Trump won't testify at E. Jean Carroll civil trial after deadline passes

• "I'm going back to New York," he added.
• The federal judge overseeing the trial set the deadline in response to Trump's remarks as a "precautionary measure" as attorneys for the former president and Carroll rested their cases last week, per CNN.

Of note: U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said last month that Trump is not legally required to attend, but rejected his legal team's argument that his appearance would be too much of a burden on New York City.

• Kaplan noted then that Carroll had indicated she did not intend to call Trump as a witness.

What's next: Closing arguments in the case were due to start on Monday and jury deliberations were set to begin Tuesday.