Trump says he would testify in upcoming hush money trial

Donald Trump said he would testify under oath in his criminal hush money trial, which is set to begin Monday in New York.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee's remarks came at a press conference with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at Trump's 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.

Asked at Mar-a-Lago what he will be looking for when the jury selection process begins Monday, Trump said,"Jury selection is largely luck. It depends who you get." Trump and his lawyers have said that conflict is that Merchan's daughter works for a Democratic political firm. Merchan already rejected that argument last year, but Trump's lawyers recently filed another recusal request on similar grounds. Trump has repeatedly targeted the judge's daughter on social media, prompting Merchan to expand a gag order on Trump.

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