We're not sure what it suggests to a jury when you won't put your client on the stand but you will offer up Donald Trump as a character witness, but that's exactly what Conrad Black's defense team plans to do, according to the Post. Trump will allegedly testify that the extravagant 60th birthday party Black threw for his wife, Lady, "felt like a business event rather than simply a personal celebration," and, to a man for whom every single event in life including, we're guessing, intercourse, feels like a business event, that may very well be true. Anyway, Trump probably can't come off as any less credible than Black's secretary, who doesn't remember anything, even dates or seasons, about Black removing boxes of records from his office in defiance of a court order.

TRUMP SET TO TAKE STAND ON BLACK'S BEHALF [NYP]
Defense of Conrad Black Begins, Gets Testy Right Away [AP]