Trump Impeachment Lawyer Says Would Be ‘Idiotic,’ ‘Insane’ To Rehash Election Fraud Claims
A lawyer for Donald Trump on Wednesday said it would be “idiotic” and “insane” to dispute the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election during his Senate impeachment trial, adding that the former U.S. president has…
A lawyer for Donald Trump on Wednesday said it would be “idiotic” and “insane” to dispute the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election during his Senate Impeachment trial, adding that the former U.S. president has not pressured him to make those arguments.
“Injecting that into a case that is already a winner would be idiotic,” said Bruce L. Castor Jr, a recent addition to Trump’s legal team, in an interview with Reuters.
“It would be insane to do that,” Castor said.
“Nobody has pressured me to make that defense,” Castor added, saying Trump was happy with a brief filed by Castor and his co-counsel David Schoen on Tuesday.
The two defense lawyers are preparing for trial before the U.S. Senate beginning Feb. 9. The chamber will consider an article of Impeachment passed by the House of Representatives charging Trump with inciting the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by his followers.
In their response to the charge on Tuesday, they argued that the Senate lacked authority to hold an Impeachment trial for a president who has left office. Castor told Reuters that would be the primary defense argument.
Forty-five Senate Republicans backed a failed effort on Jan. 26 to halt Trump’s