Rapidcreek@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoIn a reversal, Donald Trump says he will not testify in his own defense in New York fraud trialwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down113
arrow-up1288arrow-down1external-linkIn a reversal, Donald Trump says he will not testify in his own defense in New York fraud trialwww.nbcnews.comRapidcreek@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareSPRUNT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoTestifying is under oath, so bloviating like he does can result in actual consequences. That’s my guess, anyway.
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoAs he already learned in other defamation cases, you don’t have to be under oath to say things that will cost you a lot of money. But when you’re under oath, the potential consequences are larger.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoWhat, like he gets sent to prison and has to dictate “My Fight” to a fellow prisoner?
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agoHe’d constantly be on the phone to news max, Fox, and Oann. No need to bother with an incoherent book.
Testifying is under oath, so bloviating like he does can result in actual consequences.
That’s my guess, anyway.
As he already learned in other defamation cases, you don’t have to be under oath to say things that will cost you a lot of money. But when you’re under oath, the potential consequences are larger.
What, like he gets sent to prison and has to dictate “My Fight” to a fellow prisoner?
He’d constantly be on the phone to news max, Fox, and Oann. No need to bother with an incoherent book.