Perjury traps loomed over Trump testimony — and a Forbes reporter has the receipts

Former President Donald Trump's last-minute decision to back out of testifying at his civil fraud trial in New York sparked speculation about what could have prompted him to change his mind.

Forbes reporter Dan Alexander reacted to this news by posting a lengthy thread on Twitter in which he outlined the multiple perjury traps Trump faced if he had decided to go through with his testimony, and he cited his own publication's work to show questions prosecutors could have used to trip up the former president.