Posted on 02/01/2021 3:49:06 AM PST by MtnClimber
The old idea that everyone is entitled to a defense is being replaced by the new idea that anyone associated with Trump must be destroyed.
The Senate's farcical impeachment trial of former president Trump is set to begin on February 9. Farcical or not, Trump is entitled to be represented by the attorney of his choice — a right inherent in every American called upon to face a judicial body in America. The Democrat party, however, no longer recognizes that right for Trump or anyone associated with him. Activists are working to destroy completely the two new attorneys who have stepped up to defend Trump.
Over the weekend, news broke that the attorneys Trump had lined up for his impeachment trial had quit. The problem was apparently over strategy:
CNN reported a person familiar with the departures as saying that the former president wanted the lawyers representing him to focus on his allegations of mass election fraud and that the election was stolen from him.
The legal team reportedly intended to focus on the legality of convicting a president after they have left office.
Both sides make sense. As an attorney, if I have a clear shot at a procedural dismissal, I'm taking it. Forty-five Republican senators have already announced that they believe it's unconstitutional for the Senate to hold an impeachment trial for a private citizen.
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For his part, Trump, like all defendants who know themselves to be innocent, wants to make his case in court. Getting dismissed on procedural grounds leaves a cloud over his head. He understands that this is the last chance to get facts about election fraud before the American people. The Democrats are memory-holing the facts and saying any challenge to the election is seditious. It's now or never.
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“One of the charges in the Article of Impeachment is that Trump incited a riot by saying the election was fraudulent. “
Good point. If that’s in the charges then it is certainly relevant to his defense. Give ‘em hell, Donald!
But he’d better present enough evidence of fraud to show that the claims of fraud aren’t “baseless claims”.
Well of course you are correct. This impeachment is just one of the last steps before Trump steps back into power since we all know he’s the rightful President. This is all part of his plan to wake the public up. Look how much public opinion has changed in the few days Biden has been allowed to sit in the Whitehouse.
Do you remember the last impeachment?
Any attempt to discuss Hunter Biden was ruled out of order, IIRC. This isn’t a normal trial. It is what the majority in the Senate says it it, and relevance is determined first by the one overseeing (Leahy), and then even if granted, can be over-ruled by a simple majority.
It’s not Trump’s “last chance”. The Quo Warranto legal procedure is still available to him. That would allow damages to be reclaimed, as well as expose all the evidence of election fraud.
That will allow Trump to challenge Harris' authority to preside because she is not a Natural Born Citizen (vote fraud) based on the Senate's Resolution 511 (2007) stating McCain was a Natural Born Citizen because he was "... born of American citizen parents on a US Military Base". Harris is an unnatural born native with differing foreign parents subject to a foreign jurisdiction (countries issuing their passports).
The legal team reportedly intended to focus on $$$$$$$$
lets get real were talking lawyers not what’s right.
Anyone remember how much the Russia hoax investigation coast and how long it took while everybody knew how it would end.
The left can’t run things the right way so the only answer is to gum up the works for all.
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