Posted on 01/31/2021 3:41:09 PM PST by McGruff
David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr. will head the legal team for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, his office announced Sunday, a day after CNN first reported that five known members of his impeachment defense team had left.
One point of friction with his previous team was Trump wanted the attorneys to focus on his election fraud claims rather than the constitutionality of convicting a former president.
Trump has struggled to find lawyers willing to take his case as he refuses to budge from his claims of election fraud which has been a serious sticking point.
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WHY ANYONE? Just declare the trial illegal, illegimiate and a mockery of the Constitution, and ignore it.
It seems to me that his ‘defense’ should simply be exhibiting the speech he made before the so-called ‘insurrection’; and challenging the rats to declare exactly what in it constituted ‘insurrection’.
Wouldn’t hurt to contrast it with Maxine Waters’ and Cory Booker’s incitements:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/politics/maxine-waters-trump-officials/index.html
http://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-cory-booker-urges-activists-get-face-members-ryan-saavedra
One point of friction with his previous team was Trump wanted the attorneys to ... do what the flying F he tells them to.
The only one to bear the consequences if he is wrong is Trump.
Yep...And we can bet Trump’s team will raise he[[ and put a rock under it. All the more attention on voter fraud....
Trump listens to all experts in their respective areas...Then as a good CEO would do, weighs the advice against all issues and decides what’s best.....
His attorneys have a very narrow focus, there are larger considerations than the impeachment trial, he’s already won that even if he didn’t present a defense.....
He’s looking at elections 2022, 2024, his legacy, and all the people that supported him...
Plus, the guy never never never backs down from a fight......
What led to Trump being a former president was election fraud.
It should be part of the defense, not the whole defense.
It’s a sham to begin.
I hope the Repubs take the house in 2022 and then start impeaching Biden/Harris; the Repubs should act just like Pelosi. Even use her words and repeat them word-for-word.
I’m not a lawyer, but it seems like the defense of unconstitutionality would be a claim that bringing an impeachment charge of any kind (including “incitement of insurrection”) against a former president is not permitted under the Constitution.
But if there is no challenge to the constitutionality of the articles of impeachment, that still doesn’t make evidence of election fraud relevant in this case. On January 8 President Trump said “To demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol: you have defiled the seat of American democracy. To those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction: you do not represent our country. And to those who broke the law: you will pay.” So his defense is that he is innocent of inciting insurrection. He did not want it, although he was in favor of pursuing all legal means to expose the truth. Whether the truth was successfully exposed or not is not relevant to whether or not President Trump incited insurrection. He simply did not.
Perhaps for the reasons discussed here. Trump wants to direct the case based on fraud vs the constitutionality and not all lawyers agree with that method.
“The goal is prevent them from stripping Trump of the ability to run again. Second choice will do that.”
What if he doesn’t want to run again?
I think you are correct.
“Focusing on the stolen election, though true, will just PO Senators. “
The article of impeachment is that he incited a riot, isn’t it? So I’d have to agree with you since the election is not the issue.
Which is precisely why the Senate has no intention of letting Trump into the chamber. They will label him a "sponsor of domestic terror" or something and say his attorneys can speak on his behalf, but Trump himself will not be allowed to testify in his own defense.
Who the hell cares if some slimy senators get pissed off? Go Donald! Do your thing!
Entire lot is a bunch of pansies.
WHY DOES HE KEEP LISTENING TO LINDSEY GRAHAM?!?!?!? This is 75% TRUMP'S FAULT. He is such a fool sometimes. I'm so angry at, and disappointed in him
“I feel so dumb reading your post,”
(Blushing)
It’s a very big club around here. Lots of people feel dumb reading my posts.
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