{"id":57644,"date":"2023-08-06T12:19:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T19:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57644"},"modified":"2023-08-06T12:19:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T19:19:20","slug":"wtf-trumps-attorney-repeatedly-insists-that-january-6th-was-a-peaceful-transfer-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57644","title":{"rendered":"WTF? Trump’s Attorney Repeatedly Insists that January 6th Was a ‘Peaceful Transfer of Power’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week Donald Trump was indicted for the third time, which puts him in first place for the number of times that an American president or former president was indicted. Second place is a 45 way tie with zero times indicted. And with a total of 78 felony counts pending against him, there are pretty good odds that he will be convicted of something, and even prison isn’t out of the question.<\/p>\n

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But Trump isn’t resting on his lack of morals. He spent much of the week defying court orders to refrain from intimidating jurors or witnesses, or obstructing the administration of justice. In multiple posts on his floundering Twitter ripoff, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>, Trump overtly threatened everyone from the judge, to special counsel Jack Smith, to potential witnesses and jurors, to his own former Vice-President, Mike Pence.<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: Trump Attacks Pence on Truth Social After Told By Judge to Refrain From Witness Intimidation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Sunday morning Trump’s lead attorney, John Lauro, pulled what is known in the media as a “full Ginsburg<\/a><\/strong><\/em>,” by appearing on every major Sunday morning political news television program. But if he thinks he was benefiting his client, he might be sorely disappointed when he reads the reviews of his performances.<\/p>\n

What Lauro has offered as a defense for Trump is extraordinarily weak and devoid of any legal basis. For instance, on CNN’s State of the Union, Lauro was interviewed by Dana Bash. He attempted to justify Trump’s crimes by falsely asserting that they were merely expressions of free speech. Never mind that the indictments are not charging Trump for what he said, but for what he did. Lauro even acknowledged that in the interview. However, he went off the rails shortly thereafter…<\/p>\n

Lauro:<\/strong> The ultimate request that president Trump made was to pause the voting for ten days to allow the states to recertify or certify or audit, and Mr. Pence rejected that as well. After that there was a peaceful transition of power. So that’s how the Constitution works.
\nBash:<\/strong> What happened on January 6th was not peaceful.
\nLauro:<\/strong> Wait a minute. The transfer of power was certainly peaceful
\nBash:<\/strong> Did you see what happened on January 6th? Did that look peaceful to you?
\nLauro:<\/strong> I’m not saying that that was in any way appropriate. But the ultimate power of the presidency was transferred to Mr. Biden.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Trump's lawyer has been watching way too much Fox News. He claims that the January 6th insurrection was a "peaceful transition of power."pic.twitter.com\/RPhnmyf0Ch<\/a><\/p>\n

— News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n