Will Trump Testify due to the Jan 6th Subpoena?

[Luckyone]

Trump has been subpoenaed to testify in front of the January 6th Committee meetings.

Will he testify?

Quite a few think he will and that he will try to debase the Democrats for their blaming him to the Jan 6th Insurrection.

One Trump supporter thinks he will testify and that it will go something like this:

committee: 'Did you order them to storm the capitol?'
Trump: 'No, i asked them to peacefully rally as can be seen on tape'

committee: 'Were you part of an insurrection?'
Trump: 'No, and you have no proof'

committee: 'So you have no responsibility for what happened?'
Trump: 'No, those were adults who chose to do what they did, i didn't order it. Can we blame the dems for the BLM riots? or dems for the shooting of GOP congressmen?'

committee: 'let's take a recess' (oh sht! this is not good for us)

In reply to this post about them being adults and responsible for their actions and comparing it to a protest of Black Lives matter, I came up with this response

What say you to this pic with your name and picture all over the place?



and here is a BLM protest



Co you notice that there are no pics of any Democrat leader being bandied about here?

The Jan 6th Insurrection was at the bequest of Trump (clearly shown in the pic). The BLM protests are not at the bequest of any one person. In those, everyone is an adult that is making his own choice to protest or not. No one Democrat leader pushed them to do it.

 

[Cardinal]

Nope.

 

[Callen]

Not a chance in hell. He will refuse the subpoena, the committee will write a criminal referral for Contempt of Congress and Garland will refuse it. At least it is on the record that he had the chance to tell "his side of the story" but refused to.

 

[You're not Capgras!]

He has proven himself to be a coward of the highest order, he will not testify unless he is absolutely forced to.

 

[Callen]

He has proven himself to be a coward of the highest order, he will not testify unless he is absolutely forced to.

Won't happen...even if it did he would plead the 5th.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

He will plead the 5th just to snub his nose at the committee. And when he does:

A) Trumpers will forget that he once claimed only those with something to hide would plead the 5th
B) Trumpers will rub their hands in glee despite the obvious hypocrisy.

 

[KingLeo]

Hopefully the Bannon jail sentence for his ignoring his subpoena will have Trumps attorneys tell him that it is his best interest to testify.
Now could Trump merely plead the 5th the entire time? Distinctly possible.

 

[Callen]

Hopefully the Bannon jail sentence for his ignoring his subpoena will have Trumps attorneys tell him that it is his best interest to testify.
Now could Trump merely plead the 5th the entire time? Distinctly possible.

I don't think Garland will bring any charges. He did for Bannon but not for Meadows so I don't see him doing it for Trump.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Trump has been subpoenaed to testify in front of the January 6th Committee meetings.

Will he testify?

Quite a few think he will and that he will try to debase the Democrats for their blaming him to the Jan 6th Insurrection.

One Trump supporter thinks he will testify and that it will go something like this:

committee: 'Did you order them to storm the capitol?'
Trump: 'No, i asked them to peacefully rally as can be seen on tape'

committee: 'Were you part of an insurrection?'
Trump: 'No, and you have no proof'

committee: 'So you have no responsibility for what happened?'
Trump: 'No, those were adults who chose to do what they did, i didn't order it. Can we blame the dems for the BLM riots? or dems for the shooting of GOP congressmen?'

committee: 'let's take a recess' (oh sht! this is not good for us)

In reply to this post about them being adults and responsible for their actions and comparing it to a protest of Black Lives matter, I came up with this response

What say you to this pic with your name and picture all over the place?

View attachment 67419258

and here is a BLM protest

View attachment 67419260

Co you notice that there are no pics of any Democrat leader being bandied about here?

The Jan 6th Insurrection was at the bequest of Trump (clearly shown in the pic). The BLM protests are not at the bequest of any one person. In those, everyone is an adult that is making his own choice to protest or not. No one Democrat leader pushed them to do it.

Not one single chance in hell.

If he testifies before the end of the year I'll eat my hat.

 

[anatta]

The committee is dust in the wind after the election/lame duck session
Separation of Powers (remember Congress is not a criminal invesrtigation) says its a horrid idea
as is "waiving executive privlege" by the next POTUS

 

[SkyChief]

From what he said about the J-6 Committe, it is unlikely that Trump would honor the J-6 Committee subpoena:

“Why didn’t the Unselect Committee ask me to testify months ago? Why did they wait until the very end, the final moments of their last meeting?

Because the Committee is a total ‘BUST’ that has only served to further divide our Country which, by the way, is doing very badly – A laughing stock all over the world.”

They might hit Trump with a "Contempt of Congress" charge, but his lawyers can easily tie that up with the DOJ for a long time.

 

[Ambig]

The committee is dust in the wind after the election/lame duck session

So you're fine with a major American political party sweeping an insurrection attempt under the rug?

 

[anatta]

So you're fine with a major American political party sweeping an insurrection attempt under the rug?

it was a riot. it was a one and done.The Committee has politicized it into a get Trump.
There is no real look at why security was so bad -why it became a riot

 

[Callen]

it was a riot. it was a one and done.The Committee has politicized it into a get Trump.
There is no real look at why security was so bad -why it became a riot

The riot was not the big deal. The fact you don't see that is telling.

 

[Liberal7360]

Trump has been subpoenaed to testify in front of the January 6th Committee meetings.

Will he testify?

Quite a few think he will and that he will try to debase the Democrats for their blaming him to the Jan 6th Insurrection.

One Trump supporter thinks he will testify and that it will go something like this:

committee: 'Did you order them to storm the capitol?'
Trump: 'No, i asked them to peacefully rally as can be seen on tape'

committee: 'Were you part of an insurrection?'
Trump: 'No, and you have no proof'

committee: 'So you have no responsibility for what happened?'
Trump: 'No, those were adults who chose to do what they did, i didn't order it. Can we blame the dems for the BLM riots? or dems for the shooting of GOP congressmen?'

committee: 'let's take a recess' (oh sht! this is not good for us)

In reply to this post about them being adults and responsible for their actions and comparing it to a protest of Black Lives matter, I came up with this response

What say you to this pic with your name and picture all over the place?

View attachment 67419258

and here is a BLM protest

View attachment 67419260

Co you notice that there are no pics of any Democrat leader being bandied about here?

The Jan 6th Insurrection was at the bequest of Trump (clearly shown in the pic). The BLM protests are not at the bequest of any one person. In those, everyone is an adult that is making his own choice to protest or not. No one Democrat leader pushed them to do it.

trump is nothing but a coward.

The last thing he is going to do is the right thing and testify.

He will go to as many courts as he can find to get out of testifying.

trump is a loser and a coward. He doesn't have a spine and can't even stand up and take any responsibility for what he does or says but no conservative does that.

 

[Rexedgar]

The 6JAN Committee is in hospice……….

 

[anatta]

The riot was not the big deal. The fact you don't see that is telling.

so a riot,with people getting jail time is not the big deal? it's called the 1/6 committe because of the riot

 

[Callen]

so a riot,with people getting jail time is not the big deal? it's called the 1/6 committe because of the riot

No its not the big deal. Had you watched any of the hearings you would understand the riots were the manifestation of something much more serious

 

[Craig234]

I don't think Garland will bring any charges. He did for Bannon but not for Meadows so I don't see him doing it for Trump.

The legal issues for Meadows and traitor trump are different.

 

[anatta]

No its not the big deal. Had you watched any of the hearings you would understand the riots were the manifestation of something much more serious

well isn't that special

 

[noonereal]

Quite a few think he will

Who thinks he will?

EVERYONE knows he will not.

 

[Craig234]

Reasons he will testify:

- If he thinks he can come out ahead on PR compared to not testifying. People who know him think his delusions have him of the opinion he can do that.
- If the legalities work out to where it looks in his interest versus, say, being convicted as in contempt of Congress
- If he can be baited with comparisons to Hillary testifying

Reasons he won't testify:

- Legal experts say his lawyers really won't want him to, knowing he's a pathological liar who will very likely commit new crimes lying under oath
- Avoiding testifying fit his history and his practice of trying to use the courts to delay and escape, knowing the committee won't exist soon
- If he recognizes he will lose the PR. They have overwhelming evidence, great interrogators

I put it as 'possible but unlikely', trying to bet on their not charging him for it. A second question is, if he did testify, would he take the fifth on most or all things? I suspect he wouldn't want to, and if he did, it would be with a statement beforehand like he did another time he took the fifth, and because he thought he had to show up but that was best for him.

 

[ecofarm]

Of course Trump wants to be on the highest rated and most international TV show ever. He believes he can outsmart everyone. His handlers will not allow it.

 

[HumblePi]

Oh, how cute! Donald Trump said he would testify in front of the committee. But wait, we've all heard that before, remember?

January 2018. Regarding testifying for the Mueller team. “I am looking forward to it, actually,” “Here is the story: There has been no collusion whatsoever. There is no obstruction whatsoever. And I am looking forward to it.” He later said that the decision to talk to Mueller would be “subject to my lawyers” but that he personally would like to do it. “I would do it under oath. I would do it,” he said, “I would do it under oath, yeah.”

Does anyone remember Trump testifying before Mueller? No, of course he didn't, and he won't testify for the Jan 6 committee either. The Jan 6 committee knows he won't.

 

[soap box]

From what he said about the J-6 Committe, it is unlikely that Trump would honor the J-6 Committee subpoena:

“Why didn’t the Unselect Committee ask me to testify months ago? Why did they wait until the very end, the final moments of their last meeting?

Because the Committee is a total ‘BUST’ that has only served to further divide our Country which, by the way, is doing very badly – A laughing stock all over the world.”

They might hit Trump with a "Contempt of Congress" charge, but his lawyers can easily tie that up with the DOJ for a long time.

Trump says he'd like to testify in Mueller's Russia probe

Trump's comments come after his top attorney on his personal legal team resigned

www.cbsnews.com

Trump says he still 'would like to' testify before Mueller | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that he would still "like to" testify before special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia's 2016 election meddling as well as potential obstruction of justice charges.

www.cnn.com

If that in quotation marks is what he posted or said then he's got it backwards. He can tell his story like he does online and he'll commit perjury. He can take 5th and no one believes him. Or he can start yelling and get kicked out. None of these are good choices.
I think it's more likely he is repeating the same scheme when he said a dozen times that he wanted to talk to Mueller. He never did.

"The risk of testifying is that the president will make a false statement. Such a false statement would expose the president to prosecution, irrespective of what he may or may not have done.

It’s increasingly unlikely that the president will cooperate and sit for an interview, and Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer, has suggested as much.

Mueller can’t complete his investigation without at least attempting to get the president’s story. If the president refuses to talk, then Mueller will likely subpoena him.

If there is a court fight, President Trump will likely ultimately be required to testify.

Should the president appear for testimony, he will need to answer questions on an individualized basis, and he may claim attorney-client or executive privilege.

There is a crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege.

Unpacked: Will Trump testify in Mueller’s Russia investigation?

As the Russia investigation enters its second year with 12 new indictments, special counsel Robert Mueller has asked to interview President Trump. If the president refuses to sit for an interview, this leaves Mueller with a several options, all of which involve a drawn out legal battle.

www.brookings.edu

I imagine he's smart enough to not show up.

But my opinion is that it's a disgrace.