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Nevilledog

(51,029 posts) Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:46 PM Feb 2021

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Trump legal team response to House impeachment managers calling on Trump to testify.

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Trump legal team response to House impeachment managers calling on Trump to testify. (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2021 OP

I don't even get it. Is that a no? soothsayer Feb 2021 #1

They got nuthin'. nolabear Feb 2021 #2

IOW our client is total friggin CHICKENSHIT (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #3

Mr. Schoen talks like a mob lawyer....oh, wait... madaboutharry Feb 2021 #4

Much too serious to play these games, After that ridiculous letter they wrote, real serious Walleye Feb 2021 #5

He's finally done it: "Fake News"ing the Constitution chriscan64 Feb 2021 #6

Did they just admit that tRump lost the election??? alwaysinasnit Feb 2021 #7

Or trying to have it both ways Retrograde Feb 2021 #12

Makes sense. Still, the tortured logic and slippery language of these attorneys are enough to give alwaysinasnit Feb 2021 #15

Why Faux pas Feb 2021 #8

Send the Subpoena malaise Feb 2021 #9

Weissman agrees. triron Feb 2021 #16

These guys are lawyers? C_U_L8R Feb 2021 #10

There are three negatives in one sentence underpants Feb 2021 #11

America heart-broken by news most-beloved President won't testify! struggle4progress Feb 2021 #13

How professional. How respectful of the gravity of the situation. crickets Feb 2021 #14

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

1. I don't even get it. Is that a no?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:48 PM

Feb 2021

nolabear

(41,936 posts)

2. They got nuthin'.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:48 PM

Feb 2021

Bluster bluster bluster bluster bluster

Can he be subpoenaed?

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

3. IOW our client is total friggin CHICKENSHIT (nt)

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:48 PM

Feb 2021

madaboutharry

(40,190 posts)

4. Mr. Schoen talks like a mob lawyer....oh, wait...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:49 PM

Feb 2021

He talks like a lawyer in a Martin Scorsese movie.

Walleye

(30,984 posts)

5. Much too serious to play these games, After that ridiculous letter they wrote, real serious

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:51 PM

Feb 2021

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)

6. He's finally done it: "Fake News"ing the Constitution

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:55 PM

Feb 2021

The impeachment is not "purported" or "alleged" or anything like that, it is a real thing straight out of the Constitution. Since they stipulate that he is a private citizen, the normal penalty for ignoring a subpoena should apply.

alwaysinasnit

(5,060 posts)

7. Did they just admit that tRump lost the election???

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:55 PM

Feb 2021

'... the 45th President of the United States, who is now a private citizen."

Retrograde

(10,130 posts)

12. Or trying to have it both ways

Reply to alwaysinasnit (Reply #7)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 05:29 PM

Feb 2021

I believe it is proper to describe a former president like this, e.g., "Barack Obama, the 44th president of the US". So they're trying to give him the dignity of the office while at the same time claiming he's no longer president.

I'm still trying to figure out their last sentence. I thought English fluency was one of the requirements for passing the bar.

alwaysinasnit

(5,060 posts)

15. Makes sense. Still, the tortured logic and slippery language of these attorneys are enough to give

Reply to Retrograde (Reply #12)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 06:23 PM

Feb 2021

anyone reading this crap a migraine.

Faux pas

(14,645 posts)

8. Why

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:56 PM

Feb 2021

didn't they just subpoena the effer? I don't get all the pussy footing around

malaise

(268,717 posts)

9. Send the Subpoena

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:58 PM

Feb 2021

RFN!

triron

(21,984 posts)

16. Weissman agrees.

Reply to malaise (Reply #9)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 06:24 PM

Feb 2021

C_U_L8R

(44,992 posts)

10. These guys are lawyers?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 05:22 PM

Feb 2021

They sound more like drunks

underpants

(182,632 posts)

11. There are three negatives in one sentence

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #10)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 05:26 PM

Feb 2021

Someone tell me what dimension I’ve passed in to

struggle4progress

(118,236 posts)

13. America heart-broken by news most-beloved President won't testify!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 05:36 PM

Feb 2021

crickets

(25,952 posts)

14. How professional. How respectful of the gravity of the situation.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 06:03 PM

Feb 2021

That's one way to set a tone.

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