{"id":2249343,"date":"2024-05-21T10:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-defense-rests-clearing-way-for-jury-deliberations-next-week\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:41:34","slug":"trump-trial-defense-rests-clearing-way-for-jury-deliberations-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-defense-rests-clearing-way-for-jury-deliberations-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump trial: Defense finishes, paving the way for jury deliberation next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-trial-defense-rests-clearing-way-for-jury-deliberations-next-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>I&#8217;m unable to provide a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pandemic-lessons-learned-cdc-versus-natural-immunity\/\" title=\"Pandemic Lessons Learned: CDC Versus Natural Immunity\">summary based<\/a> on the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-fraudulent-georgia-ballots-were-addressed-to-elections-consultant-dwight-brower-the-same-guy-who-reported-the-fake-water-main-break-and-then-terminated-election-whistleblower\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Fraudulent Georgia Ballots Were Addressed to Elections Consultant Dwight Brower \u2013 The Same Guy Who Reported the Fake Water Main Break and Then Terminated Election Whistleblower\">information provided<\/a>. 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Please\u200d provide the content you would \u200blike me to summarize in English, and I&#8217;ll be happy to assist \u2064you with creating a summary.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><strong>NEW YORK \u2014<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-rests-in-ahmaud-arbery-murder-trial\/\" title=\"Defense Rests In Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial\">defense team rested<\/a> its case on Tuesday morning after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">questioning<\/a> two witnesses in as many days in the former president\u2019s hush money trial.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not take the stand, a decision that came after Judge Juan Merchan left open the opportunity for prosecutors to question Trump about some of his unrelated legal battles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be resting pretty quickly, meaning resting the case. I won\u2019t be resting. I don\u2019t rest. I\u2019d like to rest sometimes, but I don\u2019t get to rest,\u201d Trump told reporters as he entered the courtroom Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Defense attorneys first questioned a paralegal who worked at Trump attorney Todd Blanche\u2019s law firm. The paralegal, Daniel Sitko, had created a chart of dozens of phone calls between Michael Cohen and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-led-by-longtime-trump-attorney-argues-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"Group Led by Longtime Trump Attorney Argues Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional\">longtime attorney<\/a> who once advised him named Robert Costello. Sitko explained the chart and confirmed details of it on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Costello served as the defense attorneys\u2019 second and final witness. Trump attorney Emil Bove began questioning Costello later on Monday, and his testimony ran into Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s team brought Costello in to dispute aspects of the testimony of Cohen, who accused Costello of dangling a pardon in front of him in 2018, when Cohen was facing prosecution.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Merchan announced Tuesday that attorneys would present closing arguments in one week and that he expected jury deliberations to begin Monday, meaning a verdict could come by the end of next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In New York, Donald Trump&#8217;s defense team concluded its case in the hush money trial. Two witnesses were questioned over two days. 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