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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The defense rests in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial, with closing arguments set for next week. Donald Trump deletes a social media post suggesting his victory would bring a "unified Reich." Nearly a dozen Trump allies plead not guilty to charges alleging their involvement in a plan to overturn Arizona's 2020 election results. Lawmakers in Louisiana begin debate on potentially banning abortion pills.

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0:00.0	If it's Tuesday, the defense rests.
0:05.0	Testimony of Donald Trump's historic hush money trial is complete without the former
0:09.0	president taking the witness stand as the trial now moves towards closing arguments and jury deliberations.
0:15.0	Plus Donald Trump deletes a social media post which suggested his re-election in
0:20.6	November would bring a quote united Reich.
0:23.8	The Biden campaign now blasting the former president
0:26.6	and calling him a threat to democracy.
0:29.5	And Rudy Giuliani and multiple other Trump allies faced an Arizona judge over their alleged
0:34.7	scheme to overturn the 2020 election as the former president keeps making false
0:40.3	claims about the 2020 results and casting doubt on 2024. Hi there and welcome to meet the press now I'm Ryan Nobles on a major day
0:59.3	in the first ever criminal trial of a former United States president.
1:04.1	After 22 witnesses, more than 80 hours of testimony
1:08.2	in 20 days in court, testimony has concluded.
1:11.8	The defense rested this morning after calling just two witnesses.
1:15.7	In the courtroom right now, the judge presiding over former President Trump's hush money case,
1:20.2	Juan Mershaun is weighing arguments from each side on proposed jury instructions,
1:25.8	which jurors will be given after closing arguments next Tuesday.
1:29.2	Notably, the defense rested today without calling the former president to the stand despite Mr. Trump's insistence that he would testify
1:38.4	Yeah, I would testify absolutely. It's a scam. It's a scam. That's not a trial. That's not a trial. That's not a trail. That's a scam. If you read Jonathan Terley, if you read Andy McCarthy, if you read the legal, they said there's not even a case there. That's election interference by the
1:54.4	Biden administration.
1:55.8	President Trump, you're going to testify? Yes. Do you plan to testify in court?
2:04.0	Probably so. I would like to. I mean I think so.
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