But Trump’s lawyers, Bruce Castor Jr. and David Schoen, wasted little time in swatting away the invitation. Schoen and another adviser to Trump, Jason Miller, later clarified that the former president did not plan to testify voluntarily before or after the trial begins. “We will prove at trial that President Trump’s conduct was indefensible.”Raskin could still try to subpoena testimony from Trump during the trial. During the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, Trump insisted to his legal team that he wanted to sit and answer prosecutors’ questions. One member of his legal team quit over the issue.

Source: bd News24 February 05, 2021 14:15 UTC