Closing Arguments: Defendant #1
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NJ.com: Michael Baldassare, who represents Baroni, focused his closing arguments almost entirely on Wildstein..."They built their case around him," he declared...(and) claimed Wildstein would say anything to stay out of jail. "All you have is his words," he said.
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AND the hard drive he took from your client, counselor!
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Baldassare...said testimony of other Port Authority officials painted Wildstein as a feared and hated man who could not be fired because of his claimed connections with Christie. Yet "They would never put Chris Christie on the stand (b)ecause all he would have said on that stand is that David Wildstein is a liar..."
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Well, YOU didn't put him on the stand, either, counselor! What did YOU have to fear from Christie -- that he say that HE'D lied about approving your client's hiring of Wildstein?
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...(H)e argued..."The notion that Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly conspired with David Wildstein comes from one place...the mouth and the mind of David Wildstein."
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That's TWO places. Well, three places when you include the hard drive Wildstein took from your client, counselor!
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Observer.com: “Bill Baroni is innocent of the charges brought against him today by federal prosecutors. The accusations are false. When all the facts come to light, Bill will be fully exonerated,” Baldassare said...“(H)abitual liar David Wildstein lied under oath to a federal judge about Bill Baroni...Today, he said under oath that he is a criminal. The record in this case is equally clear that David Wildstein is a liar.”
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Everything the witness says is a lie; therefore everything the defendant says is true? Baldassare must have been playing hookey from law school when the lesson about the prosecution not needing to prove motive was taught. And the closing arguments of a trial isn't the best time for a jury to be learning that not all the facts have come to light...