NYT: Trump Wants To Testify, Only If He Can Do It Live

The New York Times reports:

Mr. Trump believes he is his own best spokesman and can explain his actions to anyone, and he often ignores the counsel of lawyers, who would almost certainly tell him not to appear voluntarily. Since it became public that the House select committee planned to subpoena Trump for his testimony, the former president has been telling aides he favors doing so, so long as he gets to do so live, according to a person familiar with his discussions.

However, it is unclear whether the committee would accept such a demand. But at the same time, Mr. Trump has recognized the pitfalls of testifying during an ongoing investigation. He recently invoked the Fifth Amendment 440 times in response to questions from the New York attorney general’s office, which later filed a fraud suit against him, three of his children and executives for the Trump Organization.

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