re: Trump Barred From Making Closing Arguments.

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So he could talk, he just couldn't talk about certain things that would help his case. Got it

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As a party before the Court, he was certainly entitled to testify.

Why did he not help his case by doing that?

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So he could talk, he just couldn't talk about certain things that would help his case. Got it.

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If this has been characterized correctly Trump would have been limited by the same boundaries that I am every time I make closing arguments. While litigants acting pro se are given some level of latitude (especially in a bench trial) because judges aren't interested in teaching a trial advocacy class they still put the bumpers up when they are straying too far.

Trump chose not to avail himself of the right to testify and doesn't get a bite at the apple without cross, this is true for everyone. There are specific rules to what you can say in closing and I am not sure what the issue is with someone being held to those rules irrespective of what transpired earlier in the case.