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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4848704" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;The only surefire way for Trump to avoid testimony in the trial of Giuliani would be to take the Fifth, but Trump has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/23/if-youre-innocent-why-are-you-taking-the-fifth-trump-said-years-after-invoking-it-himself/" target="_blank">repeatedly noted</a> that taking the Fifth makes you look guilty. The only way for him to get out of testifying is for him to suggest that he didn’t really know what Giuliani was doing and didn’t approve of his activities. That would make him worthless for Giuliani as a witness and force Giuliani to point the finger at Trump to save himself.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; Pass the popcorn.Renato Mariotti is the Legal Affairs Columnist for POLITICO Magazine. He is a former federal prosecutor and host of the “<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-topic-with-renato-mariotti/id1434320092?mt=2" target="_blank">On Topic</a>” podcast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4848704, member: 54375"] "The only surefire way for Trump to avoid testimony in the trial of Giuliani would be to take the Fifth, but Trump has [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/23/if-youre-innocent-why-are-you-taking-the-fifth-trump-said-years-after-invoking-it-himself/']repeatedly noted[/URL] that taking the Fifth makes you look guilty. The only way for him to get out of testifying is for him to suggest that he didn’t really know what Giuliani was doing and didn’t approve of his activities. That would make him worthless for Giuliani as a witness and force Giuliani to point the finger at Trump to save himself." Pass the popcorn. [I]Renato Mariotti is the Legal Affairs Columnist for POLITICO Magazine. He is a former federal prosecutor and host of the “[URL='https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-topic-with-renato-mariotti/id1434320092?mt=2']On Topic[/URL]” podcast.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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