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Former Watergate Prosecutor Advises Democrats to Keep Impeachment Trial Short: ‘First Witness I Would Call is Donald J. Trump’

By Sarah Rumpf Jan 31st, 2021, 6:06 pm

Former Special Assistant Watergate Prosecutor Nick Akerman told CNN’s Ana Cabrera that his advice for Senate Democrats is to keep former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial short and succinct, and to call Trump as the first witness.

Cabrera started the discussion by mentioning that all five of Trump’s announced defense counsel had parted ways with him, less than two weeks before the trial is scheduled to begin, “because according to a source he wanted them to argue that the election was in fact stolen,” and asking for Akerman’s reaction.

Akerman replied that the lawyers seemed to have made the right decision. “I mean, any ethical lawyer, any lawyer who follows the ethics is not going to argue something that is a totally false statement, that is that Trump won the election.” Akerman was skeptical that any new counsel the former president brought on would make any difference “because at the end of the day the person who calls the shots is Donald Trump.”

“Nick, we understand Democrats are considering a short trial, maybe lasting just a few days. What do you think of that strategy?” asked Cabrera.

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