The Latest | Defense Rests Its Case Without Trump Testifying in His Hush Money Trial

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69% : Cohen says he never hired Costello.Related Story: Cohen Grilled Over Past Lies as Defense Targets Key Witness in Trump Hush Money ...
62% : Trump, meanwhile, has returned to Trump Tower and will be back in court this afternoon.
55% : "Costello testified Tuesday that "friends in high places definitely refers to President Trump.
49% : Donald Trump will be joined Tuesday by an entourage including actor Joe Piscopo as well as his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., former acting attorney general Matt Whitaker and former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, according to his campaign.
47% : Donald Trump has arrived at the courthouse in lower Manhattan for the 20th day of his hush money trial.
39% : The case is the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president and the first of four prosecutions of Trump to reach a jury.-- Trump campaign calls Cannes film 'The Apprentice' 'blatantly false,' vows legal action-- Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich'-- Trump hush money case: A timeline of key events-- Key players: Who's who at Trump's hush money criminal trial-- Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at Trump's trialRelated Story: Trump's Social Media Shares Campaign Video Touting a 'Unified ...Court in Donald Trump's hush money trial will resume at 2:15 p.m., when prosecutors and the defense will discuss the instructions that will be given to jurors before they start deliberating.
36% : Costello was invited last year to appear before the grand jury that indicted Trump after asserting that he had information that undermined Cohen's credibility.
23% : Jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether Trump is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
23% : Prosecutors have accused Trump of a scheme to bury negative and often salacious stories that might have torpedoed his 2016 presidential campaign and then falsifying internal business records to cover up hush money payments associated with the alleged scheme.
15% : Donald Trump left the courtroom where his criminal trial is taking place without speaking to reporters.

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