Trump will NOT testify in impeachment trial.

[spooky3]

Chris Jansing is reporting that the lawyers have written a letter to Raskin, on MSNBC - no link yet.

[Walleye]

1. I'm betting he wanted to testify but his lawyers threatened to quit if he did

How could he resist the chance to be the center of attention on Camera again?

[frogmarch]

2. That's my thought too. nt

[Xipe Totec]

3. Fleeing the Interview

&ab_channel=WindsorSluggo

[Aviation Pro]

4. Time to subpoena his fatass.....

....no Barr to deflect now, motherfucker.

[spooky3]

7. The Dems invited him "to tell his story"; his refusal just makes their job easier. nt

[Dem4Life1102]

5. I could be wrong but

my assumption was the House managers were hoping for a Perry Mason moment where he admitted to everything on national TV.

[spooky3]

8. Hee hee hee! nt

[lastlib]

10. I could see it ending like "A Few Good Men":

"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I DID!!"

(In this case, the witness has no rights...)

[Zoonart]

6. No lawyer on the planet.

Or should I specify Earth One...would let "That" testify.

[gratuitous]

9. It would be surprising only if Trump's lawyers committed to having him testify

Raskin extending the invitation to testify means that Trump can't whine about how he wasn't allowed to tell his side of the story. That's not quite true; Trump will whine anyway about anything the crosses his little pea brain. At least the rejoinder is there: But Mr. President, didn't Rep. Raskin invite you to testify either before or during the trial? Why didn't you take him up on the offer?

[Aviation Pro]

11. If a fucking, lying shitbag....

...whines at his dilapidated seaside eyesore will anyone hear it?

[11 Bravo]

14. Hey, AP. Always good to hear a little gruntspeak!

[11 Bravo]

12. They probably didn't want to be disbarred.

Because any lawyer who puts on the stand a client whom they know is a pathologically lying asshole, there only to spew lies and bullshit, is subject to some fairly serious sanctions.

[Behind the Aegis]

13. What a shame.

Nothing like watching a giant POS show up to defend himself with his own noose.

[11 Bravo]

16. The motherfucker has eight chins! How many nooses will it take?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. If he has the choice, he's wise to choose to not ...

... be questioned under oath by people who are smarter than he is.

[ffr]

17. He is no Hillary Clinton, after all. A coward, small handed, loser, fraud!

Could not hold a candle to that Stateswoman!