Trump Will Not Testify in His Criminal Trial as Defense Rests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : He described making the payment and the arrangement to be reimbursed by Trump -- including an Oval Office meeting where he said the plan was confirmed.
37% : Regarding Daniels' account, he testified that Trump had instructed him to "just take care of it."
27% : Prosecutors sought to portray him as having actually acted as an agent of Trump, trying to keep Cohen from cooperating with investigators following a 2018 raid by federal agents.
25% : Prosecutors used Cohen's testimony to bolster the charges against Trump of falsifying business records to conceal the repayments and to hide the deal.
21% : Trump has said he did not have sex with Daniels and denied any wrongdoing. --
16% : Lawyers defending Donald Trump in his criminal trial in Manhattan rested their case Tuesday after calling just two witnesses -- neither of them the former president -- setting the stage for closing arguments next week.
13% : Cohen spent days on the stand, describing for jurors an agreement between himself, Trump and the longtime publisher of The National Enquirer, David Pecker, to suppress negative stories about Trump.
12% : The former president's defense team portrayed Cohen as a perpetual liar who is seeking revenge against Trump. -- Trump's retinue: The entourage accompanying Trump to court Tuesday included his eldest son, Don Jr., for the first time since the trial began.

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