Trump's "lawyers" produced an "argument" that simultaneously fell flat on its face and likely did enough to provide talking points for the Cowardly Lions of the Senate to vote to acquit and move on. It was a mélange of false equivalencies, out of context quotes and outright falsehoods. Jake Tapper called it a "Sean Hannity mixed tape." It was yet another example of arguments being tailored to feed the yawning void at the center of Trump's fragile ego.
The problem Trump faces is this: the Cowardly Lions of the Senate will acquit him. At which point, he faces the legal challenges in the Southern District of New York and potentially Georgia. He is vulnerable to tax fraud charges, the subpoenaing of his tax returns, investigations into his properties, his campaign finance violations and election tampering in multiple states.
As we saw in his endless attempts to overturn the election results, Trump's bluster and bullshit collapse in the face of a judge. Every time Trump's "lawyers" went before a judge and were asked if they were alleging voter fraud, they had to say, no. If they didn't, they put their law licenses in jeopardy. The endless nonsense spewing from Rudy Giuliani's quivering cakehole is protected at Four Season's Landscaping but not in front of a judge.
Trump's "lawyers" made a political argument yesterday, which is actually understandable: unfortunately impeachment is a political act. Those arguments won't work before a judge. Trump will likely escape conviction in the Senate, but the only thing that can save him in court is the inability to find an impartial jury or an endless stream of mistrials. He's guilty of myriad financial crimes; we know this. As Josh Marshall has put it: "The Law is coming."
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