Ledger · 2024 campaign · № 192
"I would testify, absolutely" at the hush money trial — he never took the stand
Never delivered“I'm testifying. I tell the truth. I mean, all I can do is tell the truth. And the truth is that there is no case.”
- Promised
- , Remarks to reporters ahead of his New York criminal trial
- Overdue by
- 2 years, 4 months as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 3 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Justice & the courts
- Era
- 2024 campaign
What happened
Trump softened the pledge within weeks — "I would if it's necessary" — and the defense rested on May 21, 2024 without calling him. Afterwards he blamed Judge Juan Merchan's rulings: "Anything I did in the past, they can bring everything up." On May 30, 2024 a jury convicted him on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.