Trump's Impeachment Lawyers Are Very Bad: A Closer Look
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- Seth takes a closer look at Senate Republicans sticking with former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial despite the House impeachment managers’ powerful evidence and the fact that Trump’s lawyers are very bad.
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A lot of these GOP senators are not impartial, they've already made up their minds.
IF a normal juror doodled or pretended to read during the prosecutors opening statement, the judge would kick their ass out.
A lot of them are enablers as well but don't worry. Their time will come and the inaction they show here will be evidence in their OWN impeachment trials.
@@selalewow 🤞
this right here, this is what should happen. They should be removed as Juror's and placed with impartial senators.
I think they'll discover that voting for an acquittal will be more damaging in the long run. How many red hats actually will support someone like Rubio who used to hate Trump and not bows to him?
Consider the fact that both of the GOP senators in Georgia loudly supported Trump and they both lost. Many political analysts have figured out that when Trump's not on the ballot the GOP doesn't do well. To be fair, they did make gains in the house in 2020, but didn't take the majority.
It’s like if you are on trial for murder, and the jury is filled with family and friends.
Any Senator who votes to acquit Trump should be charged with dereliction of duty
That, and prosecuted according to the Rico act!
Instead they'll get votes just for that. smh
Or voted out at the next election?
Traitors all......GOP a criminal organization
Amen
"I saw a headline: Representative so-and-so seeks to walk back comments about ... I forget what it was. Something that bothered her."
~ Bruce Castor
~ Trump's attorney
I. DIED.
The Rand Paul "Doodle" joke actually made me laugh out loud... Well done :)
His attorney’s lack of skill for the role he was called to play is a perfect match for Trump and the skill he displayed as president.
As Kate McKinnon would say when she was parroting SBG! That's a good burn!
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Not sure he lacks skill, I think he lacks a client he can actually defend. Maybe, if he holds speeches like Trump did, he will still get paid - by Trump - thinking he's doing a good job.
Who cares about that? The biggest worry for me is that the Senators are the jury in a trial. What other trial can any of us speak of where the jurors are allowed to openly speak about the case legally? What other trial could the jurors go on national television and give their opinions about an ongoing trial?
A lot of changed need to be made in the legal code and some new amendments need to be made.
That's what you get when your foolish client doesn't agree to your defense strategy. From the sound of it, he was entirely uncooperative with his somewhat better options a couple weeks ago, and so now he's down to these clowns who are likely working for free and about to lose any credibility they may have ever had. They are at trial with next to no prep time, and he's the sort to fire them in another day or two just for fun. What a bargain for these guys to make- another great Trumpian deal. 🙄
The sad thing is, even with a bad attorney, he'll still be acquitted.
I haven't watched this proceedings but I did watch the House inquiry. Hands down the witnesses and attorney Daniel Goldman stated clearly that Trump was in the wrong to use coercion in holding up funds to Ukraine in an attempt to discredit Biden. He got off because of the dying loyalty of Republicans who would rather think about their meal ticket than justice. This is the sequel.
Yeah. Our whole accountability process is a joke.
Maybe not. The rules state 2/3 of those "present" must vote to convict.
We are in a pandemic.
@@Edu_Kate That makes it worse since Trumptards, including those in Congress, are far more likely to ignore precautions than their Democrat counterparts.
Not going to happen. He is going to prison. How the mighty have fallen. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
The most hilarious thing about the whole crappy-lawyer joke is THEY'RE GONNA WIN ANYWAY!
Agree. The defense team could have been a flock of ducks WITH briefcases, the senate vote was predictable.
They did win, he was acquitted.
@@brianwalker3171 Win? The cult are dishonest, that's all. LOSER!
@@mrmark8603 when extremists win the Country loses.
Yes they won. Dems doctored evidence and flat out committed a crime doing it. U should be all ashamed and go after them for it but won't because none of u care about corruption or anything u guys yell about as long as dems do it. U people make me sick.
You don’t have to be a competent defense attorney if the jury refuses to convict the criminal.
@@margesimpson9649 don’t worry his time is coming soon. Go SDNY!
Maybe the defense lawyers will, as their final statement say: "If you've been listening and watching everything that has been presented then you have no excuse not to convict; you must find the defendant guilty."
In what world do true republicans want someone like trump as the face of the Republican Party???
@@ripadipaflipa4672 clearly they do. Like what part of the last 4 years have led you to belive otherwise
@@ripadipaflipa4672 in the world where 60% of their party would split off and join a trump party.
@@gavincarstens6497 Nah. Deep down, they don’t. They’re sucking up to him to get political points from the crazy Republican voters.
@@ripadipaflipa4672 Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and yes Richard Nixon were examples of true Republicans. 90% of the people in Congress today are not true Republicans. They have sold their soul to the devil. And you know who I’m talking about.
Yeah, but why does he need lawyers? The damn Republicans are just going to let trump go. That alone is criminal!!!
Trump wanted them to argue "election fraud" but they walked into something they wasn't prepared for.
They want to see 200 deaths before they convicte conman. Corrupted as much as Myanmar military
@@TNG88 There's already been close to 500,000 deaths because of him though. Far more than 200.
Exactly! That's why he can afford to have this dufusses representing him. The outcome is already fixed.. What a shame..
He needs lawyers because he would perjure himself if he tries to defend himself.
just watched this again,and when he says "politicians love thier states" i click a thumbnail of the texan senators leaving thier people to freeze and taking a holiday to sunny destinations.
Oh please he made thpse vacation plans way before the storm hit
He doesn't control the weather the Jews do.
Oohhhhhhhhhh!!!!
Elizabeth LA's governor letting half his State go homeless and straving
His lawyers were so bad that he was just acquitted. If that's what bad lawyers do then I want a bad lawyer if I ever end up on trial.
Be careful what you wish for
@@chrismartin3197 you’d also need jurors who’ve already made up their mind before the trial starts that you are not guilty
The trick is to get an inefficient prosecutor who doctors evidence
It was expected that the GOP would close ranks and there would not be enough votes to convict and remove. And that is what happened. The obvious incompetence of 45's defense team only underscores how useless the impeachment process is. No matter the charges, evidence, or defense, the process is intrinsically flawed because requires a significant number of the impeached's own party to risk their own poltical ambitions and vote with the opposing side.
Good luck finding a jury that is as cowardice as most Republicans
"I'm gonna be real honest here: given the substantial evidence against my client, I thought I'd just show up and wing it."
What is really alarming is the lawyers are literally saying our client is guilty we have no clue how to get him out of it and the Republicans will STILL vote to acquit.
Lawyer.....my client is your cult leader.....enough said.....not guilty....
@@boussamiabir :( it's sad that works.
"Wow, I REALLY lost this case." - Barry Zuckercorn
@@triarb5790 Could you provide detailed proof of exactly what Trump said to incite violence? I can very easily provide quotes from many Democrat members over the past 4 years whose language was far worse who are still serving in office. It's a BS double standard.
It is so angering when they won't even pay attention to the evidence.
Yeah. No-one else could get away with doing that. Even school children are made to pay attention!
they should've forced their eyelids and tied them into their chairs
in the service we would call that dereliction of duty not to take important info seriously when presented .
@@mrwascallyt9865 It totally is that isn't it. Disgraceful.
Maybe Americans should find out who is voting for these assholes, and why, and see if there's anything they can do about it. Might be a step towards normal civilized society, they are divided and vulnerable, as shown by the disappointing pandemic response. Nearly half a million Americans dead, and they act like school's a big joke. 28 million infected so far, not a good time for joking.
I feel like Mulaney is still submitting jokes bc that Franklin musical joke was too hilarious
Five days.. And this aged like a gas station sandwich... 😆
🤣🤣🤣
And the trial was like gas station sushi. It’s a detox when you think about it
I hope everyone is watching while they continue to demonstrate their utter disregard for justice and democracy
Doesnt matter, he will still get his votes. The people voting for him are ignorant racist savages that do not care about anything except the fact that their team has got to win. The truth is they dont even care about Trump, they are just treating politics like a sports team; if the team loses you still support them, if the players get accused of crimes you still support them, and no matter how good the other team looks you support your chosen team color.
Rep. Jamie Raskin's story was heartbreaking. But that's the problem; Trump doesn't have a heart to break.
nor a brain
neither do the bulk of the senators from the GOP
His heart might not be broken, but his brain certainly is
Neither do most repubelicunts.
He sold his soul to the Devil years ago. Satan will come to collect his end of the deal.
_NEXT STOP 42nd ST._
_I'm DEAD!_ _😂🤣😂🤣_
Dear Seth,
All I want is more impressions of Mitch McConnell referencing “Popozao.” Thank you.
Trump’s lawyers didn’t need to prepare. They could stand up and say “our client is guilty, we rest our case” and the republicans would still acquit.
If they couldn't even get prosecution and defense correctly (never mind spelling United correctly), they probably will claim guilty before quickly changing it.
Good thing They No Linger have the Majority.😂😂😂
That is unfortunately true.
Lol! He wants them to put their job on the line and lie for this nut job.
@@thecelticcrone7927 yeah, but there's still not enough votes to impeach yet
Rand Paul doesn't want to do his job. Maybe he shouldn't be paid using the American taxpayer's money.
Go doodle on your own time and have the respect for the lives lost to watch what you helped create. Smh
Today they reported Josh Hawley had his feet up in the gallery.
I wish they'd pan the camera around the room once in a while.
Call his neighbor he will get Ronnie in check.
Even how awful the lawyers were, he got acquitted 😆
shows you how broken the system is.
It's honestly sad. We knew what the outcome would be because the current Republican senators are spineless cowards
@@awsomeman253 It is. We did. And yes, they are. But even if the defense had made legitimate and compelling arguments, the impeachment process is still flawed and does not work because it was not designed to work with a polarized, two-party system. The Founders were not fans of political parties and purposely didn't design a system that accommodates them. With two distinct parties, there is no possibility of "unbiased jurors," and conviction requires a significant share of the accused's own party to stand with the opposing party. Even when it's warranted and senators rightfully do so, it comes at great risk. We're already seeing the GOP's efforts of retaliation against its own members. 😔 #broken
@@laurah3392 what do you mean?
@@laurah3392 Okay I was confused because you said "defense" and 45's lawyers were the defense (defending him).
I'm not sure how closely you've been following this but Pelosi is absolutely correct about McConnell's underhandedness here. When the House impeached 45, the Senate was no longer in session and was not scheduled to return until the day before Inauguration. McConnell refused to call an emergency session to hold the trial and he was the one who suggested that mid-February would be appropriate. For him to then call out the House in his speech saying "the House didn't send over the papers," after he said not to bother because no one would be there - that's nothing but classic Mitch.
Polls show that the majority of Republican voters still support Trump. Only 20% blame him for the Jan 6th Insurrection and 70% say they would not vote to re-elect a senator that votes to convict him. We never expected to have enough votes to convict and this proves we were correct.
The Trump faction of the GOP is not some extremists offshoot - it's the majority. However, the GOP cannot win with just Trump voters alone. They need to hold onto the moderate "real Republicans" in order to win. This is why the GOP voted to stand by both Greene and Cheney during the same week - despite the fact they represent two opposing ideologies.
McConnell made the same choice in his decision to acquit in the trial but powerfully condemn Trump in his speech afterward. Republicans can feel like Trump's been held to account and the Trumplicans, although annoyed by McConnell's words, can continue to tolerate McConnell since he did not vote to convict. McConnell leaning into the ridiculous constitutionality defense was nothing but a cop-out.
In both the House and the Senate, this was the most bipartisan Impeachment in history. The evidence connecting Trump to the Insurrection is incontrovertible. As far as the House Managers - their presentations were impeccable. Even if you watched the attack unfold on live tv, this was the first time the entire assault was made evident in chronological order.
There will be an independent investigation, which will likely take a year if not two (9/11 Commission released their report in 2004) and it may very well reveal inside actors - and if it does, they will be adjudicated by the DOJ in a criminal trial.
An impeachment trial in the Senate is not a criminal trial.
It is not a legal proceeding.
It is a political proceeding.
And politics, especially these days, is mostly theater. The presentation by the HMs was just as much for the American people as it was for the senators pretending to be "impartial jurors." We expected to get 4 GOP votes for conviction - getting 7 *is* a win. There is no requirement or expectation of burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It is why the Defense's free speech and due process arguments were invalid. Criminal convictions result in incarceration. Impeachment convictions are simply a loss of employment. Lesser punishment = lesser standard of proof.
Leader McConnell made it perfectly clear that Trump is wholly responsible for the Jan 6th attack on the US Captiol. Every Democrat in the House and Senate agrees. Several Republicans in the House and Senate agree. Some Republican governors agree. National security experts agree. The majority of the American people agree.
You have every right to be angry about the assault on our democracy and the abhorrent absence of accountability - but channel that anger where it's deserved: the former president, his dumpster fire of a party that enabled and defended him for years, the alt-reality fake news ecosystem that has defended and repeated every one of his lies for four years, and finally at the Founders, who designed a system incompatible with poltical parties - especially when there are only two.
Jefferson said we should draft a new Constitution every 19 years because what might have worked then might not work in the future. He was right.
Hé doesn’t need a good lawyer when he knows that his buddies will not find him guilty... This is all for show ! Nothing interesting to see here !
No evidence against him either!! The only "EVIDENCE" they had, was just berely good enough for a grade school popularity contest, NOT AN ADULT TRIAL!!
@@POStOLFRONT I'm guessing either you did not watch much of the case or you are a Russian bot.
Yet Democrats forged ahead because the opportunity to grandstand was to strong to resist. Result: They look stupid
Trump's lawyers don't need to be good when the jury is reading comic books.
LIndsey Graham dismisses this as theater, but he doesn't mention that the reason for that is that he and others like him made up their minds not to listen.
Rand Paul can read? Miracles will never cease.
@@Richard-sy1ej Sorry to disappoint but he would only be looking at the pictures.
It does not matter if these layers can talk English or can talk at all. Even these layers finally have been found to take the case do not think their client is innocent, they think he is guilty and are disgusted. The republican senators are useless as judges against their own partner. A judge should not have any connection to the accused. This is nonsense. A sworn cannot be friends with the accuses, he should never have received death threats to influence him, he should not have taken part in the evidence fraud claim and fraud of the election results, it is useless. The whole world will not understand this not working USA system to impeach a president.
Trump is the greatest president ever.... He won the election!
It does not matter how bad they are or how much evidence is presented. They will not abandon the cult leader.
Trump's lawyers are graduates of Trump University majored in *DOTARDOLOGY.* 😂😂😂
It's literally being a carnist. No matter how much science is given to them showing humans are frugivores and animal products kill us, and animal agriculture is destroying the planet and causes pandemics, or the absolute cruelty animals go through and die in the literal billions, carnists will ignore all science, facts, experts, and compassion to eat rotten flesh, drink breast milk, and then wonder why they have cancer and die of a heart attack....
www.watchdominion.com
@@robliston1283 Hey. I went there. It’s no joke. For my science course, I had to study Bone Spurs for the whole semester....
Pretty sure they are just there for the paycheck. I mean, that's the only LOGICAL explanation.
I would charge outstanding fees.
@@yunaneomi trump is too cheap to pay a fair price which is why the first set of lawyers quit last week. You get what you pay for and he paid for the cheapest lawyers he could find.
Looks like the Democrats attorney was worse!
How stupid must you be to think doctored evidence would escape notice?
I think I have watched every Closer Look as soon as it was uploaded since the pandemic started. But because I had other concerns, like keeping myself and my family alive and healthy, I didn't fully process what was going on in the news.
Rewatching these now when things are more settled for us, I feel like my brain can finally put the pieces together.
"Now, in a way it's not shocking that Trump has bad lawyers, because he doesn't need lawyers. He's been assured that the GOP will, with only a few exceptions, pledge total and complete loyalty to him, no matter how indefensible his actions were." That is so devastatingly true. 😥
Probably doesn't help his last lawyer, Giuliani, is undergoing a billion dollar lawsuit and trump refused to pay him.
Subliminal messaging
To capital insurection
Most shamefull please
I think that is true: most have made their decision already and won't be changing it. However, if there is good evidence and arguments are made on one side and not on the other, history (court records) should record that, regardless of the outcome.
@@hepthegreat4005 that is giuliani‘s price for being super arrogant, his legacy!
They showed us on Jan. 06 that they don't care about elections. They're gonna attack again soon. We're already at war. Russia is financing Neo-Nazis to overthrow American democracy. We need to act quickly to expose and eliminate all ties to Russia, and then we need to punish Vladimir Putin for various war crimes.
Bruce Castor is like his client: He doesn’t prepare, and then he tries to bluff his way through his presentation.
Well, Trump got the lawyer he deserves, but no the one he needs... And he doesn't need any cos' the GOP spineless members are not gonna convict him...
Soo... Accurate representation :P
@@JeskaDax 😉🤣🤣🤗🤗
Apparently he shortened his name by eliminating Oil at the end
I reckon I could do better.... 😒😂
This case has the Senate on trial. They will pass judgement on themselves if they acquit DT.
Yeah they are so bad. They got him acquitted. Damn
how dare you say anything that contradicts the popular opinion of the political left!? how dare you?!
I think he would have been better off with a court appointed lawyer at this point.😅
😂😂😂😭
Lol
I mean WOW!
what a chain wreck...
I got a hell of a deal for you Mr. President.
They say if you take the plea deal, they'll nock the charge down to treason. 😎
Attorney: Did I do good Mr. president?🤣
I don’t believe that any Public Pretenders would take his case
They don’t need to be good. He’s banking on enough republicans siding with him.
And he’d be right, sadly
I would argue that an impeachment, these days, is more a show for the masses and political posturing than a legal effort to find the truth. The Republicans don't seem to realize that playing as the opposition for opposition's sake does them no favors in the eyes of the world. It makes them look fanatical and spiteful.
@@shadoudirges It's a show for republicans. They impeached Clinton for some stupid little lie...
Well everything is a show for the old Reptards, except their taxcuts. The new reptists however got raised thinking that show would be reality and are just complete nutters.
@@shadoudirges The fact its being shown serves the purpose of showing what this Asshole did and we all know he wont be convicted however i am Happy the facts are being laid bare for all to see what a POS Republicans really are.
Eh, it’s not a real trial. A real trial wouldn’t have such a loaded jury. His lawyers don’t have to be good, or even try, to win this trial.
@@Dan-zt7uj What exactly did they doctor? I'd love to see your sources.
How do you counter stupidity? The majority of what the Trump lawyers said had nothing to do with the matter at hand. Feel free to correct me and show me where they "failed horribly" at countering what the lawyers said.
Bill Cassidy was a true nonpartisan and voted to indict Trump. He then faced major backlash and censorship from the Louisiana Republican party, which is just hilariously ironic that Republicans are censoring people.
@@awsomeman253 Go look at the tweets they doctored as "evidence"
@@brentyaron9953 okay, what exactly did they change? If you already know it then why not share it?
@@awsomeman253 you're that lazy you can't look it up yourself? You can find posts and articles with everything you need to know.
@@brentyaron9953 So you're saying you don't know this topic well enough to confidently state what you know? Gotcha.
This isn't me being lazy, this is me asking you to backup your view.
How much investigating do we need to do? We all heard the tape right?
Oh damn another “American” who just hates the constitution lmao wait that’s kind of their thing
But it doesn’t matter, his enablers will let him off the hook
Trump can go to the Senate and yell, "Yeah, I incited a deadly mob! I will not be convicted!"
“I could literally shoot someone in the middle of 5th avenue and not lose any supporters”
-the tangerine
Since it doesn't matter what the defense attorney says anyway, I just wish he would call in tomorrow with a kitty filter stuck on like the attorney from Texas. That was adorable, and frankly, the prosecution's videos make me sad. Maybe Fox viewers would pay attention to the trial.
Is there a point at which all of Trump’s humiliations, financial and legal woes will make me feel bad for him? NO
The only pity I can muster is: This is a man who has never known love.
@@thexalon nope, can't even muster that much pity
Trump could have had Sesame Street lawyers. He still would have been acquitted.
100% cause he wasn't guilty watch his speech look at the time line .. im not trumpo supporter but look at the facts and how msm lies. They lied under oath edited videos and put thing way out of context and tweets that were said years before .. wasn't an insurrection cant compare it to 911 and pelosi refused troops ahead of the march czcams.com/video/z2-7b2iHCUM/video.html&ab_channel=Timcast&fbclid=IwAR1c44BJEDzWOiMhIy7IpUJ56F9Ikk0mzEk-EnZw8vOVZBigdyVf89bSOOY
True. They all know he is guilty, they are just too afraid of losing their seats to stand up for the law and the constitution. McConnell himself is some piece of work. He gummed up the works by delaying acceptance of the whole process, voted to acquit because of that delay then turned around and grandstanded about how guilty Trump was? Seriously?!?
@@afry6400 no stop believing the msm biden last night said the ccp of china is a victim? gtfoh they enslave their people their billionaire government isn't a victim
@FilthyFascist the left def did and got caught
@FilthyFascist trump was acquitted cause he wasn't guilty. you really cant have a fair say or opinion of it saying he was guilty. Did you watch his full speech? facts matter and timelines matter and def was a set up. so much proof already.
Are you serious ! They destroyed the house managers over and over
yes, they Are serious... seriously communist liars
I understand what he’s doing, because no matter what is said and what evidence is brought, the Republicans won’t convict him. So his lawyers could just read a nice book to the senate, because there will be no conviction. Simple as that.
Unfortunately I think you are probably right.
I still have hopes Trump faces charges in tax fraud. Let’s keep Trump tied up in courts and lawsuits for the rest of his life until he ends up in that orange jumpsuit.
what about his criminal trial upcoming?
Trump can go to the Senate and yell, "Yeah, I incited a deadly mob! I will not be convicted!"
*Most* Republicans. They need like...what, 17 to convict? And some have promised to convict IIRC. So they really should be trying.
@@TouchofShunshine
He already announced to the public that if he shot someone on 5th avenue in front of thousands of people he’d get away with it. He would. It’s disgusting.
Trump could have a literal clown represent him who stands up in front of the Senate and just honks his nose for 2 hours and the GOP will still side with Trump.
His Loser DOES have two clowns honking their noses, unfortunately he still will get off because, as you said, the GOP had already decided that they would vote no.
Watch how quickly those rats will flee the sinking ship of trumpism as soon as he is convicted and sent to prison. It is his destiny to follow in the footsteps of Jeffrey Epstien. And it will be sooner than later. Have faith he will face justice for his lifetime of crime, corruption, and cowardice. Vegas is taking bets!
He's never getting punished. Former president and wealthy? He is basically untouchable. The law doesn't apply to people like Trump and GOP senators will make sure that everyone in America understands this.
Ha ha ha LOL
Yeah... We all know what the outcome will be. Even if there was footage of Stump mowing down people with a machine gun, his GOP bum kissers would still let him off...
How pathetic it never mattered how poorly they defended him. This whole trial was a sham
Ask teachers universally what they think of, or how they cope with disrespectful students defiantly not paying attention.
Those lawyers basically serve as a life lesson: Pay your staff. Having a reputation of stiffing one's employees means only underqualified opportunists seeking to make a name for themselves will step up when you need quality people the most.
@saysa ~ and Hence Rudy Giuliani's Departure!!🤪🤪
@@totsmini3105 Touche.
"I saw a headline: Representative so-and-so seeks to walk back comments about ... I forget what it was. Something that bothered her."
~ Bruce Castor
~ Trump's attorney
Very well said.
The funniest part is knowing that he's at home livid about all this and saying, "THIS IS WHY THEY SHOULD'VE SAID THE ELECTION WAD STOLEN!!!" As if that's somehow a better defense
The snow flakes are....”MELTING” !!!
Best Seth episode in a loooong while. Keep it up Seth! Jokes & acting on point! I kept rewinding to laugh again.
I'm thrilled with the defense. Just what Trump deserves. Does this nut think if he talks fast ,we won't recognize BS ?
We need some sort of sociopath test for our Senators
Who would lead?
I'd say maybe they need an IQ test
We have one: "Did they run for a senate seat?"
Works with 90+% accuracy!
@mary mary Are you ok?
When criminals are in power, Law does not apply to them.
Something about SloMan Joe and his trained moneymaker son, Hunter?
Dems is evil to democracy
@@sonam426 You are dim-witted
@@contractsflightexpress370 To many of you right-wing trolls online and off to make sure we all live in some nightmarish illusion.
@@ClaudioAnthony Aww....I'm soooooory. I had no idea that Woke demoncratic supporters wold have their feelings hurt by reality. Why aren't you curious to dig down and find facts instead of hiding behind feelings? So now that SloMan Joe is president, when can we expect charges against him for his actions vis-a-vis his interference in the governmental affairs of Ukraine while he was B.O.'s Vice-President?
GOD bless you Seth for LOVING TRUTH, & HATING EVIL.
Bruce Castor defense sounded better to himself when he was drunk, but it doesn't seem to play well with the sober crowd..🙄
Lol.
😳😂!!
Well, he was winging it. They had another defense planned, but the impeachment managers were so good, they had to scrap their plans and make an extemporaneous defense.
The lawyers came in thinking they were defending "election fraud" only but found out they weren't prepared for insurrection.
I performed better in my 10th grade faux-court project than these guys did.
I was thinking almost the same thing... that a decent tenth grade teacher would fail a paper with these "chains of thought".
Same and I only spent like 20min actually working on that project
Donald would like to talk to you.
Even drunk off my ass I could do better than these guys.
Ah but you had the motivation of getting a good grade, Trump's lawyers are just going to get an IOU on a greasy McDonald's wrapper, and that's if they win.
This aged well.
Lol ACQUITTED!!!
I forgot about shopping bag guy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What kind of person is it that would look at Rand Paul and think, this guy would make a great candidate for office? I mean, i wouldn't let this guy clean my toilet....just look at him.
He always looks like an aging drunken frat boy
My theory: These lawyers know Trump won’t pay them, so they’re doing a bad job on purpose, pulling off a nice trolling job. I love it!
RIGHT??
I doubt that they agreed to represent him without getting paid beforehand. Which is probably why they don’t care about how good of a defense they put on since they’ve already been paid regardless of how they perform.
Watching these lawyers is just painful
LMAO that's brilliant.
Omg I wish it were true- that they are being super idiotic on purpose!
Seth: "class BE over"
Sound Guy: (pity laughter)
That Philly-Delphia lawyer was FANTASTIC!!
He was rubbish and it would appear he had been drinking! Never answered a single question. Could have stood there naked and said nothing at all. The GOP would have acquitted him anyway.
@@susiea1419 Wow. He knew the law. Congress doesn't seem to know the law. Lawyers don't answer questions. They ask questions. He correctly pointed out how Congress had tampered with evidence. Tampering with evidence is a felony. I hope Congress gets nailed for abuses of the law.
So basically his defense isn't even trying to counter the House's argument? Oh that's right... they can't.
Yep, that's why they're trying to argue that impeachment is unconstitutional, and trying to confuse people into thinking he was impeached after he left office, when he quite obviously wasn't considering he was impeached - a House process - on January 13th.
They also don't have to. His cronies will just form up behind him and vote to acquit, knowing full well there aren't enough votes for a conviction.
I'm amazed that they don't have to , because their base only cares about the optics: the gop senators will acquit, because they are 'loyal' lap dogs.
To be fair, yesterday's arguments and vote were just deciding whether or not the trial was even constitutional. Which it obviously is since not holding it would explicitly impose that so-called "January exception" (actually a "November, December and January exception" due to the fact that the Senate majority leader could always just delay such an action until after January 20th, as Mitch did. He'd probably get a lot more flak for delaying by two months than he did for delaying by a week, but I'm pretty sure nothing could actually stop him from just letting it rot on his desk like everything else he's been given over the past 6 years, if he was willing to dodge the media for that long).
I must admit I'm morbidly curious what they're going to pull out to fill 16 hours worth of defense arguments for the real trial (which started today with the House managers first 8 hours - I'm sure Seth will humorize it for us in tomorrow's Closer Look :D). Whether they'll actually try to mount a real defense or if they're just going to waste more time on diatribes about Greece and Rome that probably aren't even true and just trust that the Republican senators are going to acquit regardless. I mean they're probably aware that Trump won't pay them anyway so they likely aren't going to spend _too_ much time preparing.
@@billyeveryteen7328 they are all accomplices, lock em up. They can still vote from prison.
"Trump's lawyers are very bad" the understatement of the year.
Or as Doctor Nick would say, "Hi, everybody! You tried the best, now try the rest!"
Not as bad as the partisan GOP senators that'll still side with Trump
Because the good one doesn't want to work for FREE
Wanna tell us again how bad they are. LMFAO
This had me laughing out loud throughout the whole segment 😂🤣😂
as a kentuckian, i think that every time i see rand paul doing like...anything, i’m just going to comment and say “i apologize for rand paul’s existence”
Don’t forget the other one...
I’m from utah and I go through the same thing every time Mike lee opens his mouth. Sorry world
I'm from Florida, but your two beat my two...barely. Rick Scott was the brains behind the second largest Medicare fraud in history (he was outdone by the Armenian mob in California), and Marco Pollo urges us to move on. Just like he's moved on from the Castro Revolution.
Don’t apologise- just make sure he gets voted out!
Yeah, that's the problem with democracy. Anybody gets a vote, even people who get their reality from Tictoc and Parler.
Don't feel too horrible about it. There isn't a nation (or city, probably) that doesn't produce it's share of embarrassements.
Of course, the privilege of US citizens is that _their_ embarrarssements turn into global entertainment.
E.G. some MAGA princess posing next to a broken window at the capitol, then posting that with a "media, we are coming after your studios next" thread online, _then_ standing in front of a camera going "but I didn't know there was violence, I was just following orders" ?
I could not make that up.
“No reputable attorneys would represent him” so that’s what rock bottom sounds like
Word is out: ALL THAT TRUMP TOUCHES, DIES!
Rock bottom would be jail.
He doesn’t need a good lawyer. The Republicans are looking to acquit. The lawyer probably knows this.
@@guynorth3277 According to Rick Wilson Everything Trump Touches Dies.
@@guynorth3277 The fact that in Germany he has the nickname "Spaltpilz" = "fission fungus" tell you something? So far he's already managed to divide Reps from Dems (even more than ever before), the NOrth from the South, Coloured from White, the Center from the Coasts, Rich from Poor, COVID-deniers from the rest, voter-fraud-conspiracists from are-you-kidding-there-s-absolutely-no-evidencers and now he is in the process of dividing the Rep party once and for all.
LOL a personal injury attorney from Philadelphia gets the former president acquitted against a Harvard law grad Jamie raskin
Wrong. The repubs had already made their minds up, even though 140 cops were injured, one cop killed, two cops committed suicide. The “lawyers” could have sat there eating lunch and trump still would have been acquitted.
Lol Trumps team of “lawyers” actually cost him 2 votes who switched to guilty. Another couple of days and they were likely to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
the grocery bag and loose crab cakes lmao
These guys could show up drunk, with no pants on and literally talk out their ass Ace Ventura style and it wouldn't matter. If I knew that I would pull stuff like that and not even try, since it doesn't matter either way.
Expecially since there is a decent chance they won't get payed anyways. So why put in the work?
@@rvdb7363 this is true
Sad but probably true
“Talk out of their ass Ace Ventura style” 😂😂😂 I’m 💀
They no that they will NEVER see 1 dime.
There's no one left to defend him. He's hiring failed lawyers at this point.
i mean he has no case the only reason this is still a thing is because when facts are introduced republicans just go "nah we are going to do what we want"
Be Best!
@@DPowered2 it's embarrassing. Clearest case for impeachment and they vote no so they can stay in power. Broken democracy on full display.
with the club stacked in his favour, these guys are headed to a historic win
@@deansmith4752 but he can still be prosecuted in criminal court and sued in civil court by the families who lost loved ones on January 6th.
Quoting Clarence Darrow, well done. XD
"... I am the leak... uhm lead... prosticutor... prosecutor..."
Me: "You sure??"
lols OMG well put Florian
Senators too ashamed to watch what happened is the most disgraceful thing I’ve ever seen.
TBH I'm shocked his defense didn't just read from Dr Seuss books for 8 hours.
This has LITERALLY been a republican filibuster technique.
GOP are clowns.
@@equious8413 Yeah, I was referencing that! lol
it's not over yet , crudez still has a chance to make himself a even bigger fool .
@@mrwascallyt9865 imagine throwing your professional credibility and personal integrity out the window to be loyal to someone who called your wife ugly.
Imagine staying married to that person.
Disgusting people all around.
Theodore Geisel (sp?) would NOT be a part of these shenanigans. They should recite something else like The Battle Hymn of The Republic.
Thanks Late Night with Seth Meyers.🙂
😀 Trump's lawyer so bad that Trump won I'll take a lawyer like that every time
The 43 donkeys already told Pelosi they will not convict Trump.
Make sure you get a significant portion of the jury who also partook in the crimes too as that's what happened here.
We had jurors who we already knew wouldn't convict Trump. The republican senators were nothing more than cowards too afraid to stand up for what's right.
The absolute worst. Kindergarteners could do better.
"Insatiable lust?" Dude, this is an impeachment trial, not your client talking about his daughter.
Excelente research Castor saying "some so n' so"
Im over 2 minutes in, I dont think you have made a joke about anyone else yet except Trump. Why is that?
Because Donnie is a fucking joke of a human being? Just spitballing here
Well, the joke's on them … again
@@earlyivermectincancelscovi2522 Thats what I am asking about silly....
@@iOwnzNubz1 cuz thats whats the video about- trump being an idiot
@@fishkey9160 if the impeachment lawyers are bad they wouldnt have won.
Nixon: President who became a crook.
Trump: crook who became a President.
Dear America,
Most of your presidents have been crooks.
Sincerely,
Earth
@@notacaulkhead
Yeah true. But trump none have been as dumb as trump
@@nestorgonzalez6078
Dear America,
Most of your presidents have been just as ‘dumb’/evil as Donald Trump.
Yours,
Earth
Biden: A dementia ridden man who became the first president to arrive by fraud. Yay!
@@nestorgonzalez6078
Actually he is supposed to have a high IQ. He also reduced unemployment, improve the lives of minorities, stop exporting jobs and kept them in the US, assured that our country would be energy independent, did not engage in any foreign wars, thus saving military lives and money that would have been spent, he created laws that targeted human trafficking, reduced the cost if prescription drugs, etc. What has Biden done si far? Sign 52 executive orders bypassing congress like a good dictator, one of these first orders eliminated thousands of job in his first week...nice start
It doesnt matter what or who his lawyers are the jury is crooked.
It's "RIGGED"!
This whole system deserves arson.
@Meghan Its called Willful Ignorance. It indicates a criminal mind.
@Meghan Judging by recent statements, he could have said nothing by "I did it. I did it all. I did it myself. I did all of it myself." They'd still have voted to acquit.
His lawyers were awful. The only thing I could think the whole time is that they have been assured no matter what he will be acquitted. Even a blind and deaf person can see and hear he is guilty AF!
i didn't realize lying and doctoring photos was a good enough reason to impeach someone
@@loudnoises6200 is that what you actually believe?
@@amyb9037 Yes
Holy ship I’m crying!!!
The Trump defence: "They want to ban Trump. They want to get rid of him"
Dems be like: "Well, yaeh. Thats what all uf us are here for. Why are you reitterating what an impeachment is?"
Imagine impeaching a guy that’s not even in office
@@lyrxcz2xd261
Thats just how bad he is. Anyway...
It's to bar him from ever holding any office in the future. Plus there is precedent, even in US-history, for that.
In the decades to come when future generations ask about this we'll have to say "no really, that's what happened."
"There used to be a time in our country where we didn't have to tell people that Nazis were bad." Oh Grandpa Asa, you tell such silly stories.
The rest of the world is already there. We're like WTF America??????
When CNN is funnier than SNL...
This title didn't age well... LOL
The lawyers were still very bad and had terrible arguments. The republicans were going to acquit regardless
His lawyers still, to re-quote Clarence Darrow, "suck major butt". They were so bad even other Republicans thought they sucked.
Vanderveen slayed multiple people
Title fits perfectly, still. The outcome was known in advance, this is what you get when the jurors JOBS depend on how they vote.
give em a break they just graduated yesterday
Are you sure they actually graduated?
From Trump University.
Their diploma is in the printing queue.
@@ArsynZ Bahahaha
Can’t they be removed from being jurors for refusing to be impartial?
I keep asking that. I also don't see why the ones not paying attention can't be held in contempt. Can you imagine doing that as a member of a regular jury.
@@stephknowles2411 yeah eh. Doesn’t appear they’re held to the same standards the public are.
@@jamievenardos2409 well, yeah.
They're rich, why _SHOULD_ they be held to the same standards as those filthy pheasants?
/s just in case
No, because it’s not an actual court of law. Otherwise none of them could be jurors since they are all witnesses/victims. The judge that presides is merely there to keep order and rule on actual legal questions. An impeachment trial is not a criminal trial. He can be charged under criminal law later but the goal of an impeachment trial is to remove a public figure from office because they present a threat with the power of that office. Also it allows for other consequences like preventing him from holding any office again, taking his presidential pension, removing secret service protection, preventing any access to sensitive information, etc.
@@deedeeschway9566 Correct
He was also a SINGER and his name was Marvin Berry! :-D
When this guy say's someone is bad ,you can be sure he really mean's they are good.
Trump deserves these lawyers. He acted 100% like this during his failure of a Presidency.
His lawyer could have said he did it and spineless senators like Marco Rubio wouldn’t and Lynsey Graham would not vote to convict.
Totally agree. All he did was ramble, blame Obama/democrats/antifa, or cry about how unfair his life is.
Some lawyer's know what they're doing, he makes me wonder what is the strategy behind a lawyer acting like that, I'm pretty sure they got something in hands but they're waiting for the right moment. Let's see what happens because with everything they got I guarantee you that he will not be found guilty because that's how it always work. Now if it was me going to trial I be convicted in no time and I be sent to jail for a very long time and I'm saying this because I already experienced this.
@@alexpacheco7261 He knows he's going to win, without having to lie or make specious arguments that make him look dishonest and/or incompetent, because most of the GOP senators are spineless worms who never were, and never are, going to hold Donnie Dumbass accountable for anything. All he has to do is stand there and blather for his allotted (billable) hours.
Schon is an actual Trumpie, and was willing and able to make ridiculous arguments ("the President is free to commit crimes in his final month") with a straight face. I suppose he's scoring points with potential clients who are guilty AF.
@@alexpacheco7261
"Legal Malpractice"
, . . . an incompetent lawyer can so poorly represent a client that a court is justified in overturning the verdict
This way if T wins, he wins
If he loses, he still wins
He's in a can't lose situation, Hopefully some of the +30 investigations will lead to his downfall & that of his offspring, then into his next generations
The bit about Rand Paul looking like a doodle that was struck by lightning and came to life got me. Well done.
Why does Bruce Castor sound like Al Pacino? XD
Thank God they had those scheduled laughs at 7:15. Was so hard to watch... jeezzz..
It would take a "Stable Genius" to stand up and defend himself
Donald "Are You Listening"...
I wish!!
It would be so fun to watch .ahhhh......l could just imagine.
@@sodarndonestopthelies6514 Could you imagine if there was an actual investigation into everyone who had their hands in this. OMG it would be like hunter and his laptop all over again .
Looks like Castor's strategy is, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."
@@MrHighAnxiety63 I think not. Castor himself seemed to think the Managers’ presentation was worthy of praise. But then again I’m sure you don’t believe things you see or hear for yourself. Facts ARE upsetting sometimes when they don’t align with our crazy arguments, aren’t they? Best to just ignore them completely. 🙄
You are so funny I love your talk show :D :D
Are they?