Trump Should Plead insanity if he goes to trial
- Harvard law professor says Trump’s lawyers should think about having him plead insane at trial.
- Laurence Tribe, a professor of Constitutional Law, commented on Trump’s January 6 panel response.
- Tribe tweeted that he didn’t envy Trump’s lawyers based on the response.
A Harvard law professor suggested that Trump’s former lawyer team should get him to plead insane if he goes to trial.
Laurence Tribe, in a tweet, December 25, an expert on constitutional law, shared his thoughts about Trump’s video message to the January 6, panel.
Tribe: “If this is Trump’s defense, I don’t envy the lawyers that agree to represent him.” tweeted.
Tribe stated, “They’d do well to be psychiatrists who are skilled in reflexive projection and capable enough to get their client to plead guilty.”
—Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 25, 2022
Trump’s video Tribe was the reference to which the video Tribe was making. rambling rebuttal to the January 6 committeeTrump posted the following: Truth SocialFriday was the day that the House panel released its final report regarding the Capitol riot. The 845-page report contained revelations about the former president’s role before and during the Capitol riot.
Trump called the members of his committee “very poor people” while reiterating baseless voter fraud conspiracies. Trump claimed that the panel “didn’t produce a single shred evidence” that he “intentionally or desired violence at our Capitol.”
Tribe is not the first personTrump might consider an insanity defense. Neal Katyal, a former CIA agent, made a suggestion that Trump consider an insanity defense. Justice Department official,Similar comment made when weighing in on Trump’s election. 14-page response — which contained multiple baseless claims of election fraud — to the House select committee’s intention to subpoena him.
Katyal said that he couldn’t see it legally helping him unless the defendant was trying to use the insanity defense, which this paper seems to be evidence of.” Jonathan Capehart, MSNBC host, stated that Katyal.
Separately, the House panel that investigated the Capitol riot was established on December 19. asked the Justice DepartmentTrump will be tried on four charges. These were conspiracy to defraud the US and conspiracy to make false statements in an official proceeding. Trump responded in a Truth Social postOn December 19, he stated that he felt stronger because of the move.
Insider received requests for comment from Trump’s spokesperson and Tribe, but they did not respond immediately.
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