Even if he was required to 'testify' that would be when he would invoke the 5th and remain silent.
The Dems know Trump has nothing to gain by testifying, that it is a perjury trap. It is another act in the political theater.
Agreed... but they can force him to show up and sit in the chair and he then can refuse to say anything... My point is that this "strong adverse inference" stuff is complete BS. Trying to implicate that refusing to testify against yourself is a indication of guilt is the definition of a violation of the 5th... so much so that they had invent new terms for it because they legally can't say what they want
Good point.
The adverse inference (for them) is that anyone with half a brain would infer that this whole thing is bullshit.
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