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I have absolutely no idea how Trump's "B" team of lawyers are going to defend him when their turn comes up.
Are they going to argue that Presidents are not responsible for what they do during their last 30 days in office, meaning from a Congressional point of view his impeachment is unconstitutional.
House managers ended their presentation today. Trump's lawyers will be present their case on Friday, their entire case. They will be brief.
Why is that? Is it because Senate Republicans are going to ignore a mountain of evidence and vote to acquit? Is it because the mountain of evidence leaves Trump's second rate team of lawyers with very little to say? Is it because both reasons are in play?
Republicans just want this to end.
Trump told members of the far right like the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, and Turning Point USA for two months that the election was stolen from him, and that he won by a landslide. Are Trump's lawyers going to argue that was an example of free speech?
Trump used the lie as a motivational tool on Jan. 6 to get his mob to sack the capitol. Was his call to arms another example of free speech?
Trump's lawyers may offer videos of Democrats using fighting metaphors at political rallies. Unfortunately for Trump their are two major differences. First, the Democratic speakers had no intention of starting a riot; obviously, Trump did on the sixth. Second, no riots followed the rallies. There is a great deal of difference between a political rally and the events on Jan. 6. Will Trump's "B" team try to equate the two?