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Bio1590
01/19/20 11:54:13 AM
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https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-picked-impeachment-defense-team-based-on-tv-performance-report-2020-1

US President Donald Trump picked his impeachment defense team partly based on their ability to defend him on television, according to a report from CNN.

CNN, citing a "source close to the White House who speaks to the president regularly," said that the appointment of several high profile legal experts, including Alan Dershowitz and Kenneth Starr, reflects a desire to have a team full of big personalities capable of putting in media appearances in the president's defense.

"Trump has been telling associates and allies around him that he wanted a "high profile" legal team that can perform on television, the source said," CNN's report said.

"It's simply who Trump is, the source continued, adding Trump loves having people who are on television working for him."

As Business Insider's Sonam Sheth pointed out on Saturday, Dershowitz is a frequent presence on cable TV, and has consistently defended Trump in appearances on Fox News throughout his presidency.

Starr, while not previously associated with the president, was part of the defense team for the last president to be impeached, Bill Clinton.

Trump's reported desire to have a legal team that can defend him on TV mirrors his widely reported view that senior figures in his administration should look like TV and movie stars.

Having been a reality-TV star before entering politics, Trump is known to be obsessed with how his presidency plays out on TV and to keenly monitor the media appearances of top advisers, sometimes watching them with the sound off.

He is reported to have a vision of a White House in which everyone looks as if they are straight out of "central casting."

Trump's team on Saturday issued its first formal response to the Senate summons issued to the president, denying all the charges against him.

"President Trump categorically and unequivocally denies each and every allegation in both articles of impeachment," a six-page letter issued in response to the impeachment articles said.

The letter went on to describe the charges against Trump as "an affront to the Constitution of the United States, our democratic institutions, and the American people."

"This is a brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of the 2016 election and interfere with the 2020 election now just months away," the letter said.

"The highly partisan and reckless obsession with impeaching the President began the day he was inaugurated and continues to this day."

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miki_sauvester
01/19/20 12:00:48 PM
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Well, it's been working so far. Iran is in shambles.
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Phantom_Nook
01/19/20 12:01:45 PM
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What's the point? They only go on Fox and repeat the same garbage anyway.
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Machete
01/19/20 1:56:51 PM
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donald trump needs to be locked in a small, padded, windowless cell for 24 hours a day tbh
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CircleOfManias
01/19/20 1:57:59 PM
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Someone probably told him it was intended to be a show trial and he took it literally.

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UnholyMudcrab
01/19/20 1:58:35 PM
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It's reprehensible, of course, but I can see why he'd want to do this, since it will just be a kangaroo court anyway.
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googs19
01/19/20 1:58:41 PM
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Trump could take a dump on the Senate floor as his only defence and the Republicans would still all vote to acquit him.
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brestugo
01/19/20 2:03:29 PM
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It's probably one consideration for someone in his situation, but it shouldn't be the primary one. Knowing this asshat, it was probably the major consideration though.

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Notti
01/19/20 2:13:18 PM
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Fenrimis
01/19/20 3:18:19 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
What's the point? They only go on Fox and repeat the same garbage anyway.
Alan Dershowitz was on CNN this morning.

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Jiek_Fafn
01/19/20 3:21:57 PM
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He's essentially starting his campaign with a massive PR blitz with this trial. It's a rare occasion where Trump actually knows what he's doing.

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Antifar
01/19/20 3:23:22 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
He's essentially starting his campaign with a massive PR blitz with this trial. It's a rare occasion where Trump actually knows what he's doing.

I'm not sure leading your PR blitz with Alan Dershowitz is going to be an effective strategy.
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pegusus123456
01/19/20 3:27:44 PM
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Yeah, this is a good idea for him. The Senate isn't going to bother making it legitimate, so it's mostly an issue of PR for him.

Granted, I don't know how well he executed this idea.

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Jiek_Fafn
01/19/20 3:54:01 PM
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Antifar posted...
I'm not sure leading your PR blitz with Alan Dershowitz is going to be an effective strategy.
Lol
True, but the concept is sound.

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