{"id":8107,"date":"2021-02-05T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T04:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2021-02-05T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T04:02:04","slug":"trump-wont-testify-at-impeachment-trial-legal-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8107","title":{"rendered":"Trump won\u2019t testify at impeachment trial – Legal team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 — Former US President Donald Trump’s legal team on Thursday rejected calls for him to testify at his Senate impeachment trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move comes after lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter to Trump’s attorneys asking Trump to testify either before or during the trial next week, according to a report by Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We would propose that you provide your testimony (of course including cross-examination) as early as Monday, February 8, 2021, and not later than Thursday, February 11, 2021,” said\u00a0Raskin. “We would be pleased to arrange such testimony at a mutually convenient time and place,\u201d Raskin wrote in the letter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen quickly dismissed the prospect of any testimony by Trump and called the request a “public relations stunt.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They told Raskin he could not prove allegations against the former president, who the legal team said “is now a private citizen.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are in receipt of your latest public relations stunt. As you certainly know, there is no such thing as a negative inference in this unconstitutional proceeding,” they said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, also told National Public Radio\u2019s Domenico Montanaro that Trump will not testify in the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The president will not testify in an unconstitutional proceeding,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump faces charges that he incited the Jan 6 riots on Capitol Hill which left five people dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He became the only president in US history to be impeached twice after the House of Representatives on Jan. 13 voted to charge him with “incitement of insurrection.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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