“It’s like Trump is not allowed to defend himself whatsoever ....”
Actually, one point that’s gotten a lot of discussion in the media is whether Trump will testify in his own defense. It’s clear that he’s allowed to. Speculation is that he wants to but that his attorneys are urging him not to testify.
In the first trial against E. Jean Carroll (civil case for defamation and sexual assault), Trump took his attorney’s advice and didn’t testify. He lost. Since then he’s been saying (correctly IMO) that he got bad legal advice in that instance. So maybe he’ll overrule his lawyers and take the stand this week.
Please, Lord, no!!!!!!!!1