Prosecution rests in Trump's hush money case; defense now gets its turn to call witnesses

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "If they want to go after Donald Trump and they have solid evidence, then so be it," Costello said at the time.
46% : Cohen said he gave the firm only $20,000 in cash in a brown paper bag, but he sought reimbursement from Trump for the full amount, pocketing the difference.
41% : (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Donald Trump, far left, watches as defense attorney Todd Blanche, at podium, cross examines Michael Cohen on the witness stand with Judge Juan Merchan presiding in Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 20, 2024, in New York.
36% : The prosecution's final witness, at least for now, was also their most important: Trump attorney-turned-adversary Michael Cohen, who the defense over several hours of cross-examination sought to paint as a serial fabulist who is on a revenge campaign aimed taking down Trump.
35% : Defense lawyers said they have not decided whether Trump will testify.
34% : Trump has pleaded not guilty.
33% : But when pushed by Blanche, Cohen stood by his recollection of conversations with Trump about the $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels that's at the center of the case.
33% : Costello testified last year before the grand jury that indicted Trump after asserting that he had information that undermined Cohen's credibility.
29% : Trump says nothing sexual happened between them.
27% : Prosecutors say they were really reimbursements for the payment to Daniels to keep her from going public before the 2016 election with claims of a sexual encounter with Trump.
25% : Cohen tied Trump directly to the hush money scheme, recounting meetings and conversations with his then-boss about stifling negative stories in the waning weeks of the 2016 campaign.
24% : "After more than four weeks of testimony about sex, money, tabloid machinations and the details of Trump's company recordkeeping, jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether Trump is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
22% : And Trump did not respond to shouted questions from reporters about whether his lawyers have advised him not to take the stand.
18% : Prosecutors rested their hush money case against Donald Trump on Monday, turning it over to the former president's lawyers for a chance to call witnesses.
15% : Cohen's testimony underscores the risk of prosecutors' reliance on the now-disbarred attorney, who admitted on the witness stand to a number of past lies, many of which he claims were meant to protect Trump.

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