Comment on Donald Trump tells court he had no duty to ‘support’ the US Constitution
random65837@lemmy.world 8 months agoDid he? Because that’s not what the article said. Where did he declare himself not duty bound by the constitution, aside from it being his layers words and not his, thats not even the nitpick being made. Did you actually read it?
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Are you seriously trying to argue “it was just his lawyers arguing this point, he didn’t say it himself”?
random65837@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m not “arguing” anything. Thats what the linked article says.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You do understand that as his legal representation, they are arguing for him, which makes their argument legally literally his argument?
random65837@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No actually, thats not how lawyers work, you tell them your part, and they say itn how it needs to be said to work for you, hence the part of hiring them, its almost never verbatim.
So again, his lawyers words, not his. Can you quote HIM saying it, yes or no?
danl@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s not what he’s saying, and I’m not a Trumpet but the article’s pretty clear: Trump’s argument is that he swore to “preserve, protect and defend” but that elsewhere the constitution defines officers as people who swear to “support” so he’s not an “officer”.
It’s stupid and nitpicky but not as clickbaity as the headline.