‘Bravado for his base’: John Dean on Trump saying he’ll testify

CNN contributor and former Nixon White House counsel John Dean weighs in on the possibility of Donald Trump testifying in his hush money trial as ex-publisher of the National Enquirer David Pecker’s testimony continues. #CNN #News

[@Gary-lx1bm]

Mitch McConnell...you did this to America!!!

[@stevechapel4926]

Mitch was afraid of Trumps catch and kill program Code name patriots for Trump.

[@sheryamiraslani6596]

He unfortunately did.

[@davidguelette7036]

The damage is done. His legacy is toxic.

[@trueblue4069]

@@davidguelette7036 just destruction, no legacy

[@cc8751]

Best president ever!

[@sickandtiredofbeingsickand]

Please oh please oh please do take the stand!

[@deniseedodson1938]

SOOOO looking forward to when the next generation says "Donald Trump who ?? - Never heard of him.

[@South-of-the-Border]

And looking forward tô Trumps image added tô Mount Rushmore

[@sickandtiredofbeingsickand]

​@@South-of-the-Border😂😂😂😂

[@South-of-the-Border]

@@sickandtiredofbeingsickand Just think of the mass suicides of Millenials at the base of the Mountain 😃👍

[@krazykozey2259]

​@@South-of-the-Borderit'll be his or Putins if we continue the way currently are...

[@johnosborne4404]

You'll still be mumbling his name in your sleep well into old age. The media took control of your feelings to serve their agenda and you'd sooner die than admit it 😂

[@GreggsWoodworking]

he'll never get on the stand. they'd destroy him in 30 mins if that long

[@stephenhead9738]

Doesn’t have too

[@ttr1360]

Even if he pleads the 5th on some questions...it won't make him look good to that jury.......😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@kennithlambert2563]

No he won't because he doesn't have to. Trump will win in the end.

[@catherinezatsick2301]

Not hush money but ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Thank you Katy

[@xxcelr8rs]

NDA versus Hunter's laptop cover up. Molehill versus mountain.

[@lindamack1900]

John Dean is intelligent and honest!👏👏

[@ronaldperry]

At least he is coherent unlike Biden.

[@floridacrackerguitartips6004]

@@ronaldperry Biden has a stuttering impediment that he's fought for years. Quit watching Dumb FUX "News" who's owned by a foreginer and loved by Putin!

[@charlesluna6284]

@@ronaldperry please fool. Your ignorance is on full display.

[@michaelsilveira4156]

@@ronaldperry oh yes and Dumpfk is so coherent 😆😂

[@ronaldperry]

@michaelsilveira4156 did you make yourself laugh? Good job, little fella.

[@johntillotson4254]

He wont testify

[@jnagarya519]

Of course not -- Trump is as ever lying that he will.

[@GillieWilson-ze2df]

I disagree . His narcissistic arrogance will override his lawyers objections .

[@cynthiastopsen]

@@GillieWilson-ze2df I hope you are correct.

[@DebraBashawPelsma-bg7rt]

No he a lousy truth teller lol lol he’s toast. We unfortunately are going to be watching trump in trial for 18 to 24 months. However the man who lied his way into our Oval Office will be finished forever.?!

[@pbrucpaul]

He's a stinkin' Coward, that's why. I just pray that Jury isn't Brain Dead like the O.J. Jury was, and that they DON"T have some Fool say "Uh Uh Not guilty." I also hope that Trump gets accused of Jury tampering if they're Dumb enough to try. We need the Fresh air of genuine American justice for most of this USA. We DON"T need to Choke on MAGA Flatulence.

[@Acer_Maximinus]

He doesn’t have the 🏐🏐 to testify.

[@heavenlyReza]

Balls of fire

[@markrichardson6381]

Spot on

[@CyndiConnard]

​@@heavenlyRezahe has none

[@darakinsey7775]

R those cufflinks? 😅 Jk

[@hgfku-tn6hb]

Thank you Pecker for distancing yourself from defending indefensible

[@JE-im4im]

😂 huh? He still likes trump!!

[@uonecar]

you are thinking someone who has hidden sexual assaults

[@cecileroy557]

@@JE-im4im I very much doubt he now considers Trump as a friend & we know for sure Trump now hates him for not being "loyal". Look how many lives/careers have been ruined by people trying to be loyal to Trump- who isn't loyal to anyone.... perhaps his kids. Perhaps...

[@kathleendeltio614]

Pecker was saving his own ass although most of what he says sounds correctly. He and Trump were good friends although that's probably going to change. I wonder how Trump got all of these people to lie for him. I never had a friend I would lie for but of course I didn't have friends that would be so crooked nor were they rich! 🤑😊

[@michaelcolfin8464]

You know, John Dean looks very good for 85 years old.

[@paulaitix77]

and for being a liar and crook

[@roxannemitchell6112]

​@@paulaitix77You mean Defendant Trump.

[@pontificusvascillious5287]

@@paulaitix77 >> being a liar and crook

[@paulaitix77]

@@pontificusvascillious5287 uh... get educated and simply look up how he PLEAD GUILTY to obstruction and hiding hush money payments, duh!

[@georgelayton6641]

@@paulaitix77

[@KNKLHEAD]

MAGA: Mr. Bravado, Trump, will BRAG that he "will take the stand." There is no way in hell he has the guts to take the stand. If he does, it will be extremely entertaining! The prosecutor will OWN him. Oh, his excuse will be "my lawyer wouldn't let me testify." Trump has every right to take the stand and a lawyer cannot .. cannot stop him if he so chooses.

[@hardren101]

I'm with you..... wld be shocked if he takes the stand... He lacks the self restraint and temperament!!!

[@detroit12870]

Can you name the actual crime he committed? No? I didn't think so.

[@MimiJoys]

​@@detroit12870 No, they can't find a single crime President Trump has committed. But, CNN told them he did something wrong, so they want to believe it. You know, just in case they can't find any other reason to cause chaos over. Without that, they would have absolutely nothing to do.

[@jnagarya519]

@@detroit12870 Pecker DETAILED the crime: ELECTION FRAUD. This case is pretty much the same as the FEDERAL prosecution of Cohen -- which included ELECTION FRAUD. The DIFFERENCE is that Garr can't intervene in state prosecutions the way he did in the FEDERAL prosecution in order to exclude TRUMP -- who was "Individual 1" -- one of Cohen's CO-CONSPIRATORS.

[@deanbusch2727]

I wish Trump would take the stand but he won't. He can't not open his mouth without BS spilling out.

[@lorenzos1666]

It might be most appropriate to say that donny is THE ONE who has "trump derangement syndrome".

[@ericlipps9459]

Trump's lawyers must be praying they can keep him from testifying. If he does, he'll either tell the truth and destroy himself or, more likely, perjure himself and be caught at it.

[@uonecar]

You Got outsmarted by someone with brain damage named John fetterman

[@onebadmutha5578]

@@uonecar yes you did. He’s still in office unlike diaper Donnie.

[@timjirik1497]

TRUMP FOREVER ❤ F J B

[@GO-GO_SO-SO]

I'll believe it when I see Bunker Boy actually testify.

[@hardren101]

AMEN!!!

[@detroit12870]

Why would Biden testify?

[@gettingannoyedquick]

He won't, and he should stop lying to his base that he will. We have all been through this song and dance enough times already.

[@pastorjamesmiller]

Dementia Joe 2024!! Let's Go!!

[@CyndiConnard]

​@@pastorjamesmillerI would vote for Biden if he was being lowered into his grave before I would vote for a pab like trump

[@pastorjamesmiller]

@@CyndiConnard Well said....... you sound like a smart person. Dementia Joe 2024!! Let's go, baby!!

[@Marvellous132]

​@pastorjamesmiller Do you think Trump has the courage to testify? Do you think he is remotely capable of telling the truth under oath?

[@pastorjamesmiller]

@@Marvellous132 Trump doesn't have a chance in N.Y. Like a black man doesn't have a chance in Alabama!! Dementia Joe 2024!! Let's Go Baby!!

[@annakingry9157]

Yes, charge him with contempt. Just keep it going! He has gotten this far because he's never held accountable. Big spoiled baby.

[@ronaldperry]

and our next President.

[@roxannemitchell6112]

​@@ronaldperry Defendant Trump Will Never Be RE-ELECTED AGAIN! So Get Over It.

[@pastorjamesmiller]

Dementia Joe 2024!! Let's Go Baby!!

[@detroit12870]

You are merely displaying that you're simple minded and easily duped.

[@projectaccountability2024]

Simple Answer... He won't testify.

[@paulford9120]

Pity. I'd pay a lot to watch the prosecution tear him a new one on the stand.

[@projectaccountability2024]

@@paulford9120 come on you know better he cant keep his mouth shut

[@triatheilean3086]

Trump, testify? 🤣🤣If he did he would go directly to jail and would not past GO...😉😉

[@IntelligentArtefact]

Old Chinese proverb. Confucius he say: Orange Man who breaks wind while under scrutiny... ~~~ Is a Disingenuous Fart-Arse.

[@pastorjamesmiller]

Dementia Joe 2024!! Let's Go!!

[@kennithlambert2563]

Dream on .

[@detroit12870]

name the crime. not rumor, not TDS, not bad behavior, the crime

[@Volf1916]

And there will still be idiots out there that believe he will sit in that witness stand and speak. LOL. Bless their hearts.

[@markmierzejewski9534]

Get rid of Trump and half of Americas problems go away with him. Get rid of Trump and Putin and half of the worlds problems go away. Food for thought

[@journeysalkebulan]

Facts! The world waits! We can't believe the U.S. would stoop so low as to have had Donald Trump as the president or be willing to elect him again! Those who follow Trump are truly lost!

[@user-gd7ho3yv4s]

Excellent summation of facts!

[@Acer_Maximinus]

We still have his anti America supporters to deal with.

[@newstroll982]

@@Acer_Maximinus Republicans want to shut down the department of education. Doesn't take a genius to see why.

[@dickjones8119]

you mean democrat problems go away 🤣

[@davefoc]

"Bravado for his base., Duh. But if he some how could be tricked into testifying, it would be the happy time for those of us that are disgusted by this human being.

[@jancollins6602]

I love that he must sit there and not speak. He IS NOT IN CONTROL and he's seething in his own @@@

[@80-80.]

100 % criminal

[@tonyquinlan7341]

0% Decent human being.

[@hardren101]

AMEN!!!

[@ThatLife4U]

Explain the crime.

[@michaelsilveira4156]

@@ThatLife4U you really have to be dense not to see it the guys POS a liar, a philanderer a cheat I guess your values most align with his

[@hardren101]

@@tonyquinlan7341 AMEN!!!...Scary how many ppl that can's see that.

[@TheBigStink9268]

His base loves his weak mans imitation of strength

[@betmebuckwheat51]

LOL

[@pbrucpaul]

They're too STUPID to know any different!

[@kennithlambert2563]

His base is over half of the voters in America

[@TheBigStink9268]

@@kennithlambert2563 only in your head bud

[@LeonFelixRusso]

​@@kennithlambert2563 #Duhhh #Derr

[@larryborsa4396]

He'll never testify. He's a coward at heart. It's his brand.

[@hardren101]

Please don't set his disciples off, they view him as a warrior and believe him when he told us " i am your retribution"...

[@juliogonzales8624]

Thank you for the great reporting 👍⚖️💪🏻

[@jorgecanizares9877]

Did Pecker catch and kill the pee tape?

[@gojobuddy]

There never was one, Hillary Clinton was fined for that crap

[@xxcelr8rs]

Wow, you actually believe that Clinton paid for whole cloth fib?

[@jorgecanizares9877]

What else did Pecker catch and kill that we don't know about?

[@bobcob3362]

Feel free to let your imagination run wild.

[@anneheimburger3186]

I imagine quite a bit

[@ileanafigueroa8685]

It’s interesting to listen to Mr. Dean’s legal evaluation in this case.

[@johntillotson4254]

I hope trump looses his presidential protection if endicted

[@Acer_Maximinus]

That would be sweet.

[@dickjones8119]

biden loves the poorly educated 😪

[@South-of-the-Border]

LMAO ...I Love you Millenials ...Trump has been indicted and this is the trial 😂😂

[@anneheimburger3186]

No pension either.

[@taylorfox6436]

@@South-of-the-Border This is only 1 of the trials, Defendant #45 has a few more to get through.

[@fetbetty]

Make him testify, then he can take the fifth and incriminate himself further.

[@user-kl6md2ob1i]

When's this guy gonna leave us alone.

[@user-oo2zr2mi5y]

Beauttah, Kenya: When you leave him alone and stop witchhanting him at the slightest opportunity.

[@LeneCharlottePoems]

🎉💐✊👏🫶💙🇺🇸💃⏳⚖️

[@pimphandduke8447]

​@@user-oo2zr2mi5y Exodus 22:18 'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live'

[@gm7304]

She did good on those chalk sketches. I like the ones that are all jacked up and spooky looking. Trump was all pissy about some of them.

[@georger2505]

Prosecutor examines Pecker.

[@amyannalyst9732]

Pecker is an awesome witness for Trump, this crap happens all the time, with so many people.

[@seantlewis376]

In the E. Jean Carroll case, Trump said several times that he would testify, and then when the time came, he told that press that his legal team would not allow him to testify. (BTW, not true. If a client wants to disregard legal advice, he has the right to do so.) He did take the stand for a couple of minutes before being dismissed by the judge though because he was grandstanding for his campaign instead of addressing the case. He's doing the same thing here. He's talking big, but will act small, blaming his lawyers. The lawyers are looking out for his best interests because they know that if he got on the stand, he would have to either confess or commit perjury. It's a no-win scenario for him on the legal front, but talking big is a bonus for his political ambitions. He said in 2016 that he could shoot somebody on 5th Avenue in broad daylight with cameras running and not lose a single vote. That is one of the few times in his life he has told the truth. He is taking that attitude up to 11, and will exploit everyone, everything all at once.

[@jancollins6602]

To cowardly to take the stand. He would explode

[@cecileroy557]

And put his "foot in it" anytime he opened his mouth!

[@noname-fn6cp]

The head, and the hate. 😈📝

[@kmick8108]

Spam

[@Snowboardjedi892]

I’ll be the ranch he won’t testify. Won’t he perjure himself simply by restating he’s not guilty???

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

Bet the ranch

[@detroit12870]

That's a stupid thing to say. What are you twelve?

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

@@detroit12870 he meant to say “He’ll bet the ranch”

[@calvinskiffington2303]

Trump is just Slime

[@joansmith3573]

Your right. They keep him to dope up just so he doesnt act stupid

[@thomasforget7647]

The Enquirer would have made much more money by running the Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniel’s stories!

[@dlc2112dlc]

Why won't the judge just jail him? What's up with that? The delay.. I knew they were going to attack the judge soon.

[@bdahl4002]

Maybe because it's a kangaroo court and it needs to be exposed.

[@MimiJoys]

Because President Donald Trump has done absolutely nothing illegal!!

[@timothylopez8572]

😂😂😂 Perjury PERJURY! I say let him.

[@docholiday8029]

Paper Tiger Whiny D is a little b

[@piku5637]

Normalize active unions and worker owned co-ops. Preserve and expand our democracy. There Ⓐre more of us☭💙🗳️🇺🇸then there are billionaires and corrupt politicians.

[@newstroll982]

This is the elites plan if were fighting between ourselves they can do what they like.

[@RW-qg5rj]

Violation of the gag order is actually the crime of contempt, which has serious implications because the terms of the Defendant's release in his other criminal cases all require that he does not commit any crime - local, state, or federal. These implications have serious consequences and are likely why Justice Merchan is not issuing his decision quickly - he may be conferring with the other justices in the other cases to determine what they may do if the Defendant is guilty of contempt. Unfortunately this video didn't cover this key issue, hopefully it will be addressed in future videos soon.

[@eliassalcedo5229]

Trump said he will testify; therefore he won't.🤦

[@dlc2112dlc]

Pecker is going to write a book. Looking to cash in on being a witness. That's main reason he's here.

[@user-ql5yb2hs2p]

🦚🦚the peacock lies even under oath

[@xxcelr8rs]

NBC and the rest of monopoly media.

[@ericramsteijn8959]

How did DJT win another club golf trophy? he has been in court all week.

[@user-hy5pd6dk2f]

He hosts the tournament...so he Wins. Its that simple. He also has fake TIME magazine covers on the wall of his club claiming he was picked as "TIMES" person of the year. 🤣 He's crazy 🤪

[@ashpitcher3]

​@@user-hy5pd6dk2fa totally delusional malignant narcissist.

[@srl7997]

Sometimes, I think it's an inside joke for them to try to say "Pecker" as many times as possible, with a straight face.

[@bobbiesherrier-dolack5712]

Get ready to laugh your head off if trump testifies. Get the popcorn and lie detector ready too

[@ZZTwinCam]

Yeah, right… Every time Biden open his mouth he sounds like porky pig LMAO

[@gregchandler900]

I hope he testifies, it would be HILARIOUS

[@user-fc1ld9ts8u]

Poor legal evaluation of what transpired. If things don't change quickly, this case will collapse on it's own weight.

[@user-rp3sg2iy8q]

Koruna vám utiekla nepatří vám🚨💔👶🧓💥🔥😢👮🖤👸🌏😭⚡🇸🇰

[@PericoDelgado88]

He won't testify, then claim his lawyers "forced" him not to. Then he'll say the judge wouldn't let him. That thing's base are drooling oxen.

[@dral9657]

I wouldn’t call it bravado…lying seems to be a better word .

[@charlestidwell4970]

The pictures of Rump show his deterioration. As his ego is crushed into complete and utter disrepute, his demeanor has become one of a despicable broken man.

[@user-kn7hm5kd2q]

If trump takes the stand, ask him how taking all of the American citizens rights away from them will make America great? 😵‍💫

[@Bonniemmorris]

Oh my, It's Biden taking away our rights... He is breaking America... Go Trump

[@paulsheil6669]

What are you talking about.

[@user-kn7hm5kd2q]

You really don't know? In a dictatorship the only person with rights is the dictator himself!

[@Nextgen_Account]

Blah blah blah next witness

[@carlosestevam3620]

Lock this criminal up!!!

[@UrbanLikwid]

So they gonna charge Arnold Schwarzenegger next?

[@dlcs1406]

I want that book!

[@gee7084]

He won’t testify!

[@RoyPage1970]

Richard Nixon looks like a jaywalker compared to Bunker boy

[@AEYE1111]

Pecker & Wiener should team up

[@JohnnyMcLaw1]

I asked my nephew who he liked better. Biden or Trump. He asked me "is Biden that really old guy that poops his pants?" 😂😂😂 My nephew is 6, by the way.

[@thefubartraveleralibrown2947]

What is the verdict on the Gag Order Already?

[@clays1507]

No way. He will never testify. Will Blame others for chickening out. As always

[@baribach8701]

Love John Dean and His Brilliant mind

[@josephsonora3787]

GUESS CNN'S STAR WITNESS MICHAEL COHEN "PETER'D OUT?" 😂

[@carolynbarr770]

Mr Dean a gentleman and a scholar 🙂

[@lauradawson7676]

No diet cokes in the courtroom!

[@patsym.shebelbon5446]

I wish Trump's attorney would ask Cohen has he ever had a sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels

[@user-wg1tk4ii8j]

I hope he does go into the witness box. He should answer the questions!

[@Darronsanderson]

"It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward"- Rocky

[@garybeaudin9738]

He lies about everything so now we know that he will not testify.

[@harrywilson1768]

So truthfully, Bidens uncle was really eaten by cannibals. so who’s lying?

[@GdHr-oz5ph]

Just like Dump is "looking forward to " debating Joe Biden 😅👍😆

[@limitedhangoutlive]

Kangaroo court.

[@heavenlyReza]

Come on if he wanted to testify he would have testified a long long time

[@bretfisher7286]

How can anyone expect someone to exert governance upon a state or society when they've always demonstrated very clearly that they are completely ungovernable? How do you try to exact lawfulness from a total lawless individual? How do you expect order to come directly from the purely disordered?

[@andrewwright7402]

Is the Supreme Court now a Soviet style Kangaroo Court? " Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said the U.S. Supreme Court should be moved to the Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters, after some conservative justices suggested being open to arguments in favor of presidential immunity from prosecution for former President Trump. “They’re politicians who are not even subject to popular election, unlike me,” Raskin said during his Thursday appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut.”

[@chance6298]

Happy Friday Donnie 😅😅😅 I'll bet he won't be getting layed tonight

[@terrodar19]

Its an NDA (which is extremely common everywhere) not ‘hush money’.

[@keithbannister9271]

Gosh, I'm i the only one that thinks that Pecker looks like Fred Trump...🤔

[@sharynkoren2054]

I thought so too

[@Daniel4646]

Don the Con knows "so many words" that he will definetly not know how to USE them properly.

[@scottwilliams1533]

Show trial will definitely be overturned if they convict. The entire country knows this Trump 2024.

[@camelshitonthewalls446]

The way to get trump to testify is to beg him not to do it, insinuating (strongly) that he is too old and frail for such a thing.

[@AyoopKlemoagh]

Did FDR ask for absolute immunity, did Eisenhower or Kennedy? Nixon did. I wonder why 🤔

[@harrywilson1768]

From all the comments mentioned here you can really see why our country is in so much trouble, so many so willing to follow like lemmings into socialism

[@suzannarobinson4726]

How white trumps hands are compared to his face.

[@kennethquintini658]

Thanks for your great reporting and comments on this historical trial of the disgraced ex-president⚖️👏🇺🇲

[@betmebuckwheat51]

Please let djt seal his fate alone. Please testify and hold in your bodily injuries !!!!!!😮

[@christiecrecelius2725]

I can't wait till this trial is over. If I have to hear the word "Pecker" one more time .....

[@dlc2112dlc]

Why can't they get someone in the bathroom of the courthouse? Or someone laying on the street behind the courthouse? Someone up the flagpole.... What's the problem???

[@rubygiglotto9339]

I'll have to watch that. It should be a good comedy show

[@michaeljones1802]

Bluster and bravado are big "strengths" in the simpleton community.

[@miemcintosh5247]

Trump taught us to never give up. To have audacity in face of adversity.

[@lanalorenz6785]

Is that the Watergate John Dean?

[@xxcelr8rs]

All their guests are crooked. No dissenting voices allowed. Viewers heads may crash. Logic and truth and reason not in the diet.

[@carolmckee8456]

Who'd have guessed the owner of a sleazy gossip-rag publication would have a cleaner conscience than the previous POTUS?