Trump to accept subpoena in Proud Boys trial over Capitol riot

Legal team Donald Trump would decide accept a subpoena from Proud Boy’s lawyerJoseph Bibbs, to testify about the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

According to Politico, “Norm Pattis, Proud Boys attorney Joe Biggs, says he expects the government to announce today that Donald Trump’s attorney, Evan Corcoran agreed to take the defense subpoena.“.

This report comes a few days after Pattis asks former President Donald Trump to testify as a witness at trial of those accused of sedition. “Donald Trump asked the Patriots to stop the robbery,” which is why “we asked him to take a stand,” the defense asked for Joe Biggs, one of the leaders of the group’s Florida delegation.

A legal spokesman for a far-right white supremacist organization that promotes and participates in political violence said that if necessary forward your request to the Department of Justice (DOJ) receive Trump’s statements at a trial scheduled for March.

Although Politico mentions that Trump will accept the petitionformer prosecutor Glenn Kirshner shared a video on YouTube in which he explained that could have incriminated himself if he had given truthful testimony in the trial of Proud Boy Joe Biggs, but to prevent this from happening, he could invoke the Fifth Amendment.

“AND Donald TrumpHe undeniably has the privilege of the Fifth Amendment. when it comes to insurrection, because if he testified truthfully, which I think is unlikely that we will ever see Donald Trump truthful testimony, but if he did testify truthfully, he would incriminate himself regarding the attack on Capitol on January 6, ”- Kirchner. said.

Author: Maribel Velasquez
Source: La Opinion

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