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Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
Sat Mar 11, 2023, 05:02 PM Mar 2023

Most incredible thing about Trump is that he lies to everyone about everything.

Lying to a grand jury is against the law. Lying in court at a trial is also against the law. There is some
question if he even knows how to tell the truth or when. Michael Cohen went to jail over breaking laws for Trump.
I wonder if Trump can tell the truth at a grand jury hearing or at a trial?
...What do you think? If he lies, then the perjury trial will take a whole lot of extra time, way beyond any time in front
of a grand jury. I haven't got a clue, but my suspicion is that Donald Trump will....
....NOT TELL TELL THE TRUTH, because he doesn't know how to tell the truth or when.

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Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
3. Maybe that is the only thing he can do. If Trump doesn't show up, he will not have to lie at all.
Sat Mar 11, 2023, 05:08 PM
Mar 2023

I guess Trump will have to face some other issue. Then lying in court to a grand jury.

tanyev

(42,589 posts)
4. He says whatever he thinks makes him look best in that moment--
Sat Mar 11, 2023, 05:09 PM
Mar 2023

regardless of whether it completely contradicts something he said in a different moment. Even if that different moment was only 5 minutes earlier in the same conversation.

bullimiami

(13,100 posts)
14. I think it's a tactic he learned early on from Roy Cohn. If you speak under oath don't say anything.
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 10:43 AM
Mar 2023

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
7. You are totally correct. "...never says anything of substance or incriminating."
Sat Mar 11, 2023, 05:25 PM
Mar 2023

...But this time he might go over the line in one way or another. I will not be on any grand jury, and I will
watch any trial of Trump on the TV. If he lies, and can be proven, then there will be a trial. But you are correct,
he will not ..."say anything of substance or incriminating."
........That he is very good at.!!!

Mr.Bill

(24,311 posts)
9. There is video of Trump testifying under oath
Sat Mar 11, 2023, 06:26 PM
Mar 2023

at depositions. He turns into a completely different person. He's very calm, subdued, almost appearing to be sedated. And his memory gets very bad. He knows how not to lie, he just doesn't do it unless it's absolutely necessary.

keithbvadu2

(36,853 posts)
10. His own lawyers figured it out long before he became Prez.
Sat Mar 11, 2023, 07:47 PM
Mar 2023

His own lawyers figured it out long before he became Prez.

They met him in pairs to verify what he said because he would lie then or later about the same topics.

musclecar6

(1,690 posts)
13. He won't testify
Sat Mar 11, 2023, 09:01 PM
Mar 2023


He's only good at one thing and that's conning, lying and cheating and all of that will never sell when you have lawyers and judges listening to all of his bullshit. He's a bully and a coward so he will definitely take the fifth. He'll not even show up if he has the choice.

GoodRaisin

(8,926 posts)
15. Even more incredible is that near half of voters don't care.
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 10:52 AM
Mar 2023

As long as he has an “R” beside his name they still vote for him, lies and all.

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