When former President Donald Trump announced on social media Sunday, December 10 that he would not testify “for a second time” in his $250 million New York civil fraud trial, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin says many “savvy lawyers” and “longtime Trump chroniclers” were “surprised” — but should not have been. In a Monday op-ed, Rubin listed three reasons why knew the ex-president would renege on his promise. The first, Rubin writes is, “Trump has never been a reliable or helpful witness in his own defense.” She cites colleague Steve Benen’s November 7 op-ed in which he referenced when the MAGA …
