Trump team won't call witnesses in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial
CBSN
Former President Donald Trump's legal team will not call any witnesses to the stand in the ongoing trial stemming from author E. Jean Carroll's federal battery and defamation lawsuit, Trump's attorney said Wednesday.
The attorney, Joe Tacopina, told the judge Wednesday that a potential witness, a psychiatrist, will be unable to testify due to a medical issue. Tacopina said Tuesday that the only other person on Trump's witness list, Trump himself, does not intend to testify.
Defendants are under no obligation to call witnesses at trial and often choose not to, since plaintiffs have the burden of proof to make their case.
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. The Black Hawk helicopter was carrying a crew of three. Officials said early Thursday that everyone on board both aircraft is believed dead, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly a quarter century.