The president’s impeachment trial has revealed a common Trump theme: The lawyers he brings in to defend his behavior end up in their own legal morass.
They’ve been accused of orchestrating a criminal conspiracy. They’ve been dubbed ethically compromised. They’ve been labeled liars. They could even be called to testify in the impeachment case they were hired to combat.
In the opening days of Donald Trump’s Senate trial, it has at times felt like the president’s lawyers are his co-defendants.
“Nonsense,” said Jay Sekulow, the longest-serving personal attorney to Trump, when asked about the litany of allegations flying around Capitol Hill. Continue reading.