{"id":2223502,"date":"2024-04-17T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-federal-prosecutor-its-a-big-gamble-to-put-melania-on-the-stand-in-trump-hush-money-trial\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:08:48","slug":"ex-federal-prosecutor-its-a-big-gamble-to-put-melania-on-the-stand-in-trump-hush-money-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-federal-prosecutor-its-a-big-gamble-to-put-melania-on-the-stand-in-trump-hush-money-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Former federal prosecutor cautious about calling Melania Trump to testify in hush-money trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-federal-prosecutor-its-a-big-gamble-to-put-melania-on-the-stand-in-trump-hush-money-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223502&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin expressed concerns about \u2063the potential risks of having Melania Trump testify in her husband&#8217;s Manhattan\u200d hush-money trial. Given that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ufc-heavyweight-champ-cain-velasquez-denied-bail-on-attempted-murder-charge\/\" title=\"Former UFC Heavyweight Champ Cain Velasquez Denied Bail on Attempted Murder Charge\">case involves allegations<\/a>\u200d of hush\u2062 money paid by Donald \u200bTrump to Stormy Daniels to conceal an affair, Hostin believes Melania&#8217;s testimony could create doubt\u2063 among the jury. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-prepared-to-offer-compromise-as-republicans-continue-losing\/\" title=\"Trump is ready to make concessions amid ongoing Republican losses\">summary \u200ceffectively conveys<\/a> the key points from the original text. \u200dIt provides a concise and\u2064 accurate overview of Sunny Hostin&#8217;s \u200dwarning about the implications of Melania Trump testifying in the \u200chush-money trial involving Donald Trump and\u200d Stormy Daniels.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin warned on Tuesday that it could be risky for prosecutors to put former first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/melania-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melania Trump<\/a> on the stand in her husband\u2019s Manhattan hush-money trial.<\/p>\n<p>Because the case centers on hush money allegedly paid by former President Donald Trump to ex-porn star Stormy Daniels to keep an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-fani-willis-get-trump-case-were-legit-democrats-wouldnt-be-so-desperate-to-keep-it-in-the-das-office\/\" title=\"If Fani Willis' case against Trump was legitimate, Democrats wouldn't be so eager to keep it within the DA's office\">alleged affair quiet<\/a>, Hostin argued that the right response from Melania Trump could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-next-move-is-to-avoid-a-trial-altogether-legal-experts\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden plans to evade trial, say legal experts.\">create reasonable doubt<\/a> for the jury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sunny Hostin fears Melania Trump being called to testify in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">hush money trial<\/a> against former President Trump because she could easily convince the jury he&#8217;s not guilty.<br \/>&#8220;\u2026 you&#8217;re going to have at least one juror on that jury saying, well, if she doesn&#8217;t care, why should I?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k6QSTCnygF\">pic.twitter.com\/k6QSTCnygF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1780614894301176244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI will say this. New York has this marital communications law, spousal privilege, and so he would have to waive that privilege for her to testify and I don\u2019t think he would do that,\u201d Hostin explained. \u201cI don\u2019t think he wants her to testify, I don\u2019t think he wants to put her through that, I don\u2019t think she wants to be put through that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I can\u2019t imagine the prosecution would call her, because that is really a gamble,\u201d she continued. \u201cBecause if she says on the witness stand, you know, \u2018He told me that the affair \u2014 was not true, and I believe him\u2019 \u2026 you\u2019re going to have at least one juror on that jury saying, well, if she doesn\u2019t care, why should I? And so I just think it\u2019s such a big gamble, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to waive his privilege to put her on the witness stand, and \u2014 I don\u2019t think she\u2019s going to testify.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>During the first two days of the trial, a handful of jurors were selected and Trump\u2019s attorneys made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-may-be-forced-to-miss-his-own-scotus-hearing-sons-graduation-due-to-hush-money-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several requests<\/a> related to the trial schedule. Judge Juan Merchan denied their request for the former president to be excused from court in order to be in attendance when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on presidential immunity. Merchan did not give a final answer regarding Barron Trump\u2019s graduation ceremony \u2014 which is scheduled for mid-May \u2014 but told Trump\u2019s team that it would depend on whether things were proceeding on time.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunny Hostin, a former federal prosecutor, cautioned on Tuesday about the potential risks of calling former first lady Melania Trump as a witness in her husband&#8217;s Manhattan hush-money trial. 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