That's all Trump's lawyers have?

[DonViejo]

By Jennifer Rubin September 1 at 3:00 PM

The Wall Street Journal reported this week on two memos President Trump’s lawyers prepared for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III:

One memo submitted to Mr. Mueller by the president’s legal team in June laid out the case that Mr. Trump has the inherent authority under the constitution to hire and fire as he sees fit and therefore didn’t obstruct justice when he fired Mr. Comey as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in May, these people said.

Another memo submitted the same month outlined why Mr. Comey would make an unsuitable witness, calling him prone to exaggeration, unreliable in congressional testimony and the source of leaks to the news media, these people said.

As legal arguments, these are pathetic. Taking the last one first, arguing to Comey’s long-time colleague Mueller that Comey is a liar won’t win the day, nor does it pass the laugh test. Comey’s testimony will be lined up against written evidence and other witness testimony and actually may come out looking even more credible as a result. This is the sort of weak assertion one would make on Sean Hannity’s show; it’s not worthy of consideration by Mueller or any other serious prosecutor.

The “he can fire at will” argument is obviously flawed for at least three reasons. The argument is so bad one wonders if the Trump team is not ready for prime time or is simply trying to provide fodder for his cult-like following to support him if he tries to fire Mueller.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Just tell him stuff, he wont know the difference

Even his own lawyers are just telling him stuff that even they know wont work.

[marylandblue]

2. They have a very weak case and are grasping at straws

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It's hard to defend some who all but publically admit to obstruction.

[Frustratedlady]

3. The obstructing justice wasn't just firing Comey, it was all the stuff

afterwards. Every time he turned around he was asking someone to end the investigation. He fired Comey because he wouldn't stop the investigation, right?

He probably could have hired some DUrs to counsel him for a whole lot cheaper. What do they get paid/hour? That one he let go was outrageous.

[greeny2323]

4. That was my reaction, too

I laughed out loud when I first saw their arguments. I had to double-check I wasn't reading the Onion. It is so comically inept.

[ProudLib72]

5. Deer Mistar Myuuler

Are cliunt, Donold tRamp, wuz not mentully fit at thu tyme an canot bee held responsyble.

Sinserly,

tRamps lawyerz

[Squinch]

6. They're like everything else with Trump(R). They're expensively bought and totally worthless.

[chaplain_M]

8. Nonsense

He pledged, during the campaign, to have the best people.

[janx]

7. I love Rubin's last satirical comment that maybe Trump needs better lawyers.

Because although these reasons are just awful--and as she points out can do even more damage to Trump--it's going to be tough to find anybody who could adequately defend him.