{"id":2249520,"date":"2024-05-21T13:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-rests-without-testimony-from-trump-in-hush-money-case\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:43:50","slug":"defense-rests-without-testimony-from-trump-in-hush-money-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-rests-without-testimony-from-trump-in-hush-money-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump did not testify in hush-money case, defense rests"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdefense-rests-without-testimony-from-trump-in-hush-money-case%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=2249520&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>The \u2063defense team in Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-sets-date-for-trumps-first-criminal-trial\/\" title=\"Trump's initial criminal trial date fixed by New York judge\">hush-money trial<\/a> in New York City rested their case without Trump testifying. They\u2062 relied on \u2064a paralegal and Robert Costello as witnesses. Campaign finance expert Bradley Smith didn&#8217;t testify due to restrictions. The trial is adjourned until next Tuesday for closing arguments and potential \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-of-minnesota-declares-state-of-emergency\/\" title=\"Governor Of Minnesota Declares State Of Emergency\">jury deliberations<\/a>. Trump faces \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-presiding-over-trumps-arraignment-bars-video-cameras-from-courtroom\/\" title=\"Judge Presiding Over Trump\u2019s Arraignment Bars Video Cameras From Courtroom\">34 felony counts<\/a> in \u2064the trial. The defense team in \u200dDonald Trump&#8217;s New York hush-money trial rested without Trump \u200btestifying. They used \u200ba paralegal and Robert Costello as witnesses; Bradley Smith couldn&#8217;t\u200b testify. The\u2062 trial is on hold until next Tuesday\u200d for closing arguments \u200cand \u200cjury deliberations. Trump faces 34 felony counts in the trial.  <\/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<p>The defense team in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s hush-money trial in New York City rested their case on Tuesday without calling the former president to the stand.<\/p>\n<p>A paralegal and Robert Costello, a lawyer who advised former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/prosecution-rests-in-trumps-hush-money-case-and-defense-now-gets-its-turn-to-call-witnesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only two<\/a> witnesses for the defense over the past couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>Defense lawyers had also wanted campaign finance expert Bradley Smith to testify, but he did not take the stand after the judge <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/live-updates\/trump-hush-money-trial\/judge-wont-let-defense-expand-expert-witness-testimony-110397633?id=110388136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placed limits<\/a> on what he could say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-defense-rests-clearing-way-for-jury-deliberations-next-week\/\" title=\"Trump trial: Defense finishes, paving the way for jury deliberation next week\">resting pretty quickly<\/a>,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1792935111895237106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> outside the courtroom. \u201cResting 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<\/p>\n<p>Judge Juan Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/21\/nyregion\/trump-trial-hush-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adjourned<\/a> the court until next Tuesday when closing arguments are expected to occur, and jurors may be able to begin deliberations the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> to allegedly cover up payments in a bid to conceal damaging information as part of a \u201ccatch-and-kill\u201d scheme to influence the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors, led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, presented 20 witnesses and more than 200 exhibits over\u00a0several weeks of testimony.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Their star witnesses included adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who allegedly had a tryst with Trump in 2006 (a claim the former president denies), and Cohen, who facilitated a $130,000 payment to Daniels to keep her quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1778908606588649481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> before the trial began last month that he wanted to testify under oath. Weeks later, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/acyn\/status\/1786132874380333155?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> he was not allowed to testify because of a gag order. Merchan later clarified that Trump had <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4641378-trump-hush-money-trial-judge-gag-order-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201can absolute right\u201d<\/a> to testify.<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s legal spokeswoman, Alina Habba, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1792611316898869734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Fox News<\/a> on Monday that Trump \u201cwants to testify\u201d but noted that he would have to listen to his attorneys when it came to the final decision about whether he would take the stand.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who claims he is facing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michael-avenatti-claims-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-hush-money-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political persecution<\/a>,\u201d is currently trying to fend off three other criminal matters on the state and federal levels as he runs for another term in the White House.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Donald Trump&#8217;s hush-money trial in New York City, the defense concluded its case without calling Trump to the stand. The defense relied on a paralegal and Robert Costello, who advised Michael Cohen, as the sole witnesses over the past days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2249521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2153445951-1-scaled-e1716306785193.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2153445951-1-scaled-e1716306785193.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}