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Todd Beeton is Senior Content Editor for The Social Edge. Before that, he served as Digital Director for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's campaign, directing her social media content and strategy over four election cycles. During the 2008 election, Todd blogged about the presidential election as a front page blogger and editor for MyDD.com, a national progressive political site.
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Now that the impeachment articles have been transferred to the U.S. Senate and Senators have been sworn in as jurors, Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial is officially underway.
And while it's adjourned for the long weekend, the White House just announced their legal team, and it's a doozy.
In addition to lead attorneys Pat Cipollone and Jay Sekulow, Trump's legal team will consist of five additional lawyers who are expected to have speaking roles on the Senate floor throughout the trial:
- Robert Ray
- Alan Dershowitz
- Ken Starr
- Jane Raskin
- Pam Bondi
Yep, you read that right, Ken Starr, of Clinton impeachment infamy.
And none other than Monica Lewinsky herself weighed in with a reaction that was relatable AF:
this is definitely an “are you fucking kidding me?” kinda day.— Monica Lewinsky (@Monica Lewinsky)1579274789.0
Many were here for it and had Lewinsky's back.
@MonicaLewinsky Gotta say you're a pretty awesome strong woman. But yeah it is that kind of day.— Impeached Donald J. Trump (@Impeached Donald J. Trump)1579279170.0
@MonicaLewinsky History will be much kinder to you than to any of these men. Count on it.— Sarah Birnbaum (@Sarah Birnbaum)1579276105.0
@MonicaLewinsky I'm sorry. All the love to you today especially.— Elie Mystal (@Elie Mystal)1579276368.0
@MonicaLewinsky I know. These people have no shame and no capacity for decency. Thankfully, I still believe that it exists in most of us.— Fred Guttenberg (@Fred Guttenberg)1579276171.0
@MonicaLewinsky Breathe deep, take a moment to close your eyes and ground yourself. You got this, you. You've got… https://t.co/iABVeFLTnz— Joshua Lee (@Joshua Lee)1579274947.0
But doesn't that sentiment pretty much define every day?
Evergreen 🌲 tweet
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 17, 2020
@MonicaLewinsky Monica it has been that for two & half years with orange Hobgoblin in power— Voice of Freedom (@Voice of Freedom)1579274987.0
@MonicaLewinsky pin this— Sahil Kapur (@Sahil Kapur)1579277135.0
And how is that going to. go for Starr?
@MonicaLewinsky It should be fun to watch Hypocrite Starr's head explode from cognitive dissonance when he argues t… https://t.co/yyVOxkjARH— Cassandra Silvestra (@Cassandra Silvestra)1579280632.0
Fair:
@MonicaLewinsky @RussellFosterTX Let's be honest... No decent, respectable Attorney would take Trump's case.— Vicious Texas Voter (@Vicious Texas Voter)1579276561.0
Can we make this happen, please?
@MonicaLewinsky Please, please bust through the Senate doors like this. You deserve this entrance . https://t.co/XSxrP9p7xy— Kirsten R. (@Kirsten R.)1579275597.0