Daniel Dale said that the former president made up this claim “out of thin Air”.
Daniel Dale claimed that the original president” conjured the claim out of thin air.” Daniel Dale claimed that the original president” conjured the claim out of thin air.”
Daniel Dale said that the former president made up this claim “out of thin Air”.
LOADINGERROR LOADING. Former President Donald Trump was dunked on for a brazen lie he told outside the courthouse that is hosting his hush money trial on Thursday.. The presumptive GOP nominee falsely claimed that Judge Juan Merchan’s narrow gag order — which bans Trump from talking about the jurors in the case, witnesses and court staff, prosecutors and their families — meant he couldn’t take the stand to defend himself.. Advertisement. “Well, I’m not allowed to testify. I’m under a gag order, I guess,” Trump complained to reporters.. Trump: I’m not allowed to testify. I’m under a gag order pic.twitter.com/4qeH81ERWo. — Acyn (@Acyn) May 2, 2024. “That is just a lie,” CNN’s fact-check reporter Daniel Dale told “The Lead” anchor Jake Tapper on Thursday. Trump is “absolutely permitted to testify in his own defense and this false claim, this lie, is part of a pattern of former President Trump grossly exaggerating what the gag order actually says,” he noted.. The order doesn’t ban Trump “from speaking to political audiences, from delivering social media posts about politics and policy, from speaking to the media” nor does it “prevent him from attacking the judge, the district attorney prosecuting this case, President Biden, his political opponents,” said Dale.. [embedded content]. Advertisement. “So this claim that the gag order means he can’t testify, it’s just conjured out of thin air,” he added. “Trump has gone from saying that he will testify, to he maybe will testify, to if it’s necessary, to now, ‘Whoa, whoa, I can’t testify, it’s out of my hands.’ But it’s in his hands. He can testify and he’s just making stuff up.”. Critics on X (formerly Twitter) also called out Trump’s latest untruth:. Talk about a complete lie. Not even remotely true. — Jason Bell (@JBellSATX) May 2, 2024. Uh that’s a blatant lie and he has ever right to testify in his own defense. The gag order has nothing to do with testifying.. — 🌸 🐾 A to the Z 🐾🌸 (@A_tothe_Z_Amber) May 2, 2024. He can’t even tell the truth in front of the courthouse.. Good luck with testifying.. — Thomas Paine’s Ghost (@Rdsaucier) May 2, 2024. This is what we call lying in broad daylight.. — 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢 (@ChidiNwatu) May 2, 2024. Advertisement. Yes, Trump can testify. 🤦♀️. — Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) May 2, 2024. Our 2024 Coverage Needs You. It’s Another Trump-Biden Showdown — And We Need Your Help. The Future Of Democracy Is At Stake. Our 2024 Coverage Needs You. Your Loyalty Means The World To Us. As Americans head to the polls in 2024, the very future of our country is at stake. At HuffPost, we believe that a free press is critical to creating well-informed voters. That’s why our journalism is free for everyone, even though other newsrooms retreat behind expensive paywalls.. Our journalists will continue to cover the twists and turns during this historic presidential election. 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