I don't think Donald is able to take the 5th

[StormKing]

So as far as Donald being required to testify under oath I don't think Donald is capable of pleading the fifth. When I say capable I mean actually emotionally capable. Sure a smart man would take the fifth. But Donald is not a smart man. And Donald also ignores legal advice. I don't think he'll be able to avoid taking the bait.

He's so convinced of his own BS I think he'll blab.

I mean in some sense Donald is a Scooby-Doo villain....

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The former president has railed against the committee, saying that he hasn't been able to have "equal time" to defend himself and has demanded that he be able to speak.

https://www.rawstory.com/january-6-trump-hearing-officials/

[Johnny2X2X]

1. Didn't he just plead the 5th 500 times the last time he testified?

In his NY charity fraud case?

[StormKing]

3. I could totally be wrong

But I think this time will be very different. This reeks of "platform."

[Tickle]

2. He will delay his

subpoena in hopes the pubs win the house then the Jury expires in January

[StormKing]

5. I don't think he can legally delay it

I think the only thing he can do is refuse to show up. At that point the committee needs to send the Sergeant at arms to arrest him.

[BlackSkimmer]

4. He has already done so. Many times.

[StormKing]

6. The committee is not a court though...

The committee is not a courtroom and I think it's going to throw him. I think he's going to walk in the door with his head in the idea that it's rally material...

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. He'll just do like Raygun and BushCo criminals

"I don't recall"

[Irish_Dem]

8. Many reports indicate that is exactly what he does under oath.

Pleads the 5th.

[StormKing]

9. Ummmm

https://www.rawstory.com/january-6-trump-hearing-officials/

The former president has railed against the committee, saying that he hasn't been able to have "equal time" to defend himself and has demanded that he be able to speak.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Trump will be conflicted I think.

Don't listen to his public rantings, look at his past behavior.

He hates to perjure himself under oath. So he always takes the 5th.
That is his actual history.

But he is addicted to attention and the limelight.
And loves to air his list of grievances.
The platform will be tempting.

I think at the end of the day he won't show.
And the committee won't do a thing about it.

[BlackSkimmer]

20. I don't believe anything that tfg says.

He says a lot of shit.

[chriscan64]

27. I don't think he will show up.

If he really wanted equal time within the committee setting, he could have volunteered to speak to them. He will speak his piece from the safety of his living room without the threat of perjury for his lies. This will be just like the impeachments where he refused subpoenas for evidence and testimony. He professed such innocence that he wouldn't lend credence to the proceedings, as if impeachment wasn't a thing. I expect a repeat here.

[LiberalFighter]

11. Will he do that while it is televised?

[Irish_Dem]

12. If he first rants and raves about it being a witch hunt.

And how they are out to get him, etc.

I think he will probably just be a no show.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

13. He'll do everything possible to avoid being there in the 1st place

And if he's somehow compelled (unlikely IMHO), he'll take the 5th on everything.

Remember you heard it here first

[Mr.Bill]

15. I agree. n/t

[Cattledog]

14. He took the 5th 400+ times

he refused to answer questions by investigators for New York Attorney General Letitia James.

[cherish44]

16. If he can't take the 5th, he'll just lie his ass off

That's how he's gotten through life

[StormKing]

18. It'll be under oath though

I mean he can lie if he wants but it'll be under oath.

[Bev54]

22. Like he cares, just another crime, there is so many now.

[BlackSkimmer]

25. This.

Yep.

[honest.abe]

17. I think he does.

I dont think he can delay long enough. He already did it "successfully" in the NY deposition.

[Torchlight]

19. Taking the fifth on record in public is something I think he'll do his best to avoid

I don't think he can speak both publicly and under oath without digging his grave; but I don't think his pride will allow him to take the fifth in front of the world as it can be so easily illustrated as a terrible weakness.

It'll be damned interesting to see his next parlor trick.

[Bev54]

21. He managed to take the 5th in NY case so I do think he could

[kimbutgar]

23. They need to play the video of him saying only the guilty plead the fifth every time he pleads the

Fifth. Put his words of him in the video in front of him every time !

[Mr. Ected]

24. He's going to challenge the legitimacy of the Committee

The media will shade their coverage in his favor.

Same as it ever was.

[EndlessWire]

26. He'll take the Fifth.

Like a shiny object, he'll say it over and over. He'll be amused, and will have someone keep count of how many times he says it. It'll be great theater for him.

If he were to actually say something, it will only be to disparage someone who has crossed him.

[lame54]

28. 2 months ago he took it over 400 times - so that theory is shot to hell

[maxsolomon]

29. Moot point. He'll NEVER appear before the J6 Committee.

They know it, too. They have no enforcement mechanism but a DOJ referral.

What has Garland done with the referral of their subpoena of Mark Meadows? Nada. Bupkis.