Comment on Defense Rests Without Donald Trump Taking the Witness Stand in New York Trial

MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG / AP, Time: Politics
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 8:21am

Defense Rests Without Donald Trump Taking the Witness Stand in New York Trial

(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money criminal trial, moving the case closer to the moment the jury would begin deciding his fate. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Your honor, the defense rests,” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the judge following testimony from a former federal prosecutor who had been called to attack the credibility of the prosecution’s key witness. The jury was sent home until May 28, when closing arguments are expected, but the attorneys would return later Tuesday to discuss how the judge will instruct jurors on deliberations.

 

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