Its now 4 00 in new york. This Morning A Key chapter until the first ever criminal trial of an american expresident came to a close. The Testimony Phase of the people of the great state of new york vermont vs. Donald trump is over after the defense rested its case and trump in the end did not testify. Although just a few weeks ago, he said this, quote, im testifying. I tell the truth. Whatever that means. Happening right now in court, prosecutors and trumps Defense Attorneys are discussing the instructions that the judge will give to the jury. Its incredibly important. Where donald trump faces 34 Felony Charges for falsifying Business Records in order to conceal another crime. Well keep you posted on all of the updates out of those proceedings. We turn to the dramatic events this morning in court. Team trump resting its case, one was a paralegal and the other was the attorney robert cost tell la lo. Whatever credibility he had left after his outburst in court, the ones that resulted in
the former governor haley barbour. before leaving office he gave 14 pardons including a murderer. in an exclusive interview with cnn, eps he s sorry and has found god and changed his life. he worked in the governor s office as part of a prison program for three years and talked with the governor he said every day. reporter: your pardon, as you probably know by now, has triggered a lot of outrage. not just yours, of course. but the pardons of other prisoners. yes, sir. reporter: what do you think about that? well, you know, if the lord lay it on the governor s heart, the inmates who work at the government around the world who have been working at the governor s mansion, be they, whatever they been doing their chores at the governor s mansion, yes, i think they should be pardoned. everybody deserved a second chance in life. martin savidge tracked him down and conducted that exclusive interview. martin, explain more on how he described his relationship with the governo