Prosecutors rest their case against Trump in the hush money case. Now it's his turn

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "The other one, my life was on the line.
62% : On Thursday, following an expected day in court, Trump will be hosting a rally in the South Bronx.
53% : They also discussed legal work that Cohen did for Trump, including legal filings, and for then-first lady Melania Trump.
52% : Costello previously testified before the grand jury that first indicted Trump last year.
52% : Prosecutors on Monday afternoon said they had a photo that showed Trump was with his bodyguard Keith Schiller one key night in October 2016.
50% : He verified two 2016 Trump campaign clips and one 2017 press conference clip where Trump called Cohen a talent lawyer.
44% : Prosecutors for the Manhattan district attorney allege Trump committed 34 felony counts of falsified business records -- and Cohen is central to proving it.
39% : He questioned whether Cohen would have had a legal retainer to perform legal work for Trump, his family and his organization.
38% : That photo was taken close to the time that Cohen said he spoke with Trump on Schiller's phone for just over a minute specifically about a deal to be made with adult film star Stormy Daniels.
38% : Trump has pleaded not guilty, and he has denied allegations of extramarital affairs, though he has acknowledged the payments were made.
32% : Trump could still testify in his defense, as he originally vowed to, though he didn't answer reporters' questions Monday morning over whether that was still his plan.
32% : Cohen testified that he has not had retainers with Trump.
28% : At the same time, the defense and Trump himself have long attacked Cohen's credibility.
27% : Trump argues that the payments to Cohen were simply him paying his own lawyer.
24% : Jurors have also heard from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, who first testified to the details of the deals made to flag potentially damaging stories to Cohen and Trump.
13% : On Tuesday last week, Blanche questioned Cohen's motivations against Trump and about his recent profiting off of merchandise promoting Trump being put in jail.
10% : But Cohen said he didn't trust him, noting that he didn't believe he could confide in him about the deal to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels about an alleged affair with Trump ahead of the 2016 election without it getting back to Giuliani or Trump.

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