A lawyer who is a former President Trump
Donald Trump Biden reverses Trump’s last-minute attempt to freeze 0.4 billion programs during his impeachment trial next week plans to claim that condemning Trump for inciting a riot would jeopardize all political speeches.
Speaking about Fox News ‘Hannity’ Monday night, attorney David Schoen explained a three-pronged strategy for Trump’s defense.
Shoe and attorney Bruce Castor intend to argue that it is unconstitutional to impeach a former president, that some of the rioters planned to storm the Capitol before Trump appealed to his supporters, and that condemning Trump would set a precedent that could seriously curtail political speech in the future.
“Aside from the fact that this process is completely unconstitutional … this is a very, very dangerous path to take with regard to the First Amendment, putting every passionate political speaker at risk, which is against everything we do in this country believe, “Schoen said.
Trump’s second impeachment trial in the Senate begins February 9. Ten House Republicans joined the Democrats in that room to impeach Trump for inciting a mob.
In his Jan. 6 speech, Trump reiterated his unproven claims that the election had been stolen from him through widespread fraud and urged his supporters to march to the Capitol to protest the Electoral College’s official vote count going in. used to be.
Rioters then stormed the Capitol, killing a police officer and sending lawmakers, including the former vice president Mike Pence
Michael (Mike) Richard Pence Congressional Democrats are on the wrong side of impeachment politics. Did Trump know what would happen on January 6? Kaine eyes next week to file disapproval with the goal of banning Trump from future office, in hiding.
Trump angrily tweeted to Pence while the siege was taking place. Later in the afternoon, as the scale of the chaos became apparent, Trump called for calm and praised his supporters for fighting for him.
Schoen said on Monday that Trump “has condemned violence at all times.”
Read the words of his speech. It calls for peace of mind, ”he said.
Democrats believe they are dealing with a convincing case that draws a direct line between Trump’s words at the rally and the actions of his supporters, who believed Democrats are unlawfully stealing the White House from the now-former president.
Democrats also plan to show the violent videos of the siege during the trial.
Schoen called the trial unfair on Monday, arguing that Democrats are just trying to prevent Trump from ever running for re-election.
“We also know that the agenda of Pelosi and others is simply to keep President Trump from ever running for president again, and that’s about as undemocratic as you can get, slapping in the face of the 75 million people who look to Donald. Trump voted, “Schoen said.
“I would say you shouldn’t be able to call many of the senators as witnesses either because of the terrible bias and prejudice they have displayed,” he added. Can you imagine a US citizen being considered a trial in which the judge and jury have already publicly announced that the suspect should be sentenced in a case? … It is clear to them that Donald Trump is undermining democracy. How can we possibly get a fair trial? “
Trump is expected to be acquitted as it would take 17 Senate Republicans to join all 50 Democrats to convict him. Last week, 45 Senate Republicans voted to reject the trial on the grounds that it is unconstitutional to impeach a former president.