Former President Donald Trump’s legal team chose a “folksy” opening instead of starting with an argument, according to legal expert Alan Dershowitz on Newsmax TV.
And, Dershowitz said, he was baffled by the tactic.
A short time after attorney Bruce Castor began Trump’s defense Tuesday afternoon, Dershowitz questioned the lawyer’s style on “American Agenda.”
“There is no argument; I have no idea what he’s doing,” Dershowitz told co-hosts Heather Childers and Bob Sellers. “I have no idea why he’s saying what he’s saying.
“He’s introducing himself: ‘I’m a nice guy; I like my senators; I know my senators; senators are great people.’ C’mon, the American people are entitled to an argument, a constitutional argument.”
In calling Castor’s approach “folksy,” Dershowitz said sometimes that works – but time will tell if this was such an occasion.
“[Castor] did say, I think very appropriately, that everybody wants to take revenge when they see a horrible [riot] that took place at the Capitol,” Dershowitz said. “But then he went off. I just don’t understand it. Maybe he’ll bring it home, but right now it does not appear to me to be effective advocacy.”
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Well, Mr. Dershowitz, you didn’t want to assist the former President because the “trial” is unconstitutional, which is understood but not really appropriate to make comments like this at this time.
Dems edited the video of the riots with out of context excerpts from Trumps speech
Read it yourself:
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-save-america-rally-transcript-january-6