****LIVE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL THREAD 8****

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104. I noticed that courtroom cliche play out in real life this evening.

As the night wore on, Jay Sekulow embodied it.

"When you don't have the facts, argue the law.
When you don't have the law, argue the facts.
When you don't have either the law OR the facts, POUND THE TABLE!"

And so help me, that's what Jay Sekulow DID, tonight! You could almost see the steam rising out of his widdle ears! OH the drama! OH the indignation! OH the histrionics! OH boy!

And former Florida GOP Rep. David Jolly, an MSNBC staple, came right out and said Cipollone LIED. "He LIED." Which is accurate. Claiming the CONS were shut out of the high-security room down in the basement - when THREE committees were called in, to review classified documents, INCLUDING about 100 GOP members of those three committees. That was a flat-out LIE! Isn't there some penalty for lying during these things, especially when you're supposedly a credible legal expert?

And now, I also notice, since the proceedings have just adjourned, folks heading out are walking briskly down the down-escalator, not just standing and riding down.