Trump's lawyers just met with GOP senators -- including Graham and Cruz

[MelissaB]

A meeting between Trump's lawyers and GOP senators -- including Graham and Cruz -- just ended. Trump lawyer David Schoen said the meeting was about "procedure."

Cruz said senators were talking about the legal "strategy for tomorrow" and where arguments are and where to go.

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Edited to update from CNN reporter

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Several GOP senators just met with Trump’s defense attorneys, including Cruz and Graham. Lee also spotted going in. Graham refused to talk about it after. “See you tomorrow,” he told me. Schoen told us there’s nothing inappropriate about meeting with jurors in impeachment trial

“We were discussing their legal strategy and sharing our thoughts,” Cruz said

I asked Trump lawyer David Schoen if it was appropriate to meet with senators who are jurors, and he said: “I think that’s the practice of impeachment. There’s nothing about this thing that has any semblance of due process whatsoever.”

[soothsayer]

1. Jeezus

[madaboutharry]

2. Co-conspirators.

Republicans always act in bad faith.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Yep.

[theneworiginal]

20. A Who's Who of the Vulnerable Accomplices

He's essentially reconvening the January 5th planning meeting. It's a shame so many have already been indicted.

[edhopper]

3. Its routine for the defense attorneys

to meet with the jurors, isn't it?

[leftofthestorm]

7. Didn't even think about that........

Where was McConnell in all of this??

[consider_this]

12. This whole thing is so off the rails!

[MelissaB]

4. From Manu Raju about this meeting:

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Several GOP senators just met with Trump’s defense attorneys, including Cruz and Graham. Lee also spotted going in. Graham refused to talk about it after. “See you tomorrow,” he told me. Schoen told us there’s nothing inappropriate about meeting with jurors in impeachment trial

“We were discussing their legal strategy and sharing our thoughts,” Cruz said

I asked Trump lawyer David Schoen if it was appropriate to meet with senators who are jurors, and he said: “I think that’s the practice of impeachment. There’s nothing about this thing that has any semblance of due process whatsoever.”

[leftofthestorm]

5. Hope they are freaking nervous

Traitors

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Cool, defense lawyers meeting with jurors. Yes, I know it's not a normal trial,

and jury tampering isn't a thing in impeachment trials, but that's disgusting anyhow.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. Be a shame if some Senators were indicted for seditious conspiracy before the vote.

[2naSalit]

19. +1

Another reason they have held up confirmation of the AG.

[chriscan64]

9. Very odd jury we have here.

It includes victims, witnesses, co-conspirators, and now defense counselors.

[dem4decades]

14. You forgot traitors.

[Harker]

10. Rigged trial! n/t

[underpants]

11. Of course Cruz (he's such an asshole) has to say they wanted access to his brilliant mind

STFU you miserable POS.

[russiamommy]

15. Unbiased jurors my ass. (Not)

[rsdsharp]

16. Tell me about the oath again.

The one where they swore to do IMPARTIAL justice.

[Irish_Dem]

17. They are totally above the law or ethics.

Nothing can touch them.
Infuriating.

[2naSalit]

18. A list of names would be good.

[yonder]

21. The defense rubbing elbows with the jury? What could go wrong?

[matt819]

22. In what perverse universe...

Do jurors discuss strategy with the defendant?

[blueinredohio]

23. Why would republican senators be strategizing?

They're supposed to be impartial.

[EndlessWire]

24. Just disgusting.

I love the way that Schoen covered his ass. I think this process should be clarified with some rule.

Graham, Cruz, Lee...

There isn't much to say, is there? There is no First Amendment free speech right to cause a riot, much less an Insurrection. Some people here have said that they expect a comparison to Antifa riots (which, we don't have all the info on as to culpability,) which is wholly inadequate as any kind of justification. So, what could they have discussed as a strategy?

Someone said they could stand there and go, "Lalalalala," as a defense. Yeah, they could. They could just rest their case at NOTHING.

So, we need to keep track of all these antiUnitedStates pro tRump Repub traitors. That's about all we can do. Then, on to the 2/3 vote to keep rid of tRump.

[malaise]

25. They are co-conspirators

not jurors