Trump Defense Rests With Verdict Anyone’s Guess (3)

Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense case in the hush-money trial on Monday without calling the former president to the witness stand.

Trump’s team only called two witnesses, including a laywer who was fiercely criticized by the judge. Closing arguments are scheduled for next week.

Prosecutors spent four weeks presenting evidence in their case. The final government witness, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, left the stand after a withering cross-examination that spanned three days. Trump attorney Todd Blanche was effective in undermining Cohen’s credibility, though that was expected and the case has never hinged entirely on what Cohen had ...