Trump just 'touched the third rail' in hush money trial: former prosecutor
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Former President Donald Trump just touched the third rail during his hush money trial as prosecutors executed a powerful courtroom chess move, a former prosecutor told CNN Tuesday. Karen Agnifilo, an ex-assistant district attorney in the borough where Trump faces his first criminal trial, appeared on the network to discuss the stern warning that a muttering and glaring Trump received from Judge Juan Merchan."The third rail is if anyone starts to make the jury feel any kind of intimidation...

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