‘I want to stress that you have an absolute right to testify at trial,’ Juan Merchan says, after Trump had falsely claimed otherwiseAs the third week of Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial neared its conclusion on Friday, the historic proceedings have not just weighed whether hush-money payments to alleged paramours involved illegality – they are also touching on the ex-president’s already tenuous relationship with reality.Trump, whose most infamous lie remains his claim that the 2020 election was stolen, has peddled untruths outside of the courtroom; meanwhile, his defense has flirted with conspiratorial approaches to evidence in this case. Continue reading...