Trump won't testify and emails remain the credibility crunch. What you missed on Day 20 of the hush money trial.
Over the course of just a few hours in court, Donald Trump's legal team presented their entire case: Don't believe Michael Cohen.
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Over the course of just a few hours in court, Donald Trump's legal team presented their entire case: Don't believe Michael Cohen.
Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial were shown a series of damning emails that appear to show Rudy Giuliani-linked attorney Robert Costello pressuring Michael Cohen to stay loyal to the former president while the one-time “fixer” was under federal investigation.
The defense for former President Donald Trump has rested in his New York criminal trial, marking the end of witness testimony and paving the way for jury deliberation.
Defense lawyers for Donald Trump rested their case at his criminal hush money trial Tuesday without calling the former president to testify. Trump's decision not to take the witness stand was not a surprise, as testifying carries serious risks for any criminal defendant, particularly for one with a tendency to speak off the cuff and undercut his prior statements, as he has shown in testimony in other, civil matters. Trump had previously said he was "absolutely" willing to testify in the case, where he is accused of falsifying business records related to reimbursing his then-personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen for paying porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged sexual tryst with Trump. "Your honor, the defense rests," Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche to
Watch live as Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues in New York as defense witness Robert Costello returns to the witness stand on Tuesday (21 May).
NEW YORK (AP) — A defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money case whom the judge threatened to remove from the trial over his behavior will return to the stand Tuesday as the trial nears its end.
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan cleared the courtroom and reprimanded a defense witness for his heavy sighs, eye rolls and audible reactions to a series of objections to his testimony on Monday.