Fabulously written opinion in the MetroWest Daily News on Feb. 8, 2020 by Mr. Leo Boghosian. It is succinct, passionate and precise. I agree with everything he says and most importantly when he comments "Today's disgrace is tomorrow's legacy" I say here here!! I paste it below.
"Today's disgrace is tomorrow's legacy" by Leo Boghosian
The sham impeachment of Degenerate Donald is over and no one is surprised with the preordained outcome. The House Managers should receive our deepest gratitude and respect for valiantly presenting an outstanding case of unequivocal guilt with factual evidence of misconduct knowing that it would fall on the deaf ears of their cowardly Republican colleagues. The record of their courageous efforts will forever serve as irrevocable historical reference substantiating the validity of Trump’s impeachment and his implicit guilt.
Every
single point of contention raised by Trump’s defense team was designed
to thwart and sabotage any and all efforts to verify the evidence
produced by the House for fear of confirming the House findings despite
having the right to cross examine and refute that evidence. That’s a
pretty powerful symptom of a guilt syndrome, if not, tantamount to tacit
admission of guilt.
Lawyers have a duty to provide their client with their best defense but to adopt the Trump playbook of evasion, digression and distortion as legal defense tactic creates a precedence which is not in the best interests of the public even in a sham impeachment. In any other ordinary trial court setting their contumacious resistance towards allowing witnesses to testify would rise to the level of contempt.
We know from words and deeds that neither Trump nor O’Connell are men of conscience or principle but we expect a little more integrity from members of our judicial system. Violating or abusing Constitutional authority by subterfuge or devious misinterpretation or fabrication are not enviable legal achievements. Today’s disgrace is tomorrow’s legacy.
Lawyers have a duty to provide their client with their best defense but to adopt the Trump playbook of evasion, digression and distortion as legal defense tactic creates a precedence which is not in the best interests of the public even in a sham impeachment. In any other ordinary trial court setting their contumacious resistance towards allowing witnesses to testify would rise to the level of contempt.
We know from words and deeds that neither Trump nor O’Connell are men of conscience or principle but we expect a little more integrity from members of our judicial system. Violating or abusing Constitutional authority by subterfuge or devious misinterpretation or fabrication are not enviable legal achievements. Today’s disgrace is tomorrow’s legacy.
