The former president is accused of falsifying business records over hush money payments to the porn star Stormy Daniels. He had suggested throughout the trial he would take the stand but he elected not to do so on Tuesday.
Donald Trump did not take the stand in his hush money trial, as jurors could start deliberating on whether or not he is guilty next week. Mr Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records over hush money payments to the porn star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to his 2016 presidential campaign. But on day 20 of the trial, the former president's defence rested without calling him to the stand. Instead, former federal prosecutor Robert Costello was called as the final witness.
Though the hush money payment itself is not illegal, the former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide his reimbursement to his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who initially paid for the transaction. Cohen testified that a number of invoices, cheques and stubs were false records made to cover payments to Ms Daniels, and said none of them were for work carried out in the months to which they corresponded. Trump has pleaded not guilty.
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