Legal experts on CNN aren’t believing Donald Trump when he says he will testify in his criminal trial in Manhattan.
After ranting at reporters upon the adjournment of court for the day, one asked Trump if he plans to testify.
“Yes,” the former president replied in what was a reiteration of what he told reporters last week before his trial began on Monday.
He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments. Prosecutors say the money was meant to conceal extramarital affairs Trump had before the 2016 election.
On Friday’s AC360, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and company discussed the prospect of Trump testifying. Former federal Judge John E. Jones predicted that when it comes time for the defense to put on its case, Trump will claim Judge Juan Merchan has been unfair to him by allowing in evidence from the former president’s civil defamation and fraud cases.
“You could imagine that former …