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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Defense rests without Donald Trump testifying in criminal hush-money trial

Donald Trump
Donald Trump outside court in New York on 21 May 2024. Photograph: Getty Images

The defense rested in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Tuesday, without the former president himself testifying.

Trump had previously railed about being silenced and falsely claimed he was not allowed to testify, but ultimately elected of his own volition not to take the stand in his own defense.

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