House impeachment managers want former President Donald Trump to put his money where his mouth his, inviting the Mar-a-Lago resident to testify at his own impeachment trial next week.
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More popcorn needed
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“If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including the right to establish at trial that your refusal to testify supports a strong adverse inference regarding your actions (and inaction) on January 6, 2021,”
You have the right to incriminate yourself, and we’re thrilled by the possibility of your doing so.
Captain Queeg will explain what happened to the strawberries.
want former President Donald Trump to… testify at his own impeachment trial next week.
Please, please, please, please… I’m going to love seeing that almost as much as I’ll love watching Republican leadership squirming through trying to keep Trump out 
Unless given immunity he can take the Fifth.
“If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including the right to establish at trial that your refusal to testify supports a strong adverse inference regarding your actions (and inaction) on January 6, 2021,” the letter reads.
If you won’t tell the public why our assertions of fact are incorrect, we can’t, either.
Raskin should go ahead and subpoena Trump and let him invoke the Fifth Amendment due to the possibility of criminal charge against him related to the subject matter of the impeachment. Failing to subpoena him gives the defense room to argue that no adverse inference should apply because he never invoked the Fifth (which is what gets you that adverse inference in a non-criminal case).
Doesn’t the defense usually make the call about whether to put the accused on the stand? Regardless, this Jessup might bite on it and who’s to stop him?
Playing hardball. I love it.
Fuck. $600 bags of popcorn.
Raskin is (literally) inviting Trump to testify.
Raskin offered any date between Feb. 8 and Feb. 11 for Trump to testify.
If he goes for it, on the 11th Twin Peaches will offer to testify on the 12th, and will show up an hour late.
This is better than Law and Order reruns. WWJMD (What Would Jack McCoy Do?)
“House impeachment managers want former President Donald Trump to put his money where his mouth his, inviting the Mar-a-Lago resident to testify at his own impeachment trial next week.”
If only this would happen. I am thinking a nice caramel popcorn selection, ice cold pepsi and comfortable slippers and robe to watch. Maybe he can get MTG to speak for him. I understand she gets standing ovations.
Should they wait to subpoena him until he decides not to cooperate? What do they lose?
Oh and can the impeachment managers subpoena him or would it require a vote from the House or Senate?
ETA: I really don’t know if these are settled items for an impeachment trial in the Senate.
Does congressionally granted immunity preclude state prosecution? (not that an immunity grant is going to happen, at least, not for him)
They just want to be able to say:
"Will the defendant please rise."
