No.
Let's speak with clarity about what Trump wants, from a trial-strategy standpoint.
He wants his attorneys to argue that the insurrection was justified because the election was stolen from him. He wants to argue to Congress that the Biden administration should be overthrown.
Let's speak with clarity about what Trump wants, from a trial-strategy standpoint.
He wants his attorneys to argue that the insurrection was justified because the election was stolen from him. He wants to argue to Congress that the Biden administration should be overthrown.
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1356058689300533252
(MORE) I understand the readership for the article below is necessarily going to be smaller because it's only for full subscribers to PROOF, but my recent essay is one example of a trial attorney outlining not just potential defenses but what they *mean*. sethabramson.substack.com/p/donald-trump…
(PS) My worry is that when we frame what Trump wants to do as a silly lark that's unserious, we gloss over the fact that he wants his lawyers to lie to Congress, that he wants to justify sedition, and that he wants to use his trial to foment insurrection. It's dangerous and sick.
(PS2) Remember that Trump starts this trial with the assumption that he will be acquitted. Therefore, if he spends the whole trial arguing for insurrection and then gets acquitted, he can claim that his seditious views have been endorsed by a significant percentage of the Senate.
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