Defence rests without Donald Trump entering witness box in hush money trial

Trump did not stop to speak as he left the courthouse and ignored a question about why he was not giving evidence.

Former US president Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York (Michael M Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump’s lawyers have rested their defence without the former US president entering the witness box in his New York hush money trial.

“Your honour, the defence rests,” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the judge following evidence from a former federal prosecutor who had been called to attack the credibility of the prosecution’s key witness.