Legal expert says Trump testifying in hush money trial would be 'disastrous'

Prosecutors rested their hush money case against Donald Trump on Monday, turning it over to the former president’s lawyers for a chance to call witnesses.
The prosecution's final witness, at least for now, was also their most important: Trump attorney-turned-adversary Michael Cohen, who the defense over several hours of cross-examination sought to paint as a serial fabulist who is on a revenge campaign aimed taking down Trump.
The defense's first witness is a paralegal who works in defense attorney Blanche's law office. Trump's team also plans to call as a witness Robert Costello, a lawyer who advised Cohen several years ago before the two had a falling out. Costello testified last year before the grand jury that indicted Trump after asserting that he had information that undermined Cohen’s credibility.
Stanford University law professor David Alan Sklansky says that Costello’s testimony is “a classic way you impeach any witnesses by calling somebody who knows him will testify, I know that guy, I wouldn’t believe him.”
Sklansky spoke in depth on the likeliness defense attorneys calling Trump to the witness stand.
“I would not put Trump on the stand if I were his lawyer, and I don't believe that he's going to testify. It would be disastrous for him. And I think that his lawyers know that. I think he knows it."
Defense lawyers said they have not decided whether Trump will testify. And Trump did not respond to shouted questions from reporters about whether his lawyers have advised him not to take the stand. Defense attorneys generally are reluctant to put their clients on the witness stand and open them up to intense questioning by prosecutors, as it often does more harm than good.

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Sadly, I wonder if this Stanford Univ. Professor’s family knows. He seems to have a problem; see how red & swollen his nose is? While it’s not definitively diagnostic, we’d need to get liver studies. But it looks like he’s got RHINOPHYMA. A bulbous red nose is often seen in Chronic Alcoholics. Maybe his job is a problem for him.