Trump lawyers were warned to dial back 'boisterous Trump way of argument' before appeal
January 09, 2024
A former House January 6 Committee lawyer warned Donald Trump's legal team not to perform for their client just minutes before they walked into an appeals court Tuesday.
Temidayo Aganga-Williams was talking on CNN as former President Donald Trump arrived at the D.C. court to hearing arguments in his claim that he is presidentially immune from prosecution in the federal election conspiracy case brought by special counsel Jack Smith — an argument many experts believe he has no chance of winning, but that could be useful to him as a stall tactic to push back his trial date.
"What folks have to understand is that federal court is an especially somber place. And especially true in the D.C. Circuit, widely considered the second most powerful court after the Supreme Court."
That kind of environment has a completely different dynamic than the political stage Trump has been playing to for outrage and sympathy, Aganga-Williams said.
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"I think the danger Trump's lawyers have here, if they start performing for that audience of one, that is going to not be received well at all," he continued.
"This is not a place where you engage in theatrics, not a place where you engage in that kind of boisterous Trump way of argument at all. So we've seen them in other courtrooms take on that more aggressive, more performative tone. And I think a panel here in the D.C. Circuit won't be receptive to that."
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