– Just babbled on the road – VG

– The president’s lawyer, the first lawyer, simply babbled and did not address the constitutional arguments. The other attorney finally got to the point and I think he did an effective job.

Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn told CNN after the first day of the trial Tuesday.

The first day of the Supreme Court case: This is what the parties said

Trump’s two attorneys, Bruce Castor and David Schoen, whom he acquired at the last minute after the previous defense team resigned, were to present compelling arguments in the Senate for his case: Why do they think it is unconstitutional to nominate a President resigned to the Supreme. Cut.

According to several senators, they erased it. Especially the first man in the fire, Bruce Castor, is criticized for being clumsy and unclear.

– It is no coincidence that the first freedom in the “Bill of Rights” is the first constitutional amendment, which states that Congress will not enact any laws that restrict freedom of expression. The first addition. The ability to have free and forceful political statements, he said, among other things, from the rostrum.

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Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins said after the post that she was confused, with her colleague Lisa Murkowski of Alaska supporting her.

– I was very surprised by the first lawyer who introduced himself to former President Trump. I couldn’t understand where I wanted.

Nor was Texas Senator Ted Cruz, one of Trump’s most stubborn supporters in the Senate, impressed.

– I don’t think the lawyers did the job more effectively, he says.

High-profile attorney Alan Dershowitz, who represented Trump the last time he was tried, comments on what he saw as follows:

– There is no discussion. I have no idea what you are doing. I have no idea why he says what he says, he tells the AP news agency.

The performance of the lawyers, who have had little time to prepare, is also said to have drawn the ire of client Donald Trump, who has struggled to get heavyweights to defend himself in his second Supreme Court case.

According to anonymous sources CNN has spoken with, he nearly screamed in anger during Castor’s post, because he thought the lawyer didn’t present the case well enough. It is also said that he was dissatisfied with his second defender David Schoen, although to a lesser extent, writes the New York Times.

According to the newspaper, the former president watched the trial on television from his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida. A source told the newspaper that Trump was “number eight on an anger scale of one to ten.”

According to the Washington Post, Trump was particularly angry that Castor at one point praised the Supreme Court team of Democrats and their presentation on Tuesday.

– I think we had a good day

Attorney Castor responded while facing criticism as he left the Congress building after the first day of the Supreme Court case:

– I think we had a good day, thank you.

He denies that he will change the planned strategy for the rest of the Supreme Court case, which continues on Wednesday.

“He hadn’t planned to speak today so I’m sure they will be well prepared in the future and will do a good job on the matter,” his colleague David Schoen told Fox News.

The two attorneys were forced to improvise in the Senate on Tuesday after Democrat Jamie Raskin surprised them with a personal and emotional closing speech.

– I have to be honest with you. We’ve changed what to do because we think the impeachment side of the House had a very good presentation, Castor said when explaining why he spoke to his colleague Schoen, who should have had a stronger position ready.

Did you bring it with you? He wiped away his tears as he spoke of the attack on Congress

In any case, there are many indications that Trump’s lawyers may win the case depending on how they perform in the coming days:

For Donald Trump to be convicted in the Supreme Court case, a two-thirds majority is needed. That means 17 Republican senators must vote with the Democrats. So far, only a few have indicated that they can.

– It was disorganized and random.

The debate over whether it is unconstitutional to nominate a resigned president to the Supreme Court ended with a vote. It was as expected: 56 senators, six of them Republicans, voted in favor of Trump being tried, while 44 voted against.

Since the last time the senators voted on this, on January 27, a Republican had switched sides, Bill Cassidy. When asked why, he replies that he was simply not convinced by the arguments of Trump’s lawyers.

– It was disorganized and random. Trump’s lawyers talked about many things, but they did not discuss the case. The case concerned whether it was unconstitutional to nominate a resigned president to the Supreme Court. The prosecution team in the House of Representatives made compelling arguments, the president’s team did not, he told the Washington Post.