Trump’s impeachment defense is weak but not nearly as wacko as it could have been

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For a second there, it looked like former President Donald Trump would be stuck with Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell as his legal team. But just in the nick of time, he managed to find attorneys to file his response to the House of Representatives’s article of impeachment against him.

Despite his reported desire to justify his actions by claiming that the election was stolen, Trump’s new team dialed down the crazy to a defense that is more weak than it is wacky.

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