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Donald Trump pledged that he would testify in the E. Jean Carroll damages trial on Monday, something the Washington Post concluded was akin to a legal “suicide mission.” New York defense lawyer Robert Katzberg joined with other legal experts in saying that testifying would ultimately humiliate him and he could risk contempt of court. Judge Lewis Kaplan is “the worst possible draw for Trump,” he said, though it doesn’t have anything to do with bias, simply because of the type of judge he is. POLL: Should Trump be allowed to run for office? “He’s really smart and takes no guff from either side. …

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