A person familiar with the departures of the five attorneys -- Butch Bowers, Deborah Barbier, Josh Howard, Johnny Gasser and Greg Harris — told CNN that Trump wanted the attorneys to center his defense on the notion that there was mass election fraud in November and that the election was stolen from him, instead of questioning the legality of convicting a president after he's left office. Trump was not receptive to the discussions about how they should proceed, according to CNN's Gloria Borger, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny and Ashley Semler.
Please, please, please let Trump be his own defense. I can already see the outcome.
Dems: "Did you order the capital insurrection?"
Trump:
Please, please, please let Trump be his own defense. I can already see the outcome.
Dems: "Did you order the capital insurrection?"
Trump:
