*Ahem !*

'I'm testifying': Trump suggests he'll take the stand in criminal hush money trial https://t.co/azoCFItOEA

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 12, 2024

Do you plan to testify in your trial in New York," a reporter asked the former president at his Mar-a-Lago press conference.  

“Yeah, I would testify," Trump said. "That's not a trial, that's a scam."  

"It's a shame, what they've done is a shame," Trump said. "What they're doing is a crime." 

Asked if it would be risky to testify, Trump replied, "I'm testifying...all I can do is tell the truth."

I will just close by noting that OJ listened to his “Dream Team” and never testified in his criminal trial.

There’s more than one reason why expectations for a conviction are so high.

Although Trump said today, again, that he will testify in his trial that starts Monday, there is a 0.0000000% chance that he will.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 12, 2024

I would still put money on it. His lawyers have done every damned fool thing he told them to, right down to complaining that the publicity Trump had sought for this case for a year hinders his ability to get a fair trial.

If Trump insists he’s going to testify, they’ll lay down like the doormats they are.

“Put money in your purse.”

Let me make this clear: he will not testify. Not happening. His lawyers would throw themselves in front of him before they let him do it. https://t.co/lEhRYdVXN0

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 12, 2024

They should have done that some time ago. Trump thinks this case is about whether or not he had an “affair.” I don’t think he’ll be able to stand it. Or understand it, for that matter.