Former DOJ official says Trump's reaction to the January 6 panel is starting to look like the makings of an insanity defense

Business Insider ^ | October 17, 2022 | Cheryl Teh

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Neal Katyal, a former Justice Department official, thinks former President Donald Trump's written response to the House panel's intention to subpoena him looks like an insanity defense.

Katyal — a law professor and an Obama-era acting solicitor general — made an appearance on NBC on Sunday, three days after the House panel investigating the Capitol riot unanimously voted to subpoena Trump. The subpoena will compel the former president to cooperate with the committee or be held in contempt of Congress and referred to the DOJ for prosecution — much like Trump allies Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro.

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Katyal also added that he thinks Attorney General Merrick Garland will indict Trump, seeing as there is overwhelming evidence to do so and "no contrition whatsoever" on Trump's part.

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Katyal was critical of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[22] While teaching at Georgetown University Law Center for two decades,[3] Katyal was lead counsel for the Guantanamo Bay detainees in the Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), which held that Guantanamo military commissions set up by the George W. Bush administration to try detainees "violate both the UCMJ and the four Geneva Conventions."[23]

Upon leaving the Obama Administration, Katyal returned to Georgetown University Law Center, but also became a partner at the global law firm Hogan Lovells.[24] He specializes in constitutional law, national security, criminal defense and intellectual property, as well as running the appellate practice once run by John Roberts. During law school Katyal clerked one summer at Hogan Lovells, where he worked for Roberts before Roberts's nomination to the US Supreme Court. (Source: Wikipedia)

[z3n]

Do you know who is insane? Katyal.

Even if he was insane, Trump would NEVER use that as a ‘defense’, specifically if he ever wanted to run for office again.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

I am sure Trump is frightened of this empty suit, low life Democrat P-O-S....not!!! I hope Trump Testifies...but, only on open TV...period!!!

[Williams]

And they put this guy on as a legal expert, when his connects are pure political sniping?

[teeman8r]

just because trump is not paranoid, doesn’t mean that everyone is not out to get him.

[William of Barsoom]

Insane? Nope. Just a bigger Bad-Ass than you, Pansy Soy Boy...

( I do mean that in a good way.... )

[3RIVRS]

Can he please just show up swear in take the fifth and peace out? I’d pay to watch that reaction.

[Huskrrrr]

Trump breaks a dozen pencil-necks like you before breakfast, Katyal.

[chopperk]

Katyal is an expert from the DOJ; this guy scares me.

[Robert DeLong]

Neal Kumar Katyal

Katyal was born in the United States on March 12, 1970, to immigrant parents originally from India. His mother is a pediatrician and his father, who died in 2005, was an engineer. Katyal's sister Sonia is also an attorney and currently teaches law at University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

These people seem to be in a contest to see who drops the best “snark of the day” onto CNN.

[Varsity Flight]

Deeper into sin. Herodians descendents.

[TheConservativeTejano]

This Katyal guy is what is wrong with America today.

Katyal is a blithering idiot.

[euram]

The Media-Dem Party obsession with Trump is more indictive of insanity than anything Trump has ever done or said.

[Bikkuri]

"extreme centrist"...

😆😂🤣

[Antoninus]

OK, let’s just accept the word of a DOJ flak. I’m sure he’s legit.

[ConservativeInPA]

You know government has been too big for too long when you can find a former government official to say anything you want.

[GingisK]

Its true. The people on the Jan 6 committee are insane.

[robel]

Part of the DoJ misinformation campaign.

[SharpRightTurn]

“an Obama-era acting solicitor general”

No credibility. Barry hired only reliable liars.