Fact check: Trump’s misleading claim about the judge and ‘advice of counsel’

​ Former President Donald Trump continued on Tuesday to criticize the judge presiding over his Manhattan criminal trial, Juan Merchan, this time complaining that Merchan was not allowing him to invoke the advice he claims he was given by lawyers. Criminal defendants sometimes employ an “advice of counsel” defense to try to demonstrate that they had not intended to break the law. Read More Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN