Get your popcorn: Looks like Donald Trump is putting Rudy Giuliani in charge of his impeachment trial defense

| 7:23 pm EST January 16, 2021
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One of Donald Trump’s big problems, both in the various criminal trials he’ll eventually face, and in the Senate impeachment trial he’s about to face, is how he’s going to find a lawyer. His lawyers were mostly garbage to begin with, and now some of them have quit in the wake of his domestic terrorist attack.

Now the New York Times is reporting this evening that Trump is likely to pick Rudy Giuliani to lead his impeachment trial defense. If you find this confusing because Trump just finished announcing that he’s not paying Rudy the legal fees he owes him, you’re not alone. It speaks to just how incoherent Trump has become as his life collapses in on him.

Legal expert Daniel Goldman is pointing out that there would be severe ethics issues involved in Giuliani representing Trump in an impeachment trial over a domestic terrorist attack that they jointly incited.

We believe that if Rudy Giuliani does indeed handle Donald Trump’s impeachment trial defense, Giuliani’s utterly deranged and incoherent ranting would sharply increase the odds that Trump ends up convicted. Then again there’s the question of whether Giuliani would even be allowed into the Capitol building to give Trump’s defense, considering 1) Giuliani refuses to wear a mask, and 2) Giuliani recently incited a terrorist attack on that same building.