Just heard from Dershowitz that in New York in closing arguments the defense goes first. That’s absurd. As I have said previously the normal way is that the prosecution goes first followed by the defense and then the prosecution gets a rebuttal. Requiring the defense to go first means they have to respond to what they haven’t heard. Total nonsense but at least it’s not unique to this case. However given that the prosecution hadn’t ever specified the crime that Trump was suspected to have committed, it makes it very difficult to deliver an effective defense.