Sunday, April 9, 2023

Trump Lawyer: Keeps Trying to Blame and Shift Trump's Woes to Biden, et al

Trump Lawyer James Trusty Was Very Testy
(Meet the Press Easter Sunday Portion)

Trump’s legal team #1 tactic regardless of the issue is to Duck, Dodge, Distract, Deceive, Deflect, and Deny everything.

Case in point was on full display during Easter Sunday’s MEET THE PRESS with one of Trump’s many lawyers, James Trusty.

This DAILY BEAST article rundown discusses Trusty knocking heads with show host Check Todd and not doing a good job either as noted in the article’s headline:

“Trump Lawyer Tries Desperately to Make Trump’s Docs Scandal All About Biden”

One of former Trump’s many, many lawyers attempted to label President Joe Biden’s classified documents fiasco as a case of obstruction — in defense of his client, who is actually under investigation for obstruction of justice regarding the Mar-a-Lago document mess.

That back and forth with Mr. Trusty seen in this video clip at the 13:40 to 27:00 mark:

Attorney James Trusty blasted show host Chuck Todd for touting the “Democratic narrative” that Trump had not complied with a subpoena to overturn classified documents housed at Mar-a-Lago, prompting an FBI raid.

Trusty claimed the true “set of facts” pointing towards “obstruction was in Biden’s case because Biden shouldn’t have had the documents at all,” saying:You've got a vice president that has documents for decades in this Chinese-funded Penn Biden Center, right? You’ve got absolute obstruction there.”

FACTUAL NOTE: The Penn-Biden Center has not received Chinese funds.

Trusty also failed to grasp the different levels of transparency between the Trump and Biden cases.

For example: When the documents at the Penn-Biden Center were discovered, Biden’s attorneys immediately notified the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which looped in the DOJ.

Each subsequent batch of documents was turned over and also prompted a government notification, and just like later when Mike Pence documents were found, too. Both acted quickly unlike Trump.

Trump had multiple boxes of various classified documents at his Florida estate despite his various lawyers telling NARA that he had turned everything over and those lies continued for a long time, too.

Todd, using that information, tried to reel out a concession from Trusty, asking:Did he proceed to turn them over when he found them?”

Trusty, who appeared flustered seemingly came equipped solely with talking-point responses saying:We don't have the leaks coming from Biden special counsel Rob Hur's investigation to know the details of exactly how stuff was turned over.”

Todd then retorted asking:So is your defense is saying we think other people broke the law, so let us break the law? I mean, I just think that doesn't seem to be a good defense.”

Trusty then shifted gears again, claiming Trump was receiving undue “differential treatment” — despite his alleged conduct differing wildly from others facing their own document scandals.

Read full story at The Daily Beast.

Related: Trump’s former AG Barr on ABC This Week (video):

My 2 Cents: Mr. Trusty is typical of the style and kind of lawyer serving Trump over his many cases and crimes and such. 

All-in-all it’s quite pitiful to see them perform to say the least. Hope you see that point as I’m sure most viewers do and clearly see, too.  

But we still have a long way to go – so buckle up and stay tuned. 

Thanks for stopping by.


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