Column: Donald Trump is headed to court. That should be the last place he wants to be

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Cases brought by Alvin Bragg and E. Jean Carroll put the ex-president in the impossible position of having to take the stand to make much of his case. (via latimesopinion)

regularly brings similar charges against others, Trump’s team can’t begin to make the required showing for such arguments in court.

Trials are carried out under rules of evidence designed to ensure that testimony is reliable and relevant — the opposite of Trump’s typical approach on the stump. How can he persuade a jury of reasonable doubt about the charges under those rules? The most obvious and perhaps the only way would be to take the stand to testify in his own defense.

Under the rules of evidence, taking the stand would put Trump’s credibility at issue, permitting the prosecution to confront him with lies he has told. Thehas documented over 30,000 from his presidency alone, many of them flagrant and undeniable. , which is scheduled to begin next week . To offer the defense that he never assaulted Carroll, whom he has said was “not my type,” he would have to take the stand.The rules also stand in the way of Trump’s having other people testify that he told them, for example, that the Daniels payout was to protect Melania’s feelings.

 

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opinion Jail him up!! He's a domestic terrorist! Nobody says anything about it, have people forgotten about it? What's the deal with fake News followers? Shame on you all!!

opinion he doesn't care, he will take the 5th and blame everyone else for doing so and if he loses appeal immediately

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