There is a huge difference between "I didn't do it" and "I did it, but it is not a crime." He is not by any stretch of the imagination, disputing the accusations leveled against him. He is only disputing the criminality or criminal element of his conduct.
What exactly will his Lawyers be defending or arguing in court? Is it okay for a President to take possession of classified documents - remove them from their safe custody at the White House and take them to his private residence in Florida?
When he was told by those in the position to do so, that what he had in his custody was classified and therefore not legally allowed to be in his custody in his private home, he declined to release them. And that's the knowing element of the crime or the willful component surrounding the classified documents in his possession.
What was his excuse or justification when the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago residence to take custody of the classified documents? He told Fox News, yes, I took them to Mar-a-Lago, but they have automatically become declassified by my taking custody of them as President. In other words, a previously classified document loses its classified status whenever a President removes it from its original location and converts it to his personal use. He said that on TV.
It is the same story as the case in Georgia. He openly and unrepentantly accepted calling on state officials to cook the book - embellish his vote counts to overcome his deficit on the ground that Democrats rigged the election and dead people voted in President Biden's favor.
If you must challenge a "dishonest election," which you have every right to do, you must do so on the strength of verifiable facts. He was told by his Republican colleagues, Gabriel Sterling, one of the Georgia elections officials, and Georgia Secretary of State, Bradford J. Raffensperger ad infinitum that there wasn't an atom of truth to substantiate his assertions. He, nevertheless, remained adamant, unrelenting in coercing them to manufacture votes by any means necessary to emerge winner in Georgia.
What about the invasion of Capitol Hill? He openly and gallantly, in the company of Rudy Giuliani, orchestrated the attack on the Capitol Building by his supporters and, at the same time, called on Vice President Mike Penn to sabotage the certification of Joe Biden's victory.
The insurrection was televised live. And were it not for the fast thinking of an African American Cop who tricked the invaders into a different location inside of the Capitol Building, thereby providing cover and opportunity for Mike Penn Nancy Pelosi, and the other members of Congress to elope to a secure location, we would be talking and writing about a completely different trial today.
As always, he justified his action. Insisting he has every right to stop the "Stealing Democrats" and "Sleeping Joe Biden" from stealing his victory.
So, where do we go from here?
What point of law or body of evidence would his lawyers marshal to overcome the overwhelming evidence of President Trump's unforced confession in the hands of the Prosecutors and the general public?
Do you expect them to appear before the court and tell the Judge that their client acted out of ignorance of the law or was compelled by a sense of delusion of grandeur and couldn't fathom the limits of his executive power and therefore should not be found guilty?
Can his lawyers prevail on him to do a retraction of all his affirmations on record? I do not see them traversing Mr. Trump's tempestuous routes, justifying his actions and rationalizing nothing; otherwise, their law license would be on the line.
So, what exactly would they be arguing in court? That, my friend, I do not know the answer. And that is the uniqueness of President Donald Trump's conduct, as a President, and trial, as an accused criminal, which will continue to defy logic and common sense for eternity.
What I can say for sure is that you watch out for a series of drama that will unfold in all four indictments starting today as well as the unavoidable exiting and coming of new lawyers until the case is finally over. Adding to that, there might be a dramatic development in Georgia surrounding the threatened removal of Atlanta Prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from office by Georgia Republicans. So, stay tuned.
