"As Long As They Spell My Name Right" Is Not...

Battered Trump lawyer Bruce Castor claims his 'stupid' performance was on purpose: report https://t.co/hibYzPcIcI

— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 10, 2021

a defense; legal, or otherwise.

"That was by design," Castor said. "I don't like reading bad stuff about me in the newspaper any more than anyone else does, or my legal colleagues around the country saying I'm stupid, but the reason I made the change was precisely so that in lowering the temperature in the room, the public coverage would be more about what I said than about what the House Managers said."

So, discussing what a clown you were and how badly you did in comparison to the House Managers was a strategy?  And you think it was a good one?

Well, Trump wanted lawyers who would talk to reporters....

"One of the sources told The Daily Beast Trump said he was considering pulling Castor from his defense, leaving the rest of the televised arguments in the hands of the rest of the new legal team." https://t.co/tRYdCmCGeq

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) February 10, 2021

Maybe news reports are not Castor's primary problem....