When Choosing Among Ex-Trump Lawyers

Ex-Trump lawyer smacked down by CNN host for suggesting obstructing elections is reasonable https://t.co/L0lvzDPHvH

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“Well, and a lot of that is a matter of perspective because, you know, certainly on one hand you could sit there and say all these steps were taken to overturn the results of the election, but on the other hand, if he truly believed that there was fraud — whether you agree with him or not, if he truly believed it and if his team truly believed it, what steps would you expect them to take?" said Parlatore. "You know, you would expect them to take the steps of saying, hey, let's slow down the process and let's try to verify these things, kick it back to the states to make sure that the election results are accurate. So it is definitely one of those things where it's not clear. It can interpreted multiple ways. It's not — it's not as simple as Watergate, where they break into a hotel room and it's a clear crime and anybody on either side of the aisle can see that. Here, it's much more open to interpretation."

But first let’s go to court 60+ times, claiming fraud and yet never showing a scintilla of evidence of fraud, and having failed at that,  then you can start acting illegally and much later get a lawyer to call everything you did “legal,” because, after all, there’s no such thing as white collar crime.

They weren’t trying to steal an election. They were just trying to get what was theirs. Bad people with guns steal. Good people with good intentions just try to get what they’re entitled to. By any means necessary. But it’s okay. I mean, it’s not like they’re criminals or something. They can’t be. There’s no such thing as white collar crime.

Among ex-Trump lawyers, I think I like Ty Cobb better:

"I've got a convoluted answer, I'm sorry to say," said Cobb. "No, but only because of his narcissism. He sees any insult as equal to any other insult. These are all things that just taunt him, and he's ready to fight back on all fronts. It should concern him for, because it will be a legacy-defining decision, far greater than the Mar-a-Lago offenses. This is one of the great constitutional insults of our time. The country owes it to itself to reassert the rule of law and demonstrate that at least the vision of America is something we're willing to protect and hopefully hopefully deter this from ever happening again."