A man who represents himself, has a fool for a client.
The Washington Post:
The House impeachment article charges Trump with “incitement of insurrection” in the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by a pro-Trump mob. Since the House voted to impeach Trump, he has struggled to put together a team to mount his defense, in part because prominent lawyers seemed unwilling to associate themselves with Trump’s continued false claims that he won the election. That claim inspired his supporters to attack the Capitol.
The former president demands his lawyers argue he was defrauded in the November election rather than defend him against charges he incited a violent attack on the Capitol in January. Five Trump impeachment lawyers have left his team in the last week.
Naturally. Their prospective client is a fool. They don’t wish to make fools of themselves:
A person familiar with the departures told CNN that Trump wanted the attorneys to argue there was mass election fraud and that the election was stolen from him rather than focus on the legality of convicting a president after he’s left office. Trump was not receptive to the discussions about how they should proceed in that regard.
Of course not. Trump is the eternal winner. He could not have lost. How dare his attorneys argue on technical grounds that he cannot be prosecuted? How dare they defend him against “incitement of insurrection” rather than promote his baseless fraud allegations? Also, Trump is delusional.
Anyway, I just ran across this little ditty from Jan. 8. So if you missed it….