Wow, I thought it was going to be some sort of slip-up, but no. They just straight up admit he obstructed the election. They’re not even coy about it.
He really does know the best people.
Account less than an hour old. Made to “troll”, im sure.
Very “original”.
Also got banned, nice.
This is the textbook play. If you can’t obfuscate that it happened, you brazenly embrace it as though there is nothing wrong with it.
It’s pretty obvious that he’s playing for either nullification or a political solution.
And, chances are good that he’ll get one.
It’s a good thing he only hires the best people!
/s
Setting up grounds for future appeals?
Not sure how that would work. Would he appeal on the grounds that he had terrible lawyers or something?
Yes. One of the reasons for granting an appeal is that you didn’t have adequate representation.
I doubt it would be an effective strategy at this point. The lawyers are literally just doing what Trump instructs them to do - often after telling him very clearly that it’s a stupid idea. Not sure how well “My lawyer didn’t tell me that was illegal loudly enough” is going to fly.
I have a feeling this is intentional. These statements can be used as evidence and it gets him off the case for which he probably realized he’s never getting paid and his client is a moron.
The “this obviously stupid thing must have been done on purpose” take is the stupidest thing about the Internet.
They can just request to be removed as council.
I’d assume it’s more of a ploy for trump to appeal on the basis of ineffective counsel.
He’s not using the I didn’t know it was wrong defense (that was earlier) but the my lawyers told me it was fine defense (his previous lawyers, not these two).
So, I don’t think these statements matter to his current defensive strategy.
Honest question, is that a defense that has ever actually worked for crimes this serious? I can understand something like “Your honor, I totally thought I could park there because a police officer said it was fine, but then the parking enforcement wrote me a ticket!” But not “Your honor, a very Bigly smart man said I could totally disenfranchise all of America and it is very cool and very legal!”
If he uses advice of counsel defense, he has to waive attorney client privilege. Seems like a nice trap by special counsel.
Every one of his lawyers must be bald at this point.
It was a trap by the special counsel set by… getting him to hire terrible attorneys? I would think that more a consequence of the magnitude of his crimes + his history of nonpayment, leaving only desperate lawyers willing to be the next in line trying to defend one of the most obvious criminals in recent history and humiliating themselves in the process
