Impeachmen' 2: Electoral Boogaloo

[Dill]

(02-01-2021, 08:39 PM)Au165 Wrote: Much like a normal trial, the person presiding over the trial  can simply tell him and his lawyers no, they may not make that claim.

This is "like" a normal trial, but how much like one?

A denial of the fraud defense makes legal sense, since the trial is about the article of impeachment, not whether the election was stolen, and even if it was stolen, that wouldn't justify his incitement.

If Trump is in person and speaks for himself, I don't see him "following orders" of that sort.

I see, rather, a big show around that denial. If it's not allowed in the Senate, it will be unfolding on many other venues.

This just seems like a more public display of the kind of dysfunction glimpsed behind the scenes when Trump was in the WH,
from summits with Kim to battling the pandemic.