Judge Rips Trump Lawyer’s “Paradoxical” Arguments

ABC News reports:

Appeals court Judge Karen Henderson appeared skeptical that Donald Trump was acting within his official duties when he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, saying that Trump attorney John Sauer’s arguments appear “paradoxical.”

“I think it is paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care of the laws be faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal law,” Henderson said.

Earlier, under questioning from Judge Michelle Childs, Sauer said that anything Trump tweeted should be considered as an official act as president. Several of Trump’s tweets around the 2020 election and on January 6 were used by the special counsel’s team in their indictment against the former president.

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