'A stupid strategy': Trump's sending his kids into a 'perjury trap' in fraud trial return

During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning, former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen agreed with host Katie Phang that it is reckless for Donald Trump to make his children take the stand again in the $250 million Trump Organization financial fraud trial.

With Donald Trump Jr. expected to be the first witness on Monday as the Trump legal team mounts its defense, Trump's former "fixer" claimed it made no sense to put Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka in the position of possibly perjuring themselves when Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled there was fraud in the case.

"Judge Engoron already made findings of fraud," host Phang began before prompting her guest with, "Is Don Jr. testifying because Trump wants him to and lawyers like Alina Habba and Chris Kise are too scared or incompetent to tell Donald Trump 'no'?"

"I think you just nailed it right on the head there, Katie," Cohen laughed. "It makes no sense to me. What's the strategy here that they're trying to employ? First and foremost, as you appropriately and accurately stated, the issue of liability has already been decided. This is specifically a case about disgorgement. How much?"

Claiming Donald Trump Jr and his brother Eric have both already flirted with perjury when they were grilled by the prosecution, he continued, "What I will tell you is that Donald Trump, he has to know that this is a stupid strategy. It's only a strategy that benefits him, for whatever reason, and I don't know the answer, it can only benefit Donald."

"Which is interesting because, as a parent, you would think that his goal would be to protect his children," he added. "Instead, what he is doing is he is putting them in the line of fire. They're all perjury traps. None of them, including Ivanka, who has no idea what's going on anywhere."

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