He couldn't handle the pressure of taking the witness stand:
If Donald Trump decides to testify in his criminal hush money trial, these are the cases Judge Juan Merchan will allow prosecutors to use to cross examine Trump:
Merchan will allow Trump to be cross examined on the civil fraud verdict that found he violated the law by fraudulently inflating the value of his properties and was ordered to pay more than $464 million in penalties, including interest.
The judge will also allow prosecutors to ask Trump about the two violations of Judge Arthur Engoron's gag order during the trial last fall, in which Trump was fined $15,000.
Prosecutors will be permitted to ask Trump about both E. Jean Carroll verdicts in federal court where juries found that Trump defamed her when he denied her rape allegations. Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million for defaming Carroll.
And, Merchan is allowing prosecutors to elicit testimony from Trump about the settlement he reached with the New York attorney general that led to the dissolution of the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
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