Donald Trump's boast that he may testify in the Manhattan hush money trial beginning on Monday was greeted with no small amount of glee by a former Jan. 6 Committee investigator on Sunday morning.
During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," Marcus Childress claimed he was "praying and wishing" the former president would try to defend himself under oath for paying off adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 because that would allow prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to corner him with follow-up questions that could take weeks to go through.
Speaking with the hosts, he explained, "Look, a lot of attorneys may not agree with Donald Trump taking the stand. If I'm a prosecutor on the case, I'm praying and wishing that he does'.'
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"There are so many public statements, and as [former Trump attorney] Michael Cohen just said, Donald Trump's ability to tell the truth is so well documented that the cross-examination could last as long as voir dire when it comes to impeaching what the former president just said on direct," he stated.
"I don't think the chances of Donald Trump taking the stand are very high if he is following, I would say, a traditional more safe legal strategy," he added. "If I'm a prosecutor in this case, I am hoping and praying he does so that I can show the world exactly his character for truthfulness and impeach everything he just said prior during direct."
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