Posted on 02/03/2021 1:38:09 PM PST by bimboeruption
An attorney for former President Donald Trump said he won’t bring up claims about election fraud while defending the former president during the upcoming impeachment trial.
“There are plenty of questions about how the election was conducted throughout the country, but that’s for a different forum, and I don’t believe that’s important to litigate in the Senate trial because you don’t need it,” attorney Bruce Castor told KYW Newsradio Philadelphia. “President Trump has plenty to win with what he has.”
Castor also pushed back against reports that Trump parted ways with his initial legal team about whether they would advance his claims about election fraud.
“I don’t know where people got that notion that was some sort of litmus test to get to defend the president, because as you saw from the document I filed, which had to be approved by the president personally, there isn’t anything in there about the election being stolen,” Castor said.
Castor and fellow Trump lawyer David Schoen filed a response to House Democratic impeachment managers on Feb. 2, arguing that the impeachment trial is unconstitutional because Trump doesn’t currently hold office. They also argued that Trump has a First Amendment right to express his views about the accuracy of the election results.
Democrats argued that Trump’s speech wasn’t constitutionally protected and said it incited an insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
“Just because somebody gave a speech and people got excited, it doesn’t mean it’s the speechmaker’s fault—it’s the people who got excited and did what they know is wrong,” Castor said in pushing back against Democrats, referring to Trump’s remarks to a crowd on Jan. 6.
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This is a sham trial. The odds of him being allowed to present, or argue, election fraud are zero.
I don’t think he should even give them the time of day.
As an aside, say he presents his arguments. Then what?
Senile Joe is POTUS.
What else would the endgame be here?
You don’t know if he will be able to address or not. And if it is not addressed, what is to say he is not tried again??
The Endgame is what is to happen going forward. Half the country thinks Biden legitimately won. That won’t change if it is not addressed, and how can it be addressed with the media censuring everything and everyone supporting Trump’s win? If information is presented during the trial, at least it cannot be deleted so easily.
It is not just the next election—it is the future of the United States...They are trying to eradicate any legitimacy of not only Trump, but his supporters and more important his policies.
Since the media has shut down Free speech, this may be the only venue to share with more than just the base the true story of the Steal.
Biden may be President now, but if don’t want Kamala et al. in perpetuity, this election’s results need to be addressed—explained and challenged.
“Wonder why everyone is pretending it was a legit election?”
As usual, the trough is getting filled with money and all the hogs want to get a share. If Trump starts exposing the fantasy of “legitimate” elections, someone might start asking questions about where all the money that has been and is being printed is actually going. That’s something no one in Washington wants to happen.
“You don’t know if he will be able to address or not.”
That is ridiculous. Who’s in charge?
Democrats. Any more questions?
Isn’t the first time either.
He should have been able to defend the fraud charges, but it
seems his crew didn’t serve him well.
Exactly my point.
There was no way that the Republicans or Democrats were going to let ANY talk of vote fraud in this “trial”.
Yep. Republicans surrendering without a fight is far too common.
Trump was ideologically not a guy to roll back FDR’s high handed lawlessness, but he was pro-life and he actually fought for a change.
Puty he was surrounded by backstabbing weasels who pretended to be allies.
Where is Franco? I am ready.
True, but Mitt Romney was already one of the 5 that voted the impeachment was constitutional so he can do no more harm. The GOP Senators have put it on record that the impeachment is unconstitutional. What will they do if the dems try to add more more punishment because it is defended whole-heartedly will they say, “Oh, now it is unconstitutional because the President defended himself?”. I don’t think even the feckless Senators can go that far.
Everyone seems to be taking this at face value.
I’m less sure. Misdirection is possible.
Trump had better respond if the Democrats bring the fraud issue up first and make a big deal over it.
The election was rigged by BOTH parties.
They were not going to let us re-elect Trump no matter what.
He was ending the illegal alien inundation and reversing the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA) that BOTH parties have been implementing for 30 years.
If they begin this charade in the Senate, it will be transparently clear proof our Constitution is dead.
Any "trial" of Trump in the Senate is unlawful, unconstitutional. Not that that will stop any of it.
Trump is a private citizen now. The Senate has zero authority to put a private citizen on trial.
They will read the "impeachment" from the House:
H.Res.24 - Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
117th Congress (2021-2022)
H. Res. 24In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
January 13, 2021.Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE I: INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment” and that the President “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”. Further, section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits any person who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the United States from “hold[ing] any office … under the United States”. In his conduct while President of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed—Donald John Trump engaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting violence against the Government of the United States, in that:
On January 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the House of Representatives, and the Senate met at the United States Capitol for a Joint Session of Congress to count the votes of the Electoral College. In the months preceding the Joint Session, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people or certified by State or Federal officials. Shortly before the Joint Session commenced, President Trump, addressed a crowd at the Ellipse in Washington, DC. There, he reiterated false claims that “we won this election, and we won it by a landslide”. He also willfully made statements that, in context, encouraged—and foreseeably resulted in—lawless action at the Capitol, such as: “if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore”. Thus incited by President Trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the Joint Session’s solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully breached and vandalized the Capitol, injured and killed law enforcement personnel, menaced Members of Congress, the Vice President, and Congressional personnel, and engaged in other violent, deadly, destructive, and seditious acts.
President Trump’s conduct on January 6, 2021, followed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election. Those prior efforts included a phone call on January 2, 2021, during which President Trump urged the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to “find” enough votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do so.
In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government. He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of Government. He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, Donald John Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. Donald John Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
Attest:
Since Trump is now a private citizen, this "impeachment" of "Donald John Trump, President of the United States" is now MOOT.
Not to mention, if chief justice Roberts really does NOT show up, the trial should be shut down immediately as the Constitution REQUIRES he preside over the trial.
This is precisely why chief justice Roberts will not being overseeing this crystal clear mockery of the Constitution. Even he....can not go along with this unconstitutionality.
Article I, Section 3, Clause 6:
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
“This is good advice, before he was getting bad advice.”
Agree. This is the best news I’ve heard since the question was posed.
We lost because of people who think like you. They did it your way and here we are. In fact we have done it your way over and over and here we are. Trump could have called them out on vote fraud before the election. He could could have made demands, and the people would have backed him. Even gone out in the streets to do it. And at that time the left would not be able to call him a sore loser. If Trump wanted to do all by himself then he should have made sure that he had a plan that would work. Otherwise he should have called on the power of the people combined with his presidential power to join him.
LOL. Trump DID call out vote fraud before the election. DOJ IGNORED HIM. Like they did on literally everything else of substance the entire 4 years he was POTUS. State GOP were no better. They all gave the Dems an election fraud mulligan because they hate Trump and wanted him gone. This isn’t complicated. Occam’s razor applies here.
Trump listens to the Establishment too much.
Trump had better respond if the Democrats bring the fraud issue up first and make a big deal over it.
Dems already brought it up. It’s on page 3-4 of the House impeachment charge document.
If Arizona’s legislature gets their way, Trump can wait until later to argue the truth which is the election was stolen from him.
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