The majority of Republican Senators voted Tuesday that Trump’s impeachment trial is unconstitutional, but many of them were unimpressed by the defense Trump’s lawyers put up.
Republican Senators are still trying to push the argument that Trump’s trial is unconstitutional, but after the first day, most of them had no explanation for the defense Trump’s lawyers gave.
“President Trump’s team was disorganized. They did everything they could but to talk about the question at hand. And when they talked about it, they kind of glided over it, almost as if they were embarrassed of their arguments,” GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy told reporters Tuesday.
Many of the complaints centered on Trump’s lawyer Bruce Castor, who went on a rambling, impassioned speech that went absolutely nowhere. Castor’s defense was so bad, Newsmax cut him off to ask guest Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor, his thoughts and Dershowitz did not hold back.
How bad is Bruce Castor's presentation in defense of Trump so far? Newsmax cuts into it so Alan Dershowitz can trash it.
"There is no argument. I have no idea what he's doing. I have no idea why he's saying what he's saying!" pic.twitter.com/3tVD9V3UcZ
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) February 9, 2021
“There is no argument. I have no idea what he’s doing. I have no idea why he’s saying what he’s saying!” Dershowitz said. “After all kinds of very strong presentations on the part of the House managers, you get up there and respond like this?”