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- On Tuesday, Trump "explained" cancelling Monday's planned testimony at his NY fraud trial.
- He said he "wanted" to testify, but that a gag order took away "my right to defend myself."
- The gag only bars statements about the judge's legal staff and hadn't stopped his prior testimony.
A day after Donald Trump was set to testify, for a second time, at his New York civil fraud trial, he has now "explained" his last-minute decision to cancel.
He'd "wanted" to testify, he posted on Truth Social, hours before the defense rested it case Tuesday afternoon. But the judge's gag order "totally" took away "my constitutional right to defend myself," he said.