'His conduct gets much worse': Impeachment lawyer has a warning about Trump
March 01, 2024
Former chief impeachment lawyer Barry Berke brought up the former staff of Donald Trump on Friday, taking to the media to sound the alarm that a second term would be dangerous.
The conversation began about the Trump trials and the notion that Americans deserve to see the evidence against him before the November election. MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace asked Berke whether those conversations should happen in the context of court or the presidential campaign. Berke said both, and everywhere.
"Ideally, it will happen in the courtroom, but these issues should be amplified publicly as well," said Berke. "The evidence is overwhelming, as someone who spends my time defending charges and the like, it is hard to imagine a case stronger than the January 6th case. Stronger than the confidential document obstruction case. It is overwhelming, and it's challenging because not everybody — most voters don't follow it like you follow it and like I follow it."
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He told Wallace he hopes that she, as a television host, can take the evidence and help Americans understand it if there is no trial.
"Make sure that the American people understand what's at stake here, what conduct happened," Berke continued. "And I'll tell you, from me, in particular, here's what I feel most strongly: This is a movie series in which the sequel has already been written. Every time Donald Trump gets away with something, his conduct gets much worse."
He went on to blast Republicans who failed to stop Trump when they had the opportunity.
"You see somebody like Liz Cheney — I don't think I agree with her on a single issue except about the importance of democracy," Berke explained. "When I was there for the second impeachment she encouraged us to use her words and that's leadership and that is courage. My hope is, because Donald Trump's not going to get any better. His positions in this election are only going to get more extreme."
Berke called on more conservative Republicans to show the courage Cheney and others have shown.
See the discussion in the video below or at the link.
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