Crowds gather in front of Trump Tower prior to a news conference by former President Donald Trump on Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/TNS)
Crowds gather in front of Trump Tower prior to a news conference by former President Donald Trump on Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/TNS)
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Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/TNS)
NEW YORK — Donald Trump, Republican frontrunner and now convicted felon, said Friday he wanted to testify in his own defense at his hush money trial, but was worried about getting sued over what he might have said on the stand.
“To this day I would’ve liked to have testified, but you get something slightly wrong,” like the weather, “and they’ll sue you for perjury,” he said during a press conference held the morning after being convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to keep his alleged tryst with Stormy Daniels from the American electorate.
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