Trump’s lawyers are grasping at straws. They’re parading out the traditional, yet bogus arguments defending all that happened leading up to, and in the midst of the January 6 insurrection, and afterwards– that it was all within the purview of Presidential duties.
So, indifference is within this purview, as is affective instability, as is animosity toward his V.P. and anyone who doesn’t kiss the ring, as are laziness and immaturity and pre-meditation, as is giving aid and comfort to the insurrectionists he “loved,” as is a long record of wildly incendiary invective, i.e. he could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and not lose any voters, as is…
I know, some of the above list is probably not relevant to current arguments in the appellate hearing going on in D.C., but the smarmy reputation of the man precedes him, envelopes and emanates from him like the dirt cloud around Pig-Pen.
The “impending chaos” argument being trotted out by the Trump legal team doesn’t hold water either, since anyone with a semblance of ability to process information knows that such indiscretion and awful behavior as manifested in Trump is the rare exception, not the rule, when it comes to the character of people who have occupied the office of POTUS. If the childish tit-for-tat unfolds, then facts will have to hold the line, win the day, whenever time is wasted in such pursuits.
Trump’s argument has been sniffed out from miles away, anticipated, and hopefully awaits the heave-ho from the panel of judges.
Another case coming for the Supreme Court, though, with an exhausted nation wringing its hands.
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