former president. his video deposition taken under oath is now public. e. jean carroll s lawyers presented it for the jury and it included a portion where the access hollywood tape is played and donald trump is asked about it. in this video i just start kissing them. it s like a magnet. just kiss. i don t even wait. when you re a star they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the [ bleep ] you can do anything. historically that s true are stars. it s true with stars that you can grab women by the. [ bleep ] if you look over the last million years, that s been largely true, not always, but largely true. unfortunately. or fortunately. and you consider yourself to be a star? i think you can say that, yeah. both legal teams have rested their cases, and the judge has given donald trump the weekend to reconsider whether he wants to appear in his defense. joining me now is nbc news correspondent ron allen who has been following the trial with us. also with
to reconsider whether he wants to appear in his defense. joining me now is nbc news correspondent ron allen who has been following the trial with us. also with us is nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and nbc news legal analyst, danny devalue los. danny cevallos. he said he was doing it in the interest of justice. he was well aware of the comments the former president made on the golf course that he was going to come and testify. the fact of the matter is mr. trump s attorneys in court said he s not going to testify and there s no indication today there s any change or movement on that. the jury as you pointed out has seen mr. trump testify in this deposition. we had only see transcripts of it. today we saw the actual video footage. it is very powerful, and i would think, i m not a lawyer, but i would think the bottom line is