{"id":57947,"date":"2023-09-06T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57947"},"modified":"2023-09-06T12:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:39:55","slug":"trump-says-that-absolutely-he-will-testify-at-his-trial-for-stealing-classified-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57947","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says that ‘Absolutely’ He Will Testify at His Trial for Stealing Classified Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next year Donald Trump will undoubtedly be very busy. He’ll be doing interviews on right-wing media, golfing, posting self-exalting comments on his failing social media scam, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>, holding cult rallies, and seated at the defendants table in numerous criminal trials. And, oh yeah, running for president.<\/p>\n

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The demands on Trump’s time will surely be a huge burden. Someone should have warned him that conspiring to illegally steal an election, absconding to Mar-a-Lago with classified documents, and inciting an insurrection, would prevent him from enjoying the life of luxury to which he has become accustomed.<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: Poor Trump Whines that His Criminal Cases are Cramping His Jet Setting Golf Tourney Lifestyle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump is already engaged in his media tour, having made recent appearances on Fox News and Newsmax. And on Wednesday he visited with conservative radio host, Hugh Hewitt, to spread some more of his lies and propaganda about the pending legal cases that are driving him to extreme levels of anxiety and fear.<\/p>\n

The interview<\/a><\/strong> was typically devoid of any substance with regard to the upcoming trials. It was mostly Trump evading questions, repeating himself relentlessly, invoking irrelevant legal excuses, and disgorging utter nonsense that rarely had any resemblance to reality. Two separate times Trump refused to answer direct questions about whether he had “direct[ed] anyone to move the boxes”<\/em> at Mar-a-Lago to prevent the FBI – or even his own attorneys – from discovering them. “I don\u2019t talk about anything,”<\/em> Trump lied. “You know why? Because I\u2019m allowed to do whatever I want.”<\/em><\/p>\n

In the course of the interview Trump was asked about the 91 felony charges against him. He insisted, without any legal reasoning, that “They\u2019ll get dismissed.”<\/em> He also flagrantly lied that the January 6th Committee had “destroyed and deleted all evidence that they created [because it] was unbelievably bad for crazy Nancy Pelosi.”<\/em> For the record, all of the materials compiled by the Committee were preserved and are available online<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, perhaps the most newsworthy item in this interview was Trump’s claim that he would take the stand in his own defense when these cases come to trial. That bold assertion came during the following exchange with Hewitt..<\/p>\n

Hewitt:<\/strong> So if you have to go to trial, will you testify in your own defense?
\nTrump:<\/strong> Oh, yes, absolutely. Oh, on that, that, I would do. That, I look forward to, because [commence rambling]<\/em> that\u2019s just like Russia, Russia, Russia. That\u2019s all the fake information from Russia, Russia, Russia. Remember when the dossier came out and everyone said oh, that\u2019s so terrible, that\u2019s so terrible, and then it turned out to be it was a political report put out by Hillary Clinton and the DNC. They paid millions for it. They gave it to Christopher Steele. They paid millions and millions of dollars for it, and it was all fake. It was all fake.
\nHewitt:<\/strong> Now I think that obstruction charge is going to get to trial, Mr. President.
\nTrump:<\/strong> So I look forward, I look forward to testifying. At trial, I\u2019ll testify.
\nHewitt:<\/strong> I think that – okay, if you do and they ask you on the stand, did you order anyone to move boxes, how will you answer?
\nTrump:<\/strong> I\u2019m not answering that question for you, but I\u2019m totally covered under the law. If you read the Presidential Records Act, just read it. You take a look at it. I\u2019m totally covered under the law. It\u2019s a civil act. It\u2019s civil. Now Biden had no civil act. The things he did are criminal. But he doesn\u2019t have a deranged person on his case. You know, they gave me Deranged Jack Smith.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Hugh Hewitt: \u201cDid you tell anyone to move the boxes?\u201d<\/p>\n

Donald Trump: \u201cI don\u2019t talk about anything. You know why? Because I\u2019m allowed to do whatever I want. I come under the Presidential Records Act. I\u2019m not telling you…At trial, I\u2019ll testify.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/o5NYvKAoHy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n