in his latest op-ed greg gerrit says the case has reasonable doubt written all over it but the antics leaving the outcome a mystery. fox news legal and asked greg gerrit joins us now along with former acting attorney general matt whitaker. thank you both for joining us. you wrote the op-ed. how do you see the case going into its final stages? seems look at the marathon about nothing but as you read it where you see this case going? >> it is hard to know. i hope the jurors are seeing through this sham case. and 44 years i have never seen such a shameful abuse of the legal system. ada who contorted the law beyond recognition. hyper bias judge who disgrace to the bench with one-sided errant decisions, punitive rulings. the legal theory is totally made up. exists nowhere in the law. alvin bragg and judge mark schaan worked in tandem as co-prosecutors to wrongfully convicted. it will never stand up an appeal. they know that. they don't care. they took noncrimes data misdemeanours, disguised them as felonies. all of it is pure fiction and they wrapped it up in a pretty little bowl of legal

joining us now greg gerrit fox news legal analyst. weeping on the same page in terms of not believing donald trump can get a trial here and we've been on the same page about the law and we've been on the same page about the judge and recusal on that conflict involved in the case. however, i actually see some light in this case but the first time i believe a hung jury at least is very possible has your opinion changed? >> you know, acting today was so pivotal that there is a chance her an acquittal because there is still no credible evidence of crimes. of full business records other than michael colin is a serial liar no 1 said they were holes because they were in. there is no evidence trump even knew how they were booked by an accountant on a computer ledger. trump was a ceo of a multibillion dollar company he not the bookkeeper. that's totally absurd and how is it even possible sean to unlawfully influence an election i'd booking some book -- something the year after the election? i'm still mystified how a local prosecutor has the po

know we got tremendous reviews some great people, najonathan turley, andy mccarthy, mark levin, greg gerritthe judge by what is the most conflicted person in the history, i don't think there's ever been a more conflicted judge, crooked and conflicted. i unconstitutionally gag. he gagged me so not even supposed to be, , i was a talk d you because he gags me. i'm, think of it, former president and a very popular -- with the greatest economy in history. we had we had the best safest border we ever had in history. and by the way while were on it, it was always the plan from the great legal experts of this country and even the world, everybody, democrats, republicans come liberals,s, conservatives, they wanted to get abortion out of the federal government, you know that. after 50 years we were able to do that, and now you are seeing it done. some people will be happy, some people will be okay, some people won't be quite as happy, some will be thrilled, some of the decisions there are, really they vary quite a a bit. remember this as a politician you have to have heart. rtyou have to have what yo

joining us now with more is fox news legal analyst greg gerrit ... professor let's get your take on where we are in this case, this trial and what you thought happened in the courtroom today. what is the crime? can you please tell me professor because i don't know. >> i've been doing this 60 years and i can't find the crime here. what i can find is the crime committed -- committed today in a courtroom by michael cohen. he look the jury in the eye and he lied. asked him why he tape-recorded his client. instead of saying maybe i was afraid i needed some protection, he made up this whole story about why he did it for packer. nobody is going to believe that. this raises serious ethical problems for the prosecutors. in 60 years of doing this i have never put a witness like michael cohen on the stand because i have ethics and good lawyers don't put people on the stand who they know are going to lie either on direct and he built -- he lied on direct and we are going to see lie after lie. we see ethical violations occurring right in front of us and allies oc

. >>> let's turn now to texas, where governor greg abbott has issued a pardon to former u.s. army sargent, daniel perry. in july, gerrit foster was legally carrying a rifle when he approached an intersection where perry was parked. perry shot foster from his vehicle, later claiming self-defense. governor abbott says this pardon is justified by texas' stand your ground law. and a review board unanimously voted in favor of a pardon. the district attorney in the case is calling the pardon a mockery of our legal system. >>> let's turn now to donald trump's hush money trial and an intense day of cross examination for michael cohen. mr. trump's defense team confronted cohen about a history of lies. here's alice barr. >> reporter: in their second day of cross examination, defense lawyers for former president trump on a mission to discredit the prosecution's central witness, michael cohen. mr. trump's one-time lawyer and fixer. the trump team grilling cohen over his criminal record, his bias against the former president and his past admissions of lying under oath. seeking to show his critical testimony cannot be trusted. testi