Tonight Donald Trumps lawyers wrap up the case and his criminal trial as the former president declined to take the witness stand. Then my interview with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, as a war crimes prosecutor now seeks a warrant for his arrest. And what is going on with the economy . Inflation may be slowing, but prices remain high in this country. I will ask the head of the Federal Reserve bank of chicago as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. It evening once again, im Stephanie Ruhle in chicago and we are now 168 is away from the election. In about one week from now, a jury of 12 new yorkers will start deliberating the fate of the first former president charged with a crime. Donald trumps defense team rested its new york criminal case today after calling just two witnesses. Donald trump did not take the stand. The Closing Arguments are now set for one week from today. Then the case goes to the jury. My colleague Laura Jarrett has all the details. Reporter
Donald trump did not take the stand. Closing arguments are now set for one week from today. Then the case will go to the jury. My colleague has all the details. Reporter tonight, the defense resting their case with former President Trump choosing not to take the stand in their first criminal trial. Jurors left today hearing only from robert costello, a lawyer who briefly advised Michael Cohen. Prosecutors trying to Paint Costello as a paint ally to prevent cohen from flipping on mr. Trump. Confronted with emails, suggesting he was frustrated. He refused to hire him including one where he wrote he continues to slow play us and the president. Is he totally nuts . Hes playing with the most powerful man on the planet. Costello suggested monday, cohens entire story, that former President Trump plotted to silence Stormy Daniels to protect his campaign was all a lie. Costello telling jurors that Michael Cohen said numerous times that President Trump knew nothing about those payments and that
Welcome back. 11 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Eastern. I am jose diazbalart alongside my friend and colleague, ana cabrera. In the trump case, the defense rested. The jury is now done for the week, but the judge will meet with prosecutors and Defense Attorneys this afternoon, and thats when they will discuss the instructions the jury will be given before beginning their deliberations next week. Vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. Reporter at 2 15 eastern time, the two parties will reenter the courtroom, donald trump included with judge merchan. The jurors are gone until next week, and this is going to be the Charging Conference. This is where the two sides will present to judge merchan how they believe the Jury Instructions should be delivered to the jurors next week. We can expect tension here because of the extent to which the law that is being alleged that donald trump violated, the 34 felony accounts, kind of a complicating factor here. Of course, we are talking about the fals
Longtime adviser dan scavino could post from his social media account. Today, his campaign was blaming a nameless staff member for posting a video referring to the creation of a unified reich and its far from the first time hes invoked rhetoric echoing hitlers germany. We begin tonight with the next phase of the historic first criminal trial of a former u. S. President. That is because the defense in Donald Trumps Hush Money Election Interference Trial rested its case today. And counter to trumps many claims, they rested without Hearing A Word from him on the Witness Stand. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin one week from today, and before the jury begins its deliberations the judge will provide the jury with their instructions. That outline what Verdict Jurors should deliver based on what they determine to be true through the evidence that was presented. Each word in those Jury Instructions is critical to whether trump is found guilty or not guilty by the jury. This afternoon, j