Posted on 10/14/2022 8:57:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
President Donald Trump has responded after the Democrats’ Jan. 6 Committee officially issued a subpoena for him to testify before Congress.
Trump has reportedly said that he will accept the subpoena and is happy to testify, provided he can do it on live TV.
According to reports, Trump will agree to testify but doesn’t want the Democrats and their allies in the media to selectively edit his video testimony to make him look bad.
NYT correspondent Michael Schmidt said: “Since it became public that the House select committee planned to subpoena Trump for his testimony, the former president has been telling aides he favors doing so, so long as he gets to do so live, according to a person familiar with his discussions.”
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who has long-term cooperation with Trump, told CNN’s Jake Tapper:
“In terms of the subpoena, for him, that is actually one of the things that has animated him.
“He’s been talking to advisers about how, you know, he would consider testifying if they would air it live, which is also not surprising…it seems hard to imagine the committee would go for that.”
WATCH:
VIDEO AT LINK...................
Here is the transcript:
https://www.mediaite.com/news/maggie-haberman-trump-says-hell-testify-to-jan-6-committee-if-he-can-do-it-live-at-least-1-of-his-lawyers-on-board/
> GAME, SET, MATCH! <
Not necessarily. Even if Trump’s testimony is live, the committee will still control every detail. They will only ask him embarrassing questions, and they can rule him out of order if they don’t like what he’s saying.
Plus they can later find some minor fault in his testimony, then charge him with perjury.
Trump is naive if he thinks he’s got a sporting chance here.
I hate to bring up Hitler here, and it’s not meant to suggest Trump is Hitler.
But his testimony at his trial for the Beer Hall Putsch effectively launched his political career.
I suspect that once they realize that Trump being allowed to testify will only help him, they will bring up that comparison to Hitler.
Speaking of Nads, this just sent another sheit down his leg.
exactly! they hold their stupid hearings live now but what...they’re going to say NO when Trump demands it? Hypocrites! Everyone already knows what a fraudulent event this is. I am by no means comparing DJT to Jesus but the left acts EXACTLY like the pharisees to destroy his power. They won’t win.
We have the entire series and ‘Obsolete Man’ is one of our favorites.
When I watch some of these old things, it’s so hard to believe that we have forgotten their lessons and have become such a sick society.
remind me which episode that is. I love the TZ
My understanding is the subpoena expires with this Congress; so you are right.
what do you mean “if”?
I’m sure the committee will claim some sort of “national security issues” by having Trump testify on live TV.
Outstanding!
um.. NO! that is the STUPIDEST thing imaginable. If he says ANYTHING except taking the 5th, they will charge him with lying under oath.
The first committee member to cut his mic will be declared a national hero by the press.
They CAN NOT agree to those terms.
If they do ..it means they will not follow through.
IOW they will turn out the lights if he is making them look bad with truth/reality.
Burgess Meredith NAILED it.
Well, that’s a foregone conclusion. :-)
OOOOOOOO! A subpoena from the J6 clown posse. That’s some scary stuff. Just in time for Halloween. Looks like they’ve “got him now” again. ROTFL!
A local TV Station used to run the entire series as a marathon on New Years Day. I LOVE TZ.
Schedule for Jan 5, 2023.
And the prosecutor looked (and sounded) like John Kerry!..............
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