Opinion: ‘Good-Natured’ Trump Trial Lawyer Is Turning Into His Accomplice

All through the hush-money trial, Donald Trump has excoriated Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as corrupt thugs.

So, you might assume that Trump will blame them and not the lead defense attorney Todd Blanche if the case ends in a conviction.

But Trump has his own logic. He repeatedly leveled the same insults at Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Erdogan and New York State Attorney General Leticia James during the...