Trump Lawyers Rest Their Case in NY Criminal Trial

“I won’t be resting. I don’t rest,” the former president said.

Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump next to his lawyer Todd Blanche (R), speaks to the press during his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 21, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday rested their case in the New York criminal trial where he’s accused of falsifying business payments amid the 2016 election.

On Tuesday morning, shortly after the court was called into session, Trump attorney Todd Blanche said his team is resting their case after calling up their final witness, former prosecutor Robert Costello.