Trump on Trial: Blame shifting, attacks and legal gaslighting

The former president’s defense strategy is taking shape. 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The indictment by the special counsel, Jack Smith, accuses Trump of “a multipronged endeavor to overturn the 2020 presidential election, disenfranchise voters, and obstruct the transfer of presidential power,” in the words of one of Smith’s assistants. Defendants typically fight charges by denying responsibility. But Trump and his lawyers, at least so far, aren’t saying that he didn’t do what he’s accused of; they are saying that he did it, but for benign, even admirable reasons. In essence, they are trying to flip the script of the indictment and reframe all of the steps Trump took to stay in power after losing the election — the things that the government calls crimes — as proper efforts to ensure a free and fair election. Trump is trying to convince the court that the moves he made to cling to power were really “innocuous, perhaps even admirable conduct,” as prosecutors put it. Dissecting the strategy The attempted inversion works like this. Prosecutors have accused Trump of hatching various plots to subvert the election. He tried, for instance, to enlist the Justice Department, they say, into validating his claims that the vote count had been rigged. And he pressured state officials, they claim, to draft fake slates of electors saying that he won in states where he lost. While Trump’s lawyers are not quite disputing that all of this took place, their first line of defense is to claim that none of it is criminal. In fact, they’re asserting more: They contend that Trump is immune from the charges altogether because everything he did after losing the race was part of his presidential duties to preserve the “integrity” of the election. They also maintain that as he sought to persuade his aides and allies to help him stay in power, his actions were protected by the First Amendment. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0ScaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9OTg2NTYyJmxpPVRPVCZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9VE9UXzIwMjMxMTE2JnRlPTEmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjMxMTE2VwNueXRCCmVWAIpWZTRrOoRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) “President Trump acted at all times in good faith,” one of his lawyers, John Lauro, wrote last month, “and on the belief that he was doing what he had been elected to do.” John Lauro, one of Trump’s lawyers, in Washington. Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times Bad advice As a second strategy, Trump will likely raise what is known as an advice of counsel defense. That is, he will seek to wiggle away from the crimes he has been charged with by blaming the lawyers around him at the time for giving him bad advice. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-1) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0ScaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9OTg2NTY3JmxpPVRPVCZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9VE9UXzIwMjMxMTE2JnRlPTEmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjMxMTE2VwNueXRCCmVWAIpWZTRrOoRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) If prosecutors try to hold him accountable, say, for spreading lies that the election had been rigged, Trump could simply argue that his legal team was telling him that there had in fact been fraud. If they seek to go after him for taking part in the so-called fake elector scheme, he could bob and weave by claiming that the plan was proposed to him by lawyers who knew better. This particular defense suffered a potential blow this week when a videotaped interview with Jenna Ellis, one of the lawyers advising Trump, surfaced in the case in Georgia where he stands accused of tampering with that state’s election. In the interview, Ellis told prosecutors that one of Trump’s top aides took a hard line when she informed him that his legal challenges to the election hadn’t worked. “[The boss is not going to leave](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP4R2AWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMTEvMTMvdXMvamVubmEtZWxsaXMtdHJ1bXAtZ2VvcmdpYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTMwNSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90b3RfMjAyMzExMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA3OTE0Jm5sPXRydW1wLW9uLXRyaWFsJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTAyNTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3Izp-OnRleHQ9VGhlJTIwUHJvc2VjdXRvci0sTGF3eWVyJTIwU2F5cyUyMFRydW1wJTIwQWlkZSUyMFRvbGQlMjBIZXIlMjBBZnRlciUyMDIwMjAlMjBFbGVjdGlvbiUzQSUyMCdUaGUsdGhlJTIwZWxlY3Rpb24lMjBpbnRlcmZlcmVuY2UlMjBjYXNlJTIwdGhlcmUuVwNueXRCCmVWAIpWZTRrOoRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) under any circumstances,” Ellis quoted the aide, Dan Scavino, as saying. “We are just going to stay in power.” Trump’s third defense strategy is aimed less at the judge and eventual jury than at his own supporters and other voters who might be open to his arguments. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0ScaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9OTg2NTU3JmxpPVRPVCZtPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnA9VE9UXzIwMjMxMTE2JnRlPTEmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjMxMTE2VwNueXRCCmVWAIpWZTRrOoRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) Over and over, he has tried to paint the election interference indictment as an example of President Biden personally “weaponizing” the government against him, even though the case is being led by Smith, an independent prosecutor. This narrative seeks to flip the script on the attempts to hold him accountable for his behavior, turning every prosecution into a supposed act of persecution. Echoes of fascist language All of this has been taking place against the backdrop of Trump’s using language that his critics say has increasingly echoed the words of prominent fascists. “We pledge to you that we will root out the [communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMS8xMy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC12ZXJtaW4tcmhldG9yaWMtZmFzY2lzdHMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zMDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjMxMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNzkxNCZubD10cnVtcC1vbi10cmlhbCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUwMjUyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplVgCKVmU0azqEUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) within the confines of our country, that lie and steal and cheat on elections,” he said in New Hampshire on Saturday, adding that the greatest threat to America “is from within.” Historians immediately noted that “vermin” was a dehumanizing term used by Hitler to justify the Holocaust of millions of Jews as eliminating an “inferior race.” Trump’s spokesman, Steven Cheung, rejected as “ridiculous” the comparison of Trump to fascists. He went on to say that those drawing the parallels are “snowflakes” driven by hatred of Trump, adding, apparently without irony, that “their sad, miserable existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House.” Your questions We’re asking readers what they’d like to know about the Trump cases: the charges, the procedure, the important players or anything else. You can [send us your question by filling out this form.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMC8yNS9ueXJlZ2lvbi9kby15b3UtaGF2ZS1xdWVzdGlvbnMtYWJvdXQtdGhlLXRydW1wLXRyaWFscy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTMwNSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90b3RfMjAyMzExMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA3OTE0Jm5sPXRydW1wLW9uLXRyaWFsJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTAyNTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmVWAIpWZTRrOoRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) If Trump is elected president could he stop all the federal trials, even if they were in progress? Could he pardon himself? — Jeff Fullman, Sherwood, Oregon Alan: If he took office again, Trump could indeed order his attorney general to simply drop any federal charges he still faces even if the cases were in progress. He could also try to pardon himself once he is sworn in, although a president issuing what amounts to a self pardon is novel legal ground that has never been tested. Where does each criminal case stand? Trump is at the center of at least four separate criminal investigations, at both the state and federal levels, into matters related to his business and political careers. Here is where [each case currently stands](~/AAAAAQA~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). The New York Times What to watch next week - The federal appeals court in Washington will hear arguments on Monday over the gag order imposed on Trump in the election case. - Trump’s lawyers are expected to file a final round of papers on the motions to dismiss the election indictment. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, could soon set a hearing in Washington to discuss some of the issues. - Judge Chutkan may also weigh in soon on Trump’s Hail Mary effort to pause the election case entirely until his arguments about presidential immunity are fully resolved. More Trump coverage Trump at a rally in New Hampshire on Saturday. Sophie Park for The New York Times - Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork for a possible second Trump presidency that would have [an even more extreme agenda than his first term](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0TXaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS90cnVtcC0yMDI1LXNlY29uZC10ZXJtLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzA1JmVtYz1lZGl0X3RvdF8yMDIzMTExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDc5MTQmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1MDI1MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZVYAilZlNGs6hFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). - Polls show that Trump is appearing [less vulnerable than fellow Republicans on the abortion issue](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMS8xNC91cHNob3QvdHJ1bXAtYWJvcnRpb24tcmVwdWJsaWNhbnMtMjAyNC1lbGVjdGlvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTMwNSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90b3RfMjAyMzExMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA3OTE0Jm5sPXRydW1wLW9uLXRyaWFsJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTAyNTImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmVWAIpWZTRrOoRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). - Fani Willis, the Atlanta district attorney leading the election interference case, said that a trial would very likely “[not conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMS8xNC91cy9mYW5pLXdpbGxpcy10cnVtcC1nZW9yZ2lhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzA1JmVtYz1lZGl0X3RvdF8yMDIzMTExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDc5MTQmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1MDI1MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZVYAilZlNGs6hFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD)” - The Republican establishment in Georgia is protecting Willis from partisan efforts to derail the prosecution, reflecting concern that removing her would [damage the state’s reputation](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMS8xNi91cy90cnVtcC1nZW9yZ2lhLWZhbmktd2lsbGlzLXJlcHVibGljYW5zLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzA1JmVtYz1lZGl0X3RvdF8yMDIzMTExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDc5MTQmbmw9dHJ1bXAtb24tdHJpYWwmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1MDI1MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZVYAilZlNGs6hFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). - A state judge in Michigan [partly rejected an effort to disqualify Trump](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnOQ8AP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMS8xNC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1taWNoaWdhbi1iYWxsb3QtMTR0aC1hbWVuZG1lbnQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zMDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfdG90XzIwMjMxMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNzkxNCZubD10cnVtcC1vbi10cmlhbCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTUwMjUyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplVgCKVmU0azqEUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) from running for president in the state. 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