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/
Makes you wonder what will happen to take attention from it, should it come to that:
A. Mass Shooting
B. Bombing Some Third-World Country
C. Riot
D. All of the above
We know what this J6 Kabuki Kangaroo Kourt is and why. We will respond this November. Liz Cheney’s utter defeat and repudiation is just a small example.
Show up. Plead the 5th. Walk out.
I'm sure he would love to "tell his story". The problem is that once he tells his story, they still get to pin him down on questions and lay a perjury trap. So while it might give him some temporary emotional satisfaction, they'll still get the thin threads they need to have him charged by a friendly prosecutor.
The other thing is that even if the committee were to allow live cameras, there's nothing requiring the media to show all the testimony. CSpan probably would, but the rest of the media would pick and choose the clips they want to show, and could still paint a distorted picture.
The problem is they have the capacity to edit on the fly.🙄
3-D chess.
““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.””
Why wouldn’t they? If Trump did anything illegal the rats should welcome his testimony. One thing Trump should demand is that all unedited video footage from Jan 6 be shown as an introduction to the proceedings, along with the question of why didn’t Pelosi respond to requests for the National Guard prior to the 6th.
He was brilliant.
Checkmate
and by the oh nevermind
No, unfortunately he cant set any conditions. If he doesn’t go hell be charged.
I think I’m gonna throw up.
In the ass would be even more humiliating.
Since this isn’t a court, I believe President Trump could walk out at any time.
😂😂😂😂. This guy can’t be touched
Agreed. Let the new Congress counter this J6 bullshiite.
His written response today to Bernie Thompson is ball-busting. He’d never get a chance to detail any of it. J6 knows this and will accept, hoping to trip him.
Are these hearings under oath ? subject to perjury charges ?
Very true. It is a trap to arrest him for “lying to congress.” There are hundreds of lawyers working for this corrupt s bag committee with endless resources all out to get Trump. One syllable out of place and they’ll have him arrested on the spot for all the cameras.
Oliver North on line 5....
Only Trump would have the guts to go on live TV like this.
This puts the J6 Uncommittee in a bit of a pickle. They either reject the offer and look like cowards or they accept the offer and get obliterated in front of millions.
He doesn’t have to answer their questions.
He simply has to talk.
They say, “did you order an attack on Congress?”
He says, “Let’s look at the border with Mexico. Here’s what I’m hearing.”
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