Jen Psaki Drops The Hammer On Donald Trumps Legal Arguments

MSNBC ’s Jen Psaki on Sunday torched the various ways that Donald Trump ’s lawyers are trying to spin the former president’s indictment for trying to overturn the 2020 election result.

“OK, for full transparency, like most of you watching, I am not a lawyer,” said the former Biden White House press secretary. “But you don’t exactly need to be Atticus Finch to recognize that the arguments by Trump’s legal team don’t exactly hold up.”

Trump’s legal team and his allies appear to be “pretty focused” on three talking points that they are “repeating over and over,” she said.

They’re claiming that Trump’s election lies are protected by the First Amendment, that any mistakes were because of his lawyers, and that Trump was “simply ignorant.” That last one, said Psaki, is the “most absurd argument.” 

With “such a weak legal defense,” said Psaki, Trump’s lawyers aim to delay proceedings and confuse onlookers.

Trump’s “real goal is to get elected and shut this case down,” she added. 

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