Trump could be “destroyed on cross-examination” if he used that argument, the prosecutor within the Watergate scandal that took down President Richard Nixon stated on MSNBC’s “The Beat.”
It might solely work if Trump “was doing one thing presidential, one thing inside his job description” when he did what he’s alleged to have carried out, stated Wine-Banks.
However “it was his job as a candidate, and candidate is a special factor,” she added. Trump can’t declare he was “appearing as president when he was making an attempt to take down the election.”
“That may be a query of undeniable fact that should be decided,” she stated. “The jury will say, ‘Sure, he was making an attempt to take it down.’ He’s saying, ‘No I wasn’t, I used to be making an attempt to guard election integrity.’ There is no such thing as a proof that helps that and if he testifies that, he will likely be destroyed on cross-examination.”
