So that's their big problem is sort of taking small pieces and stringing together a narrative that actually holds water," said former top prosecutor for ex-FBI chief Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann, during a panel discussion on with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace.

That includes weaving together the key testimonies from past witnesses like former White House aide Hope Hicks and National Enquirer publisher David Pecker among others.

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Weissmann believes the prosecution's task must jog the memories of the jury members to form their verdict to avoid putting too much stock in their star witness Michael Cohen.

The former fixer and attorney is expected to be the final witness called by the prosecution in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial.

But already Thursday Trump's defense appeared to expose some chinks in what so far has been a fairly unflappable testimony.

"He wanted to get repaid," Weissmann said. "If you want to get repaid you need to tell him."

The defense, said Weissmann, is trying to say otherwise when it comes to paying Daniels the $130,000 amount.

"They have to come up with a different theory: he did this as an investment to get good with Trump and see if he would bring him to the White House."

"And when that didn't happen, he was so angry that he was only the personal counsel to the President of the United States."

"Like 'Oh, gee, I'm only going to be the personal counsel to the president!'" the ex-prosecutor mocked.

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