Imagine, if you will, that you’re unlucky enough to be President Donald Trump’s lawyer. Sometime in the next few months, you’ll have to stand in front of the U.S. Senate—not just the chamber itself, but all one hundred senators, patiently sitting at their desks—and give a closing statement in your client’s impeachment trial. Chief Justice John Roberts is sitting behind you, presiding over the process. And C-SPAN’s cameras are pointed down at you from the gallery, broadcasting your remarks to Americans and the world.How would you defend the president? What would you tell senators to convince them not to convict …read more
Source:: The New Republic
