The Constitution provides for presidents to be impeached and tried for high crimes and misdemeanors while in office. Trump was impeached by the House for crimes and misdemeanors related to January 6. He was not convicted in a Senate trial. Jack Smith and the DOJ indicting and trying him again in a federal court is holding him in double jeopardy which is not permitted under the Constitution. Why aren’t Trump’s lawyers standing outside the Supreme Court today?
It is impossible for Trump to get elite legal representation.
(1) Every lawyer in the USA knows they risk career destruction if they defend Trump. And - x10 risk - if they SUCCESSFULLY defend Trump.
(2) Every lawyer in the USA knows they will face criminal risk - like RICO indictments - if they defend Trump.
(3) Every lawyer in the USA knows they will face false personal accusations from former intimate partners and colleagues if they defend Trump.