'Absolutely f***ing not': Attorneys, advisers reportedly against Trump testifying on live television
Ever since the House Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously to subpoena the main man behind the mayhem, Donald J. Trump, on Oct. 13, the media has been playing an endless game of “will he or won’t he” appear.
After all, handing Donald Trump a subpoena, as the committee did on Friday, is like giving a dude on a three-day meth bender a Russian roulette revolver—except with six bullets in the cylinder instead of one. We know what’s going to happen; he just has to be goaded into playing the (self-incriminating) game,
Trump’s lawyers and advisers—who would probably prefer he be confined at all times to a big, soundproof acrylic hamster ball to prevent his speaking (or groping) out of turn—are thinking along the same lines. They’re reportedly freaking out about his apparent desire to respond to the House Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena by actually testifying.
In fact, one Trump adviser’s reaction to the prospect of Trump appearing before the committee on live television was particularly blunt.