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Judge Juan Merchan told Donald Trump on Friday morning that he is, in fact, allowed to testify in court while under a gag order, addressing a false claim that Trump made the day before. “I’m not allowed to testify, I’m under a gag order — I guess, right? I can’t even testify,” the former president told reporters outside the courtroom at his hush money trial Thursday as he turned to his lawyer, Todd Blanche, who appeared to nod and shake his head at the same time.
” At the start of Friday’s court session, Merchan explained to Trump that the gag order “does not prohibit you from taking the stand” and that the order “only applies to extrajudicial statements.” This wasn’t the first time that Trump has shown a lack of knowledge about the criminal trial process. Last month, he suggested that arbitrary limits had been placed on his lawyers during the jury selection process, when those limits are based on the law.
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