Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick among Texans who attended Trump trial in New York

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The latest Texas Republican leader to visit New York for former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Patrick appeared Tuesday behind Trump and his attorney Todd Blanche ahead of them walking into the courtroom where the former president is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump's defense team rested its case Tuesday, and he opted not to testify.
The charges stem from a payment that Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen made to a