Trump claimed to reporters this week that he was barred from testifying in his criminal hush money trial because of a gag order the judge imposed on him.
Judge Juan Merchan caught former President Donald Trump in an 'obvious lie' amid his criminal hush money trial, according to legal analyst Glenn Kirschner on Friday.Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, became the first former president in U.S. history to stand trial in a criminal case last month.
What he should have done was take his client aside and say, 'Mr. Trump the gag order does not prevent you from testifying in your own defense at your own trial.' But he didn't do that. Instead he just sort of quietly encouraged the lie kind of nodding along in apparent approval,' he added.Kirschner said that Blanche's role in that moment sent a signal to Trump's supporters and warned it could undermine the public's confidence in the justice system.
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