Trump Blames Judge For Chickening Out Of Testifying

The Hill reports:

Former President Trump on Wednesday explained his rationale for not taking the stand in his hush money trial despite saying for months he would be willing to do so.

“Because he made rulings that makes it very difficult to testify,” Trump said. “Anything I did, anything I did in the past they can bring everything up. And you know what, I’ve had a great past.”

“The other reason is because they have no case,” Trump added. “In other words, why testify when they have no case … There’s no crime … so when you say, ‘Why not testify,’ they have no case, other than it’s a corrupt system.”

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This is why Trump says he didn’t testify in his NY trial over the alleged hush money scheme ~ to WABC, per @jake__traylor: pic.twitter.com/l7LSWgIZDA

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