tRump's main defense lawyer for the Jan. 6 conspiracy case, John Lauro, spent most of the day on Sunday running the tired "free speech" defense past an increasingly intolerant audience of pundits. Obviously Cheeto Jesus and his henchmen prepared in advance for an incitement charge and when Jack Smith didn't deliver, they went with their canned response anyway.
When Lauro got tired of being contradicted, he changed gears and tried what is now being called the "aspirational defense". In this not so closely reasoned defense, the orange menace was not leading a criminal conspiracy, he was just asking politely for everyone from VP Mike Pence to Georgia Secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to join in his coup attempt. In this fantasy, tRump is merely aspiring to overthrow a democratically elected government. We'll see, but I don't think this particular dog is up for hunting.
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