Former President Donald Trump said he "absolutely" will take the witness stand and testify in his defense in his four criminal court cases.
Hugh Hewitt asked Trump in a Wednesday morning interview, "If you have to go to trial, will you testify in your own defense?"
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"Oh, yes, absolutely. Oh, on that … That, I would do. That, I look forward to," Trump said, reiterating a favorite talking point of his that the criminal charges against him are "fake" and "election interference."
"So, I look forward — I look forward to testifying. At trial, I’ll testify," the former president said.
Trump faces four criminal cases, two at the state level and two stemming from special counsel investigations through the Justice Department. In Manhattan, the former president is charged with falsifying business records in connection to hush money payments made during the 2016 campaign. He also is facing two federal criminal trials, one regarding his handling of classified documents and one over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riots. The former will be held in Florida and the latter in Washington, D.C.
Most recently, he was charged at the state level out of Fulton County, Georgia. District Attorney Fani Willis charged 19 defendants, including Trump, with racketeering violations, among other felonies, over efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee began hearing arguments at 1 p.m. on Wednesday over whether Trump and his 18 co-defendants' trials should be held separately. Trump, lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, and lawyer Sidney Powell have asked the court to separate their trials from the others.
McAfee denied Chesebro's and Powell's motions to sever their cases at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Some of the co-defendants, including Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, have filed to remove their case from state to federal court, which could carry a number of benefits for defense teams. A decision in Meadows's case could arrive any day.
Trump said Wednesday that his lawyers will be asking for "many dismissals of many of these fake cases," particularly as his trial in Washington, D.C., begins one day before Super Tuesday and the Georgia case is set to be televised.
However, Hewitt pointed out that, even if Trump's team is able to get some things dismissed, prosecutors could appeal.
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"Eventually, something’s going to go to the Supreme Court," Hewitt said. "There are very few people who know how to argue before the court. Do you know who will argue your appeals for you thus far?"
"I have some great people. But I hope it doesn’t even get there," Trump said in response. "This thing is a scam. This is a scam. This is election interference."