Former President Donald Trump sits next to his lawyer Todd Blanche in court on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.by Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz and Colleen Long, Associated PressNEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in, moving the case closer to the moment the jury would begin deciding his fate.
Trump, the first former American president to be tried criminally, did not stop to speak as he left the courthouse and ignored a question about why he wasn’t testifying. The Republican presumptive presidential nominee had previously said he wanted to take the witness stand to defend himself against what he claims are politically motivated charges.
Merchan noted that normally summations would immediately follow the defense resting its case, but he expects summations in this case will take at least a day and, given the impending Memorial Day holiday, “there’s no way to do all that’s needed to be done” before then.Prosecutors have accused Trump of a scheme to bury negative stories to fend off damage to his 2016 presidential campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton and then falsifying internal business records to cover it up.
to keep her from going public before the 2016 election with claims of a sexual encounter with Trump. Trump says nothing sexual happened between them.» READ MORE:After jurors left for the day Monday, defense attorneys pressed the judge to throw out the charges before jurors even begin deliberating, arguing prosecutors have failed to prove their case.
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