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Podcast: Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Episode: TRUMP'S NEW DEFENSE: JOHN EASTMAN DID IT! - 8.3.23
Description: SEASON 2 EPISODE 4: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:43) SPECIAL COMMENT: The "it was just free speech, you're criminalizing the 1st Amendment" defense has been replaced. Trump's lawyers, Fox News puppets, and even opponents are all rolling out a new one: John Eastman did it! Of course they are phrasing it differently. They are blaming it on Trump relying on "the advice of counsel." It's an ingenious strategy - you were too stupid to know your lawyer was an idiot. But it really only damages Obstruction charges, and it would require Trump to testify. Still...