Erin Burnett on CNN just said Trump lawyers met privately with Republican senators tonight....

[marmar]

.... to discuss strategy (Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz among them).

WTF? Shouldn't they be disqualified as jurors?

[mzmolly]

1. Strategy?

Jury tampering much?

[Walleye]

2. Outrageous but not surprising. As trump said in his speech,the rules don't apply to them

[malaise]

3. Well they are co-conspirators

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215086866

Jurors my ass!

[onetexan]

47. Precisely! Those 2 need to be investigated &expelled

For conspiracy & abetting insurrection.

[lpbk2713]

4. Getting their stories straight.

They want to be sure they all tell the same lies.

[badhair77]

7. Good point.

Develop the talking points.

[bdamomma]

37. Exactly

they will be repeating lies.

I heard tRumps lawyers want to equate BLM protests in the Summer to Jan 6th. Or will they try to keep tRump out of inciting and say it was the mob??? I heard that Lindsey was saying Capitol Police should have used deadly force on the mob....duh, how could they have done that if help was being held back??


I maybe all off on this, but could the RICO Act be used on the Sedition Caucus?

https://legaldictionary.net/rico-law/

[badhair77]

5. No rules for this crew.

They’re just like trump. It’s all gamesmanship and a quest for power.

[Sophiegirl]

6. Of course they are.

Who would have thought otherwise.

[sheshe2]

8. The F*CK!?

[crickets]

30. 👆👆

[spanone]

9. Yes, they should be disqualified. IMHO

[KewlKat]

10. Lee was seen going in there as well.

[mucifer]

11. there is no law

[C_U_L8R]

12. Traitor's gonna do their thing and turn their backs on the country.

Again.

[global1]

13. I Have To Think That Those That Met With Tr**p's Lawyers Are Involved.....

in the planning and carrying out of this insurrection. They are making sure that there is an acquittal and they will do anything to help out these D List lawyers.

[doc03]

14. If I was juror in a trial and I sat and read comic books, took a nap

or left the court room to have a coffee, wouldn't the judge hold me in contempt of court and fine me or lock me up?

[Boomerproud]

15. There is no bottom of the barrel.

😣😥😡

[Zorro]

16. Their strategy?

I fully expect them to be snotty, demeaning, dismissive, and obnoxious.

[Me.]

17. THey Can't Do Anything BUt Cheat

[EllieBC]

18. Is that even legal?!?

The defense can’t privately meet with jurors, right?

[dhill926]

20. to put it in the vernacular of the peasantry...

this is fucked up...

[dlk]

21. The jurors (co-conspirators) colluding the the defense team

This is third world, banana republic behavior. Thank you fascist GOP!

[Bucky]

22. There should be standards that forbid this, but impeachment is political

They're simply no rule against coordinating defense with the senators that I know of. The comparison of impeachment trial is purely metaphorical. Impeachment & removal is its own animal

[Clearly fogged in]

43. Sounds normal enough

Stand here, look there.

[JT45242]

23. Ethics board and bar association?

Could legal ethics board and the bar do anything about this?

This is clearly unethical ...

[NoMoreRepugs]

24. It's ALL about messaging.

[lindysalsagal]

25. Sounds like klansman is worried. Good.

Because except for his ego, he's actually got nothing on the line. He got to finish his term, the rat.

[lutherj]

26. The usual courtroom rules don't apply to an impeachment trial in the Senate. The rules for

each impeachment trial are negotiated and voted on in the Senate prior to the trial. So unless this is prohibited by the rules to which Schumer and McConnell agreed, it’s permissible.

[mac2766]

33. Thank you.

Makes sense. Hate that it makes sense, but it does.

[peggysue2]

27. Anyone really surprised by this?

After bending over to Trump and his chronic whining for 4+ years, this is par for the course. The Republican Party is rotten to the core. Graham and Cruz? Two of the worst.

[Oldem]

28. It's possible that

the traitors--excuse me, Senators--counseled the incompetent lawyers to mumble a while and then sit down and shut up. There's no need to argue a case that's already won.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

29. Can the prosecution demand equal private time?

Shall we say, take them out behind the woodshed?.........

[smirkymonkey]

40. +1000

[yaesu]

31. A Republican's oath is worth fuck all. Q.E.D.

Link to tweet

[ananda]

32. Yes. Absolutely disqualified and arrested..

for collusion.

[jalan48]

34. We take the system seriously and they don't. We're in a new era of governance.

[Progressive Jones]

45. People who hate our government, as the Trump/GOP party does, are incapable of good governing. nt

[jalan48]

46. Yes, they see themselves as rulers of the people.

[FakeNoose]

35. How is this different from the first Chump impeachment?

Yes it's f***ed up, but there are no rules in OppositeWorld.

[BobTheSubgenius]

36. They already told us how they were going to vote.

When this thing was in the planning stages, their plan was already a foregone conclusion.

[MyMission]

38. All 3 are lawyers

And they have experience in government (US attorney), military (Jag) and supreme Court (clerking and arguing cases) law. While I don't think much of them as senators, they have legal experience and skills they would happily share to help their leader.

I suspect they were presenting briefs and arguments for 45's defense to his official defense team, conspiring again. I wouldn't be surprised if Hawley contributed also, I thought he was sitting aloft to take notes and prepare defense arguments for the former pResident.

If they did provide arguments for the defense team to use, it doesn't seem right to me either.
It should not he allowed, but somehow I don't think it's prohibited. They're saying that procedural rules were reviewed, not that they were assisting the defense. Looks fishy to me.

I've heard that the defense will use less time than they were granted, to make their case.
I won't be watching live, but will read about it and watch it after the fact.

I agree. WTF?!? This is not right, but also not surprising. They should not be jurors, but ...

[madamesilverspurs]

39. But of course!

They're all getting fitted to share the wannabe emperor's new clothes, doncha know. And all will be revealed in a day or two. Ew.


.

[Ferrets are Cool]

41. Lawless is as lawless does

[DeminPennswoods]

42. In truth, these senators are probably just

trying to make sure Trump's lawyers don't embarass themselves or the Trump senate lackeys.

[Clearly fogged in]

44. Right. They don't need help with THAT part

We know they will be an embarrassment, but it won't be because of this. They were told.