“You’ve presented nothing,” the judge told Trump’s lawyer,who sought to argue the ex-president was responding to online criticism.
As the former president sat with his eyes closed every so often,prosecutor Matthew Colangelo told the jury that Trump lied “over and over” in his quest to win.
Donald Trump has broken a number of conventions in politics. He is about to be the first president to have his fate decided not just by voters,but by 12 citizens in a jury box.
The incident took place on the fourth day of Trump’s historic trial,in which the former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records.
The jurors will now be tasked with deciding whether Trump is guilty of falsifying business records ahead of the 2016 election.
The case in which the ex-president is accused of falsifying business records to hide an affair ahead of an election has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Without his usual bravado and bluster,and once again appearing in court without his wife,Melania,by his side,Trump looked more like a weary,ordinary man.
The trial,one of four for the ex-president,centres on Trump’s alleged attempt to cover up a sex scandal ahead of the 2016 election.
Donald Trump is expected to appear in court himself to plead his case relating to sex scandal payments as he campaigns to return to power. Here’s what you need to know.
Donald Trump’s celebrations of the Capitol riot have become more public as he places the attack,and the rioters,at the heart of his 2024 presidential campaign.
Largely abandoning an effort to brand economic progress under the banner of Bidenomics,the president’s team has found a simpler slogan.