Trump's been telling some dangerous whoppers, according to his own former White House attorney.
Ty Cobb during an appearance on CNN's “Erin Burnett OutFront" remained confident that prosecutors would turn his former client into a punching bag for all the lying should he take the witness stand and testify.
"I'm not sure he will testify," Cobb said. "I'd say it's still 50-50 because as the lawyer in me says, you know, 'Why put him on?'"
Cobb continued:
"He's going to be subject to an eviscerating cross-examination which won't focus on what Trump wants to talk about, it will focus on every lie that he has told, you know, in the ten years that are relevant under these financial statements; and as we know, I mean, he told several more whoppers on the steps of the court today. There's a lot of material to work with."
Trump has lashed out at the $250 million civil lawsuit trial accusing him and his company the Trump Organization of committing widespread fraud. The case is winding down and he stares down the prospect of suffering stiff financial penalties and being banned from doing business in the Empire State.
“It’s a fraud," maintained Trump. "The whole case is a fraud."
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The GOP frontrunner to rival President Joe Biden come November claims that the entire effort is to hamstring his campaign for president and hinder his real estate empire.
“What they’ve done is they’ve weaponized justice and this is coming from the White House because I’m beating Biden by a lot. This is coming right out of the White House. You know it, I know it, they know it.”
Justice Arthur Engoron already ruled in September that Trump and his grown adult sons duped banks, insurers, and others by massively inflating assets and propping up Trump's bottom line on submitted paperwork in order to curry favorable deals and loans.
On the table now is how much Trump and company will be fined for raking in illegal profits.
Cobb estimated Trump might be on the hook to shell out $168 million.
And if Trump were to testify, Cobb believes that it could spell big trouble.
"I think a talented, skillful prosecutor could cross examine him in a way that would just eviscerate him," he said. "... this really isn't legal anymore."
"It's clear that his assets were inflated. it's clear that there are multiple misstatements, misrepresentations and lies on the -- on the numbers that were provided."
