Trump's lawyers resume defense in hush money trial with quick conclusion possible

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Though the hush-money payment itself is not illegal, Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide his reimbursement to Cohen, who initially paid for the transaction.
39% : Trump did not respond when reporters asked if he would testify.
39% : Trump, 77, has pleaded not guilty and denies wrongdoing.
26% : Cohen said Trump worried that Daniels would hurt his appeal to women voters if she went public with her story.
23% : Trump's lawyers have said they are unlikely to need much time to make their case, and Trump himself indicated they could be done in a matter of hours.
18% : Costello, the second witness called by Trump's defense, testified on Monday that Cohen told him he did not have any incriminating information on Trump.
9% : "Trump is accused of covering up a $130,000 payment that bought the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels, who in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential election was peddling her story of a sexual encounter with Trump.
4% : Cohen testified that he spoke repeatedly with Trump about the payment to Daniels in the final stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign when Trump was facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.

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