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Trump Ends Defense in Hush Money Trial Without Testifying
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May 22, 2024
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0:25Now PlayingDonald Trump once vowed to take the witness stand in his hush money criminal trial in Manhattan, but his defense case wrapped up Tuesday morning without jurors hearing from the former president.
“Your honor, the defense rests,” Trump attorney Todd Blanche said after nearly five weeks of testimony, mostly from prosecution witnesses.
Trump’s decision spared him from a grueling cross-examination that would have put him at risk of undermining his own case by lashing out at prosecutors or even the judge, as the former president has done in other recent trials. Testifying also could have shifted the burden onto Trump instead of the prosecution, which must prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
“This may be one of those few times when Donald Trump listened to his attorneys and took their advice,” said Miriam Baer, a vice dean at Brooklyn Law School and a former federal prosecutor.
Justice Juan Merchan sent the jury home for a week, setting closing arguments for May 28 as a result of the upcoming holiday weekend and other previously scheduled days off.
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