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I am a lawyer and I would be more than thrilled to represent Trump anytime anywhere. I am sure there are other lawyers around who feel the same—I know some. Politics and dirty tricks are not my area, neither is stealing elections from the people.

That said, I believe that Trump must be hiring Rats and not eloquent conservatives which is what he should do. Lin Wood and Sydney Powell have lost credibility by being to untogether on the election fraud. Guiliani is a mess. But President Donald J. Trump, please find some good CONSERVATIVE thinkers. And hire them.

If you are a lawyer, then you know when you represent a client whose defense strategy is "f*** you, judge", you have a responsibility to get him to change his mind.

The charge is inciting insurrection. The judge is the US Senate. The defense is "I didn't do it".

The Senate has the high burden of needing 66 votes to convict. They will have no problem getting 51 votes to ban Trump from holding office in the future.

There are probably 56 votes to convict right now, without hearing any evidence. The GOP has already requested a secret ballot, meaning there are probably 10-20 who would vote to convict if it could be hidden.

So, IF the goal of the defense is to prevent a conviction, they need to win one of three points:

1) Unconstitutional forum
2) No secret ballot
3) Didn't do it.

None of these defenses involves any assertion of election fraud. In fact, election fraud is irrelevant to the charge, UNLESS Trump intended an insurrection.

A defense of election fraud is basically a defense of necessity, that is, "You're damned right I ordered the code red". This defense, of course, is a guilty plea and a guarantee of conviction, and would make most lawyers resign from the case.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-attorneys-have-left-legal-team-two-weeks-before-impeachment-trial/ar-BB1dfvyg?ocid=uxbndlbing

This opened in Edge and I can’t copy and past pertinent info from that browser. This was announced on Saturday - Rudy won’t be there as he was at the rally and a possible witness..and Sekulow and Cipollone will not. Bowers and Barbier are out also.

Announcement to be made in a couple of days of names for the defense per Jason Miller, spokesman for President Trump