Transcripts for CNN Inside Politics With John King 20211122

CNN Inside Politics With John King November 22, 2021 17:33:00

attorney did a better job than i was anticipating. the prosecutor gave a masterful closing argument i thought, and i thought it was going to be an uphill battle. what the defense essentially had to convince at least one of jurors of was the fact that -- two things, john, and both were necessary to convince at least one jury. one is not sufficient. one that there was the reasonable belief that this was a citizen owes arrest, that you know, based on a totality of the circumstances that mcmichael believed that a crime had recently been committed and number two that he employed reasonable self-defense after he was engaged in this citizen's arrest. that's a really high hurdle to -- to cover. i thought what the defense attorney did in his closing was take you through the state of mind of travis mcmichael and i thought he did actually a good job because that's the hallmark of a criminal case is what was

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