Former President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen said the former commander-in-chief would not testify in the hush-money case, insisting “that’s not going to happen.”
Cohen, a former Trump ally who has turned into a vocal critic of the former president, has blocked the idea of testifying in the New York case, which is scheduled to begin Monday.
“The chances of Donald Trump being in the stands are the same as the chances of me waking up at 7:06 tomorrow to play center field for the New York Knicks, which is not going to happen,” Cohen said Saturday. He spoke during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” ”
His comments Saturday came after Trump said Friday he would “absolutely” testify if he faces 34 felonies.
Cohen also said that Trump is not a “good” defendant and would like to see the former president take the witness stand and try to defend himself in an “indefensible case.”
“I also know he’s not a good defendant,” Cohen said Saturday. “He’s not a good witness. We saw in the E. Jean Carroll case when he couldn’t even identify E. Jean Carroll and confused her with Marla Maples. did.”
“He’s not a good witness,” he continued. “He’s not going to take the stick. In fact, I hope I’m wrong, because it’s hard to see Donald Trump on the witness stand trying to defend himself in an indefensible case.” Because I think it’s totally typical of America to be able to do that.”
The former president has dropped 34 charges of falsifying business records related to hush money Cohen paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump ahead of the 2016 election. ing. President Trump has maintained his innocence in the case and denied that he had an extramarital affair.
Judge Juan Machan on Friday rejected another attempt by President Trump to delay the trial, ruling that the trial will proceed as well as jury selection.
“Jury selection is mostly luck,” President Trump said Friday. “It depends on who we get. It’s very unfair for me to be tried there.”
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