Former president Donald Trump doesn’t testify as defence rests in criminal trial | BBC News

Donald Trump will not testify in his historic criminal trial, after his defence team rested their case on Tuesday.

It will be up to his lawyers to speak for him instead as they deliver closing statements next week.

Meanwhile the Trump campaign has deleted a video posted to the former president’s Truth Social account, which referenced a "unified Reich", with a spokeswoman saying it was posted by a junior staff member.

The 30-second clip outlined a vision of the US under Mr Trump through stylised headlines, one of which used a term now often associated with Nazi Germany.

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