Trump Promised He'd Testify Again in His New York Fraud Trial But He Punked Out
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 13 December 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump and his lawyers incessantly claimed that Donald Trump would take the stand in his own defense at his New York fraud trial. In fact, in recent days, Trump lawyer Alina Habba said Trump absolutely will testify because "he is not a coward." But Trump punked out, and decided not to testify in his own defense. Glenn says "I guess we know what that makes Trump in Habba's estimation."
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MS NBC analyst Glenn Kirchner. Donald Trump decided not to testify again in his New York civil fraud trial as he originally planned. |
| 0:21.0 | Glenn says he punked |
| 0:23.1 | punked out. So friends, Monday was supposed to be the big day. |
| 0:28.0 | Donald Trump and his lawyers had been promising incessantly that Donald Trump was going to take |
| 0:36.2 | the witness stand. Donald Trump was going to testify in his own defense at his |
| 0:42.4 | New York fraud trial. |
| 0:45.0 | I mean, let's have a look at what Trump lawyer Elena Habba was saying just a couple of days ago. |
| 0:53.0 | Headline, Trump lawyer says he will take stand in fraud trial regardless of gag order. |
| 1:01.0 | And that article begins, former President Trump's attorney, |
| 1:05.2 | Elena Habba, claimed Friday that her client will take the stand in his |
| 1:10.3 | civil fraud trial despite the judge's gag order. |
| 1:15.0 | This from the attorney, quote, I will say, |
| 1:18.3 | and I still say that having any client |
| 1:21.0 | get on the stand with a gag order as limited or large as this is a First |
| 1:26.4 | Amendment violation, Habba argued in an interview with Fox News, Martha McCallum, and you should not respect the court and give them the opportunity |
| 1:37.0 | to hear you, but he is going to take the stand regardless, and he will navigate it, she said. |
| 1:45.0 | I would never discourage the former president from testifying because, quite honestly, |
| 1:50.0 | our plan up until now was to have him testify. |
| 1:53.1 | He always wanted to testify and he should testify, |
| 1:57.4 | Habba said. |
| 1:58.6 | When he has nothing to hide, it's the best thing you could do is put this great witness on. Here are a few other |
| 2:07.8 | things attorney Elena Habba said. He will take that stand on Monday because he's not afraid. People that are afraid, |
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