January 31, 2021 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
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Up pops the name Roger Stone. David Schoen claimed he was approached to handle Stone’s appeal; then of course Stone was pardoned.
1CNN reports the new team: David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr.
Optimistically, they learned from the prior team, and did get an engagement letter and some cash upfront.
2All that swamp draining finally paid off. They got down low enough where the last of the willing accomplices lurk.
3Like many defense attorneys, they’re doing it for the publicity. Besides, it’s pretty much a forgone conclusion he’ll be acquitted. Even though 55 senators voted to go for impeachment and 45 didn’t, they’ll be 10-12 short. Maybe if you know who testifies, that could change.
4I expect that some MAGA Republicans will scream, but most Republicans will sorrowfully claim that as Trump is no longer President, he can’t be impeached.
Hopefully, Trump will be able to put on his “Yes, I definitely did this because Rudy said I won” defense. It’ll make indicting Trump in federal court that much easier. The Constitution makes it clear that one can be subject to criminal prosecution after being impeached.
5What RepubAnon@5 said. An ethical lawyer, or one with any sense, would refuse to testify to a lie, and Trump won’t stand for that.
6The law is certainly clear that one can self-incriminate to one’s heart’s desire, and Trump appears to be lined up to do that. A good lawyer will try ot prevent a client from doing that, but… this is Trump, and he’s certified geenyus.
Whether we can find a jury without 13 MAGAts to actually convict him in this crazy country is another question, but it seems not too improbable that a judge confronted with this evidence on a charge of sedition might might order the jury to bring in a directed verdict.
My thoughts on the “Trump is no longer President, he can’t be impeached” defense.
Really? He can’t be punished for what he did?
If I murder both my parents, then I have run out of parents to murder. I will never murder any of my parents again. I am out of the office of parent murderer. So you can’t charge me with the crime, you can’t hold a trial, you can’t convict me, you can’t impose a sentence.
Obviously that is nonsense. If I have murdered both my parents then I am guilty as hell. I should be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced.
If Trump incited a riot which led to multiple deaths, an attempted overthrow of of the lawful election, and a brief takeover of the houses of congress, then he is guilty as hell. He should be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced.
One punishment the US Senate can impose is removal from office. Okay, that’s moot. But Constitution says that the Senate, if it finds Trump guilty, may both remove him from office AND disqualify him from holding any future federal office.
And that’s what he deserves.
7Don’t let Rs use that lie: “he can’t be impeached because he’s out of office”. He was impeached while in office, and only was not tried while in office because Moscow Mitch chose to keep the Senate out of session. He’s being tried, and should be convicted, while out of office. No statute of limitations on insurrection that I know of.
8@Rick Says #3: What Rick said. Not, unfortunately, that I think it will make a lot of difference. The Republican Senate–al least enough of it to matter–is firmly attached to Trump. There aren’t enough honorable Republicans left to convict him.
9Tweet from CNN’s Kaitlan Collins:
“After 5 members of his impeachment team abruptly left days before legal briefs are due, former President Trump announces his new attorneys are David Schoen and Bruce Castor, Jr. I was told last attorneys had not been paid advance fees and a letter of intent was never signed.”
10Apparently, Trump’s defense is to start screaming Trump Uber Alles and tell his “troops” to start a revolution.
11Could the families of any of the folks killed in the riot sue Trump for damages?
12Any chance Trump might be sued by personal injury attorneys on behalf of the families of those killed in the riots?
13It seems to me that the result in the Senate trial would weigh heavily in the balancing that is prosecutorial discretion to bring an Indictment. A conviction would weigh towards not bringing an Indictment – he’s been held accountable, punished politically, can never hold office again, country needs to heal, prosecution looks vindictive, etc. An acquittal weighs in favor of bringing charges, for the same reasons – accountability being the primary factor. The publicly available evidence is growing, especially the funding, the last minute placement of defense officials who then undermined the D.C. National Guard and the response from other military units, the statements from associates like Bannon on Jan. 5 (All hell is going to break loose tomorrow) etc. It’s certainly enough for Indictment. I just hope that the FBI and DOJ haven’t been eviscerated to the point of being unable to handle the investigation and prosecution.
14Katherine, it’s possible to bring the lawsuits. The harm becomes ever more foreseeable as the riots continued and Trump took no action to stop the mob. However, that’s not saying that the families could prevail. If they had a criminal conviction as a basis for the lawsuit, it would be easier to convince a jury of liability.
15Anyone want to bet even pocket lint that tRump woun’t be able to keep his defense lawyers and ends up representing himself? That old phrase “anyone who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client”. But this could just happen. If so, there will be even more raw egg splattered over the invertebrate R’s in the Senate and House.
And all because he is Mr. Cheapskate – wont sign a contract with the defense lawyers or even give them a teeny check.
16It was cute when my son was three and called his sister a broccoli face – we all got a laugh and he escaped a time out. But what defense could a reputable attorney come up with for a coup attempt? Plus, attorneys, much like all of us, want to be paid!
17For the past 6 weeks I have been reading up on Joe McCarthy. Although he was eventually censured by the Senate, t was a close-run thing.
The only way it happened was that the committee of six resisted McCarthy’s demand that he be allowed to cross-examine witnesses. The plotters (and it was a plot) were acutely nervous because McCarthy had blown up 5 earlier investigations.
Although there are profound differences between McCarthy and Trump (McCarthy was smart and energetic), both succeeded thanks to the same talent: diversion ad disruption.
Although I would enjoy seeing trump try to defend himself or testify, I would recommend the Senate avoid that.
18I wish he would testify because he’d be blowing up his defense “team”, but pretty sure he’ll be talked out of it because:
19At the end of the day, none of the evidence against him, no matter how compelling, or any arguments against the “impeachment after being out of office” defense will amount to a hill of crap. The repugnican party is still the party of the orange maniac, so the 2/3 majority to convict is virtually impossible.
Sorry, but it’s wishful thinking to believe otherwise.
Cruz and Hawley, Ivy League law school graduates who clerked for Supreme Court justices, would be the perfect defense team. Of course, they’d have to resign from the Senate first.
Two birds, one stone, how does that go?
20Schoen
21Off topic but still the face of the repugnican party of Trumpf.
Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Black Lives Matter a terrorist organization on the first day of Black History Month. When will they finally have enough and kick her the hell out of congress and officially declare her a terrorist. Probably not going to happen, either. See the story below.
https://www.rawstory.com/blm/
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