‘That’s nonsense’: legal experts destroy ‘intellectually dishonest’ GOP argument for an impeachment mistrial
Deputy White House Counsel Patrick Philbin (screengrab)

Deputy White House Counsel Patrick Philbin was criticized for pushing a nonsensical argument during President Donald Trump's impeachment hearing on Wednesday.


Philbin, who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, argued that if the impeachment trial were a criminal trial, the judge would have declared a mistrial.

Legal experts disputed his contention, here's what some of them were saying.