Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. After five weeks, the first criminal trial of a former u. S. President is nearly over. The defense rested, this morning, it called only two witnesses. Despite all his bravado and insistence to the contrary, yeah, donald trump was not one of them. We knew that, right . Instead, we heard briefly from a paralegal, attorney Todd Blanches from about phone records, for a man by the name of Robert Castella took the stand. Costello is a former federal prosecutor, a very close associate of Rudy Giuliani, the twice indicted former mayor of new york city. More about him later in the show. And, also, Donald Trumps personal attorney while he was in the white house. I think it is fair to say that costellos testimony, this week, backfired on the defense. How much remains to be determined. But, trumps attorneys main reason to put that man, Robert Costello understand, was to directly contradict and impugn the credibility of the prosecution three witness key w