Trump indicates he'd testify in hush money trial, says a conviction could 'make me more popular'

Let me put this in terms that everyone can understand:
My dog just raised an interesting point...
It goes something like this:
Whatabout, Whatabout, Whatabout, Whatabout, Whatabout, Whatabout, Whatabout, Whatabout, Etc...
Ad Nauseum, Ad Absurdum, Ad Infinitium...
^Get the picture?

Anyway, back to the actual OP Topic:
Which has nothing to do with a "wife" opinion or a laptop...
I say there is ZERO Chance that Trump testifies...
It would be way too risky for him...
Carry on...

 

Honestly Steve if there was anything other than a few of Marg’s favourite photos the
GOP would have waved it all over the media. Instead we have MGT salaciously spreading porn

 

It is not a defence of anything. It is a comment. What is NOT a defence for Humpty**** is what Mickey Mouse might have done!

 

The laptop was real, the FBI said so and Biden, his government insiders and media all said it was a Russian operation to 'swing an election' so they tried their best to shut the story down. That, according to Bragg, is election interference. As for the dick pics, the ONLY people who ever talk about that on this board are you guys. Obsessed much with dick pics?

 

Didn’t say it wasn’t “real” although the data is still questionable because even the FBI admitted it had been changed. BTW we are not the ones showing those pics in the middle of congressional hearings

 

So WHAT?
Just b/c the "laptop was real" that (because of chain of custody issues, and the distinct possibility of data being altered) doesn't conclusively prove that all of the data attributed to it was authentic...
Next...

"tried their best"?
Well, they didn't do a very good job of "shutting it down"...
The "laptop story" was everywhere (all over the news) in the runup to the 2020 election...
Sadly, for the MAGA Conspiracy Crowd:
Many voters simply didn't care enough to vote for Trump because of it...

Lolwut?
Produce an EXACT quote of Bragg giving his legal opinion on the laptop...
If such a reference can't be produced, then why are fantasies being conjured up out of thin air?
Doubling down on the Epic (Whataboutism) Fail?

Oh? Ok...

Anyway, can certain people stop jacking the thread with constant epically-failed references to the laptop and get back to the actual OP Topic:
Which has nothing to do with a "wife" opinion or a laptop...
I say there is ZERO Chance that Trump testifies...
It would be way too risky for him...
But taking the stand could lead to Trump, under oath, being asked some very uncomfortable questions.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/politics/will-trump-testify-trial-what-matters/index.html
Carry on...

 

He can always plead the fifth instead of lying and facing perjury in addition to his other crimes.

 

Any good lawyer would advise against Trump testifying...

The Judge is allowing the folliowing:

Prosecutors can cross-examine Trump on multiple legal setbacks in recent years:

► $464 million civil fraud verdict – Trump was found to fraudulently inflate the value of his properties.

► Gag order violations – These were committed during the civil fraud trial for which Trump was fined $15,000.

► Defamation and sexual abuse liability – Juries in federal courts found that Trump defamed former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll when he denied her rape allegations. Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million.

► His failed foundation – Trump reached a settlement with the New York attorney general that led to the dissolution of his namesake foundation.

When juries and a judge have seen Trump testify, he lost

The first Carroll trial jury in 2023 was played a videotape of Trump’s deposition by lawyers. At one point in that testimony, Trump mistook a photo of Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples.
Read more about key moments from the video.
Trump briefly took the stand in separate defamation proceedings in January 2024.
At his civil fraud trial in 2023, there was no jury, but
Trump did take the stand during the proceedings. He brought a bombastic and combative style that drew rebukes from the judge in the case, Arthur Engoron, who later ordered Trump to pay a $355 million penalty.

 

What a farce he**** is. Now he**** is saying he**** is NOT ALLOWED to testify!!!



Rubbish!

He never ever had any intention of testifying but this excuse is so typical of the lying scumbag/turd****.

 

And unsurprisingly, the Judge has stepped in and exposed Humpty**** as liar as I have already described him**** to be.

@Turtledude @FatBack @Bluesguy etc.........how can you possibly support this bloke****?

If he**** is so willingly and brazenly going to lie about such a simple matter, what else would he**** be prepared to lie to you about. The answer is.....everything. As the latest Witness said, the mantra is 'deny, deny, deny.'

 

How can you be so fixated on our choice for president.

WTF would you even ask such a stupid question. why would any pro gun advocate support a turd like Biden?

 

How can you believe Humpty**** is pro gun. He**** is such a liar!!!!!!!

 

well since you seem to think you understand gun politics better in the USA than I do-tell me how Trump's judicial picks voted in BRUEN vs the Clinton/Obama/Biden picks

after you figure out the answer, you probably can stop asking me such silly questions

 

I don't think it is silly to ask someone to question the credibility and integrity of such a blatant, inveterate and pathological liar.

How can you possibly put any trust in him****?

 

I think I am going to ignore these stupid questions. You have your answer. Biden's judges SUCK
TRUMP's JUDGES have been pretty damn good

 

As Jurists or delivering outcomes which suit your personal agenda?

 

Yep! That is because we have a global view of the problem and have actually read the research

 

Okay, since you claim to have legal qualifications please explain how that is and what data you base that decision on

 

nothing you have ever posted has any relevance to what I want and why I vote the way we do. And I don't give a damn whatsoever what foreigners want in terms of OUR laws.

 

are you really that ignorant of those cases? Do you really not understand why those of us who want unconstitutional restrictions on arms ownership stricken prefer Trump's picks over the democrat picks-every one of which voted against gun rights?

 

Then why discuss it - you are free to put me on ignore

 

Well, you are the one who keeps telling me that I don’t know what I am talking about so please educate me

 

Trump said "I guess............." did you miss that. And the judge had to clarify his previous order because yes were I Trump and the continued and mounting gag orders I too would be worried that if I testify and say something the judge doesn't like he will hold me in contempt again.

 

Lol. What a load of crap. Trump must be either stupid to believe a gag order stops him testifying in his own trial or a liar. You choose which or will you run away from answering