'Uncontrollable' Trump is 'impossible' to prepare for hush money testimony

Former President Donald Trump is adamant about taking the stand in his hush money trial playing out in Manhattan — but his lawyers are likely pressuring the businessman to stand down, experts have said, fearing that he might implicate himself and make matters worse amid his ongoing legal woes.

He and his campaign feared her claims would harm his political aspirations, and so he allegedly had Cohen pay her off. The former lawyer testified last week against his former boss, telling jurors how he was ordered to make the payments and that Trump had authorised the falsification of business records to hide their illicit deal.

The caveat is that he can talk about them, but only on the witness stand — and Merchan emphasized to the former reality TV star that he does have an "absolute right" to testify at his trial, calling it a "fundamental right that cannot be infringed upon." He added that the decision is entirely Trump's based on consultation with his attorneys.

Almost the exact same thing happened in a defamation suit brought forth by columnist E. Jean Carroll, who accused the businessman of raping her in a department store in Manhattan in 1996 and then defaming her when she came forward with her allegations in the late 2010s. He called Trump "an uncontrollable client who has a constitutional right to testify" as he added in a conversation with The Telegraph that Trump would be "nearly impossible to prepare for testimony."

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