President Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow flew into a rage Tuesday evening because he misheard a common legal phrase
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow is not an English major, and apparently not even an English understander. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images . Representative Val Demings, one of the House impeachment managers, said, “The president’s lawyers may suggest that the House should have sought — that this House should have sought these materials in court, or awaited further lawsuits under the Freedom of Information Act, a.k.a. FOIA lawsuits.
“And by the way — lawyer lawsuits?” he said. “Lawyer lawsuits? We’re talking about the impeachment of a president of the United States, duly elected, and the members — the managers are complaining about lawyer lawsuits? The Constitution allows lawyer lawsuits. It’s disrespecting the Constitution of the United States to even say that in this chamber — lawyer lawsuits.
The exchange demonstrated two interesting aspects of the impeachment trial. First, Sekulow is prone to making absurd claims based on comically obvious errors. And second, when he is called on these undeniable errors, the White House will back him up anyway. “Adam Schiff today talked about quid pro quo,” Sekulow told reporters. “Notice what’s not in the articles of impeachment: allegations or accusations of quid pro quo.” Granted, it doesn’t use the term “quid pro quo.” But it describes the exact same concept — conditioning acts of value in exchange for another thing. “Quid pro quo” is a Latin phrase meaning the trade of something for something. It’s not necessary to use that Latin phrase to describe that concept.
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