Comments by "Psiberzerker" (@Psiberzerker) on "Lawyer Examines Impeachment Defenses (Real Law Review)" video.

  1. The Republicans seem to be using their time to Testify for 5 minutes, and ending on "Is that right? Yes, or no?" at the end of it. Rather than trying to get any actual information out of most of the witnesses. So, basically not bothering to put up a Defense, just complain that the Witnesses they threatened (Like the Whistleblower) couldn't be called by their side for cross examination, because they'd been threatened, and the closed testimony was opened, to keep them from testifying.
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  2. The preferred defense for Trump appears to be not showing up to Defend Himself. Instead, watching it at home, then coming out to read hearsay testimony back to Reporters, of what he was said to have said, by someone else. In other words, change of Venue from the House to the Court of Public Opinion. I can't think of any other time the accused just refused to show up for his own trial, and everyone was cool with that. Nobody's going to point out that he's not even there? You're the lawyer, can anyone else do that? In any jurisdiction, court, or legislature, anywhere in the world. In recorded history? Just try me In Absentia, I'll tweet my replies, and shout them from my front lawn with notes of what I said scrawled in Sharpie. Is there a word for that defense?
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