I have great respect for Turley. However, to what was he going to testify that wasn’t already in his deposition? (And he did himself no favors in that deposition.)
He had no defense other than, “I did not do what she is accusing me of doing,” because by her failure to even know the YEAR in which the alleged incident occurred, how else could Trump refute it? SHE produced no independent witnesses to the alleged incident, and Trump — not even being able to identify witnesses who could show that he wasn’t even in the country on the day she claims because she doesn’t even know WHEN it allegedly happened! Trump was put in an impossible position; and I think, intentionally.
If I were Trump, I wouldn’t have testified, either. Unless I was asked only one question on direct, and that would be:
“Did you touch her in a sexual manner without her consent?” And a simple response: “No.” In which case my attorney would say, “No further questions.” Absent a cross-examination on credibility, it reduces the entire case to he said/she said.
But, a NYC jury was going to nail him no matter what.
Yep.