Former President donald trump He reportedly told people around him that he would like to do that to testify before the panel on January 6th Investigate the Capitol riots, assuming they were televised. It drew heavy flak.

What happened: According to a Rolling Stone, Trump’s eagerness to appear before the panel was not well received by his advisers Report.

“Absolutely [f**king] not,” said one of Trump’s legal advisers summarizing the advice they gave the former president on appearing before the panel.

“I hope we talked him out of it,” a person familiar with the matter told Rolling Stone.

“That [former] President seemed receptive to our arguments against it [it]but with Donald Trump, it can be hard to tell [sometimes] what actually sank or stuck,” the person was quoted as saying.

Why it matters: Several of Trump’s attorneys and political advisers have told him that any testimony before the committee would be taken down over possible perjury charges.

Former White House Counsel while on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Detection, Ty Cobb agreed that it would be a “perjury trap” to appear before the panel.

“That is absolutely right …[and] Trump is particularly prone to this because he is so easily provoked.”

representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the panel’s vice chair, said she opposes Trump turning his testimony “into a circus,” according to Rolling Stone.

speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently said Trump’s attorneys would stop him from appearing. She said, “I don’t think he’s man enough to show up.”

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