With Trump prosecutors expected to wrap up, it’s past time for Judge Merchan to dismiss the case

There’s been a lot of talk about what the jury is thinking in Donald Trump’s New York abomination-of-a-criminal trial after being subjected to days of salacious but largely irrelevant testimony from a porn star and a perjurer. 

But if the prosecution rests, as expected, after Cohen’s testimony, this case shouldn’t even go to verdict.

That decision will be up to Judge Juan Merchan.

While the odds are low that he’ll follow the law, given his blatant disregard for it throughout the trial, now that even the left-wing media has begrudgingly flipped their opinions on the propriety of this case, we might be in for a surprise that will save the integrity of the justice system after all.

Most legal experts expect that the defense will file a motion for a directed verdict once the state rests its case.

In simple terms, this is a request that the judge make a finding that — even if the jury were to believe all the evidence that prosecutors introduced — they nonetheless have failed to present evidence on some or all of the elements of the charged crimes.