1St witness "Catch & Kill" The 45th won’t be getting his way in his New York hush money trial—at least, not without consequences. Presiding Judge Juan Merchan decided Monday that prosecutors can cross-examine the former president on prior judgements and gag order violations. This is only relevant if djt takes the stand, but given he has said he would “absolutly" testify in the trial, he seems pretty eager. But his legal team might not allow him to, especially considering the previoustook the stand in an effort to change the narrative behind prior judgments.Last week, the district attorney’s office signaled that they would be interested in bringing up a slew of Trump’s prior lawsuits to paint a picture of an untrustworthy man. Those cases include the New York civil fraud trial in which Trump was ordered to pay nearly half a billion dollars to the state, and the defamation trials brought against him by E. Jean Carroll, who won a payout of $83.3 million mtg escalates pressure on Speaker Johnson as ouster threat looms GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia issued a searing indictment of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership