Trump chickens out

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Trump won’t testify at his second impeachment trial

Donald Trump will not testify in the Senate’s upcoming impeachment trial, a spokesman for the former president said Thursday, explicitly rejecting a request from House Democrats.

Jason Miller, a spokesperson for the former president, said Trump “will not testify in an unconstitutional proceeding,” echoing the central theme of Trump’s defense in the trial.

In a letter to Trump earlier Thursday, the House’s lead impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), said Trump’s testimony was necessary because his lawyers’ first official response to the impeachment charge “denied many factual allegations set forth in the article of impeachment.”

“You have thus attempted to put critical facts at issue notwithstanding the clear and overwhelming evidence of your constitutional offense,” Raskin wrote. “In light of your disputing these factual allegations, I write to invite you to provide testimony under oath, either before or during the Senate impeachment trial, concerning your conduct on January 6, 2021.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-won-t-testify-at-his-second-impeachment-trial/ar-BB1doHdi?li=BB141NW3&ocid=DELLDHP

[RANDYWILDMAN]

1. Smart move for a dumbass

Wish he would, it would be beyond funny.

[KentuckyWoman]

2. Under oath

Not gonna happen.

[lunatica]

3. He opened the can of worms

He should deal with them, except he’s never been in his own shit this deep before. He’s swinging blindly, stumbling over his tie and thinking no one can see him. He’s that little ugly gnome behind the curtain talking like he’s a king, believing we can’t see him pissing himself.

[RainCaster]

4. His ego really wants to talk

His lawyers know that he can't stop the perjury.

[mnmoderatedem]

5. he knows if he testifies he will be asked questions like this.

"If the riot was some sort of spontaneous action, some sort of unintended consequence that you were not responsible for, why did you wait over two hours before even making any sort of statement, and why didn't you send in the national guard, which was a phone call away?"

He knows he has no valid answers to that question, and so do his lawyers.