House Democrats ask Trump to testify

House Democrats ask Trump to testify

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, after returning from Texas. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey broke his silence to defend his company’s ban of Trump as the right decision, but warned that it could set a dangerous precedent. The ban, he said, revealed Twitter’s “failure” to create an open and healthy space for what Dorsey calls the “global public conversation.” (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

House Democrats yesterday asked former president Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial, challenging the former president to respond to their charge that he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol.

Hours after the letter was released, a Trump adviser said that the he will not testify and Trump’s lawyers dismissed the request as a “public relations stunt.”

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)