'Sour dour grapes': Internet piles on Trump lawyer's pity tour after losing criminal trial
The same night that former President Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be convicted on felony charges in Manhattan, his attorney Todd Blanche made the rounds on Fox News to complain that his client was railroaded.
"Did your client get a fair trial," asked Fox News' Jesse Watters, to which Blanche — who often visibly struggled through key points of the trial — said, "No, I don't think so."
Commentators on social media begged to differ, with many pointing out in posts to X that the case was perfectly fair and Blanche's legal strategy — and his client's clear guilt — were the bigger problems at hand.
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"Sour dour grapes," wrote attorney and MSNBC legal commentator Katie Phang.
"One of the jurors literally got news from Truth Social and X only," wrote Department of Defense auditor Matt Separa. "My man, you couldn't even win over that person. Take the L."
"Todd Blanche doesn't think Trump got a fair trial… because it's Manhattan," wrote attorney Paula Chertok. "Not only where his crimes occurred, but where Trump has lived, worked, played for half a century. Strikes me that New Yorkers are probably the best people to judge Trump."
"Yes he did, Todd Blanche," said writer "Polly Sigh." "Maybe you shouldn't have called Bob Costello as your star witness or maybe you shouldn't have claimed that Trump didn't have sex with Stormy or maybe you shouldn't have pinned all your hopes on calling Cohen a liar."
"Huh," wrote attorney and Loyola Law professor Ethan Bearman. "I'm not a judge, however I'd be curious if Justice Merchan will inquire, in court, of Mr. Blanche to specifically identify what about the trial wasn't fair, especially the part where he said the judge. I wonder if he would answer differently in front of the judge than here."
Other commentators couldn't help but note that in the same interview, Blanche said that Trump was "very involved" in crafting the legal defense strategy, and that "we made every decision together."
"That explains a lot," wrote former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti, who earlier in the day wrote a lengthy analysis of how Trump's legal strategy backfired.
"I believe it - and it explains a lot," concurred former prosecutor and George Washington University white-collar crime professor Randall Eliason.