Prosecutors intend to bring up fraud, sexual abuse cases if Trump testifies in New York criminal trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Trump has denied all allegations in the civil fraud case and is appealing.
39% : Specifically, Bragg highlighted that Trump claimed his public comments about Judge Arthur Engoron's clerk, Allison Greenfield, were about a witness.
33% : Trump told reporters on March 25 that he "would have no problem testifying" at the trial.
31% : Trump has entered a not guilty plea to 34 felony counts of falsification of business records.
27% : If Trump chooses not to testify, these topics are unlikely to be raised by prosecutors at trial.
24% : Bragg intends to bring up that Trump previously "testified untruthfully under oath" in the civil fraud case, according to the filing.
21% : Trump has also denied having an affair with Daniels.
21% : Under the Fifth Amendment, the jury is prohibited from making an adverse inference if Trump does not take the stand.
20% : If former President Donald Trump chooses to testify in his New York criminal trial, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says prosecutors want to question Trump about a host of his recent high-profile legal defeats to attack his credibility, according to a filing that was made public Wednesday.
20% : "He also plans to introduce that Trump was found in his civil fraud case to have "repeatedly and persistently falsified business records, conspired to falsify business records, issued fake financial statements, conspired to issue false financial statements and conspired to commit insurance fraud," according to Bragg's filing.

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