Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial (2024)

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Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial (1)

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May 20, 2024 at 5:23 p.m. EDT

|Published May 20, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. EDT

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Prosecutors rested their case Monday in Donald Trump’s trial on charges of falsifying business records, and defense attorneys began questioning their own witnesses ahead of closing arguments expected next week.

Trump’s lawyers called two witnesses, including Robert Costello, a defense attorney whom former Trump lawyer and key prosecution witness Michael Cohen spoke to in 2018 while under federal investigation.

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Trump’s attorneys had sought to chip away at Cohen’s credibility, focusing on the former Trump lawyer’s history of lying and committing crimes. Prosecutors say Cohen’s testimony is corroborated by other witnesses and financial records.

The trial is not being televised. The Washington Post has reporters in the courtroom and media overflow room who are posting live updates.

Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records related to his reimbursem*nt of Cohen for a hush money payment before the 2016 election to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, who alleged that she had a sexual encounter with Trump years earlier.

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