Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told Newsmax on Saturday that he “fully expects” and “certainly hopes that [former President] Donald Trump is acquitted of all these charges.”

The prosecution and defense have rested their cases in the Trump documents trial taking place in a midtown Manhattan courthouse. The jury could reach a verdict as soon as next week.

Trump is facing 34 counts of fraud related to the alleged falsifying of business records to conceal payments made to adult entertainer Stormy Daniels. Whitaker said he didn’t think Trump needed to testify at the trial “because this case has not been proven.”

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