The Mercy Of The Court

This quote is lifted directly out of @Popehat's thread on what having Rudy as your defense lawyer would be like and you're never going to convince me otherwise https://t.co/cxrzidwNPh

— Akiva Cohen (@AkivaMCohen) January 17, 2021

The difference between this and this:

Barry Zuckercorn, Esq. https://t.co/2QmKYs7ywY

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) January 17, 2021

...is that one is not a defense  but a confession, and the other is not a defense but a fantasy.

“Hey mob — John Doe killed Tom Smith. Go kill him in revenge!”

Whether that statement is incitement or not does not depend *at all* on whether it’s true. It depends solely on whether it’s directed to producing imminent lawless action — and is likely to have its intended effect.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 17, 2021

Rudy is an idiot. QED.

And this morning, maybe even Trump knows it?

Among the things Giuliani said to @jonkarl that concerned Trump aides was that he would be open to Trump testifying. The current posture for several Trump aides is they don't want him to show up to a trial, if there is one.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 17, 2021

Everything now depends on how much Trump is in control, and how much he’s ceded control so he can whine about how he really won.