Trump says he would testify in upcoming hush money trial
Source: CNBC
Published Fri, Apr 12 2024 5:55 PM EDT Updated 14 Min Ago
Donald Trump said Friday that he would testify under oath in his criminal hush money trial, which is set to begin in New York on Monday. All I can do is tell the truth, said Trump, who is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, and the truth is that theres no case.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee spoke at a press conference with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at Trumps Florida resort home Mar-a-Lago.
The trial the first ever against a former president centers on a hush money payment in late 2016 to porn star Stormy Daniels, who says she had an extramarital affair with Trump years earlier.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accuses Trump of facilitating that payment and others to unlawfully hide information from voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election, which Trump would go on to win. Trump is expected to be in court throughout the trial, which could last over six weeks.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/12/trump-says-he-would-testify-in-upcoming-hush-money-trial.html
Twoflower
(1,021 posts)Botany
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There is no way Trump is going under oath and opening himself up to being cross examined. Bragg has him
by the balls with the 34 felony charges against him, the receipts, and the witnesses he has lined up too.
Btw before he quit Trumps lawyer told him to his face if he testified on the stand then he would be wearing an
orange prison jump suit.
ZonkerHarris
(24,242 posts)Botany
(70,551 posts)of Hitler saying the exact same thing about the
polluting of German blood by Jews and others that Trump is saying now and then they had a clip of Stalin clapping for himself much like Trump does. .... Net Flicks ..... there is a % of
Americans that don't care what he does because he scratches their racists itches.
Putin put lots of work into installing him.
NJCher
(35,706 posts)Monday, 9:30 a.m.
Ocelot II
(115,801 posts)It's very unlikely he'll testify, but if he did somebody could make a fortune on a pay-per-view broadcast of that spectacle - too bad the trial isn't televised. But he won't do it.
Ray Bruns
(4,110 posts)COL Mustard
(5,914 posts)It would be such a circus if it were. And no, I don't believe a word that comes out of Chump's mouth.
wnylib
(21,557 posts)But if he does, we'll need extra popcorn for the perjury sequel.
mwb970
(11,364 posts)BOSSHOG
(37,084 posts)In a trailor park
ShazzieB
(16,472 posts)gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)a news report on MSNBC came on yesterday that since he started his campaign for president the third time around, he as told over 30,000 lies
COL Mustard
(5,914 posts)There are others that I won't post.
MOMFUDSKI
(5,611 posts)His attorneys would rather eat ground glass
gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)not to mention possible contempt and perjury citations
bluestarone
(17,012 posts)CanonRay
(14,111 posts)He'll be muttering to himself through the whole trial.
Jirel
(2,019 posts)Huh, sounds familiar. Same song and dance as always, but the media always goes for it anyway.
IbogaProject
(2,824 posts)I guess the loophole is he was guilty of summary judgments in some if not all of his previous cases, so there may not have been trials on the evidence but just around assessing damages. .
JoseBalow
(2,414 posts)More lies!
All he can do is LIE. I can't think of anything he has ever said publicly that isn't a lie designed to benefit himself. He wants us to think that he would testify, but that would never, EVER happen. He's just SO full of shit.
COL Mustard
(5,914 posts)I'd look at my calendar and stick my head out the window. Nothing he says is true...nothing.
gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)Wednesdays
(17,398 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,298 posts)stealing!
TeamProg
(6,186 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,298 posts)This is the ladder to get to it!
Guinness World Record popcorn!!
onlyadream
(2,166 posts)usaf-vet
(6,193 posts)gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)will never see the inside of a jail cell
COL Mustard
(5,914 posts)But I'd die happy!!!
gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)I would love to watch that though. Kind of like the morbid fascination with a train wreck
livetohike
(22,156 posts)sentence. Imagine the prosecution examining him.
hlthe2b
(102,328 posts)'Probably just giving Melania a little temporary "something" to assuage her embarrassment around her eye-rolling "friends."
struggle4progress
(118,320 posts)BY JENNIFER PELTZ AND JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 6:12 PM EDT, January 25, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) He testified for under three minutes. But former President Donald Trump still broke a judges rules on what he could tell a jury about writer E. Jean Carrolls sexual assault and defamation allegations, and he left the courtroom Thursday bristling ...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-defamation-lawsuit-trial-0f2618e7fa839ace26de76e1a6ce274f
oldsoftie
(12,583 posts)NanaCat
(1,204 posts)He'll razzle-dazzle everyone and make Bragg look like an idiot. He'll be braying about his usual poutrages rather than answering what he's asked, and then will be shocked when Bragg objects--especially when the judge backs up the objection.
'Just answer the question, and don't go off on tangents.'
And that's before Bragg gets him for cross-examination.
struggle4progress
(118,320 posts)DECEMBER 11, 20235:00 AM ET
By Ximena Bustillo, D. Parvaz
Former President Donald Trump says he will not be testifying as planned in the civil trial over allegations that he lied about his wealth.
"I have already testified to everything & have nothing more to say," wrote Trump on his social media site Truth Social on Sunday.
Trump took the stand last month, but was slated to testify for the defense on Monday ...
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/11/1218470870/trump-testimony-new-york-fraud-trial
NanaCat
(1,204 posts)And nobody's ever gone broke saying
RockRaven
(14,983 posts)The Wizard
(12,546 posts)believe him
mahina
(17,687 posts)If only he meant what he said.
keithbvadu2
(36,867 posts)The Wizard
(12,546 posts)Scrivener7
(50,989 posts)Talitha
(6,611 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)"there's no case."
That's what he'd testify to, if he was on the witness stand.
And the judge would say, "case dismissed", because there's no argument against irrefutable evidence like that!
Trump is truly suffering (doesn't that phrase alone bring joy to your heart?) from dementia if this is how the case is going to go in his mind. This is his version of the truth. "There is no case."
CASE DISMISSED!
NanaCat
(1,204 posts)That has him believing something so stupid. It's his narcissism.
usaf-vet
(6,193 posts)Doesn't his security detail have a doctor on the detail? Have the paddles ready "doc".
"This might be the big one." ....... Yeah, right...another big lie to delay the trial.
I hope the court can have its own cardiologist to review the medical findings.
LiberalFighter
(51,019 posts)Will he use a teleprompter?
Will he take the oath with the court bible or his?
Dear_Prudence
(376 posts)ColinC
(8,312 posts)Bristlecone
(10,130 posts)Im under audit
Not a chance imo.
PSPS
(13,608 posts)onlyadream
(2,166 posts)Faux pas
(14,687 posts)Novara
(5,849 posts)To guarantee your conviction.
marble falls
(57,144 posts)mahina
(17,687 posts)lastlib
(23,264 posts)...a last-ditch attempt to delay.
JohnnyRingo
(18,638 posts)He talks big about proving his case so he appears innocent.
GB_RN
(2,371 posts)Well stop the fucking bus right there, because thats lie #1.
Cantaloupe Caligula doesnt even have a passing relationship with the truth. Im not sure that he resides in the same solar system as the truth.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,977 posts)a very apt nickname as Caligula was demented, perverted and wanted to be worshipped as a god.
And we all know what fate Caligula suffered in the end
..
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)Tribetime
(4,701 posts)And does infrastructure and gives us the greatest health insurance in the world for all americans
Martin68
(22,845 posts)dweller
(23,648 posts)and the truth is that theres no case !
There is no case no courtroom no lawyers no judge the former president exclaimed from the witness stand
Were not talking about a case he explained while he accompanied himself on air accordion, NOT A CASE ! NOT A CASE !!
Were not talking about a case his lawyer intoned , as the former White House occupant rocked in the witness chair extolling alternative facts, his tiny digits in a blur as his air accordion reached presto tempo.
In alternative world I AM THE REAL PRESIDENT AND YOU ARE NOT THERE WITH ME !!
Escorted by sheriffs deputies from the courtroom he could be heard whimpering I am a warlord
✌🏻
Traurigkeit
(224 posts)Zorro
(15,748 posts)by pulling out his peener on the witness stand for everybody to see.
Orrex
(63,219 posts)From The Ashes
(2,630 posts)TSF wouldn't know the truth if it bit him on his ample, diapered backside.
mwb970
(11,364 posts)oldsoftie
(12,583 posts)Perjury.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,208 posts)why pay her hush money?
oldsoftie
(12,583 posts)Probably say it was Cohen's payoff & his reimbursement was for something totally different.
lark
(23,138 posts)He knows he can't go up there and not commit perjury and spew vicious malicious lies and make things worse for himself.
gibraltar72
(7,508 posts)2naSalit
(86,741 posts)He always says that just before he doesn't.
617Blue
(1,281 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)"Upon advice of counsel, I am invoking my 5th Amendment right to not answer that question..." about 500 times, give or take
birdographer
(1,337 posts)I think he is too easily triggered, and the prosecutors will know that. He can only resist spewing Donarrhea for just so long and then the dam will burst.
VeryProgressive
(27 posts)Trump always says he wants to testify. What he really wants to do is give speeches. That isn't going to happen.
EddieOnTheMesa
(51 posts)I see an upcoming episode of born spurs reappearing.He' the biggest coward I have ever seen.
DemMedic
(156 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,151 posts)His attorneys should quit if their clients insists on being put on the stand. When he lies, they're complicit with perjury and risk sanctions.
If TSF gets on the stand, I can imagine this line of testimony:
Q: "What is your full name?" A: "It's a witch hunt! It's a witch hunt!"
We've seen this movie before. Trump will grand stand on the stand and not cooperate with judicial protocol.
Justice matters.
(6,939 posts)Bring 'em on!
appleannie1
(5,068 posts)They know he can't open his mouth without telling lie upon lie. In a court that is perjury and he could be jailed for it.
pfitz59
(10,382 posts)"Witch-hunt. Lies. I never had sex with that woman."
louis-t
(23,296 posts)in 3....2....1....
republianmushroom
(13,653 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,784 posts)Owens
(202 posts)He ain't gonna testify. He's too cowardly.
Initech
(100,096 posts)Also:
durablend
(7,463 posts)One way to be rid of him.
Hikerchick57
(118 posts)gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)if any defense attorney would allow that he/she needs to be disbarred asap for malpractice. Can you imagine how many lies trump would tell in just a 10 minute cross examination, not to mention him turning jurors off due to his demeanor
Deep State Witch
(10,449 posts)That would be a first!
duforsure
(11,885 posts)He knows he won't testify , but he almost always does this knowing he won't , and comes up with excuse every time blaming others for not doing it. He''ll fire his lawyers or claim he's ill at some point. His lying and coming up with BS excuses is par for the coarse for this corrupt con man. Wish the media would stop showing him promoting his propaganda.
twodogsbarking
(9,784 posts)That's not the truth either. WTFFFF
Evolve Dammit
(16,754 posts)NanaCat
(1,204 posts)TSF wants to testify?
And promises to tell the truth?
Excuse me while I laugh me arse off here.
Aussie105
(5,415 posts)He would just deny everything, and rewrite past events with his bigly intelligence.
And of course throw abuse and threaten people.
Not everybody, just those who won't kneel down and worship him.