A ‘minor player’ and a ‘shiny object’: Trump’s legal team tries to explain away Rudy Giuliani

For months, there have been whispers and prognostications about whether President Trump’s impeachment legal team would throw his most visible personal attorney under the bus. It got to the point where Rudolph W. Giuliani quipped that if it did, he had very good (health) insurance.

Trump’s legal team may not have thrown Giuliani under the bus Monday, but it sure seemed to try to push him to the side — somewhat implausibly.

Trump lawyer Jane Raskin appeared on the Senate floor to offer a lengthy defense of Giuliani’s work, all while emphasizing that he was a “minor player” and a “shiny object” that Democrats were using to distract people. Continue reading.