____________________________________
In
re:
IMPEACHMENT
OF
FORMER
PRESIDENT
DONALD
J
TRUMP
____________________________________:
Bruce
L
Castor
Jr
Esquire
David
Schoen
EsquireMichael
T
van
derVeen
Esquire
Counsel
tothe
45th
President
of
the
United
States
ebruary
8
2021
TRIAL
MEMORANDUM
OF
DONALD
J
TRUMP
45TH
PRESIDENT
OF
THEUNITED
STATESOF
AMERICA
IN
PROCEEDINGS
BEFORE
THEUNITED
STATES
SENATE
TABLE
OF
ONTENTS
I
INTRODU TION
II
STATEMENT
OFFACTS
RELEVANTTO
THE
ARTICLE
OF
IMPEACHMENT
..........
III
ARGUMENT.........................................................................................................................
13
A
The
Single
Article
Of
Impeachment
Is
Belied
ByAn
Analysis
Of
Mr
Trump’s
Spoken
Words
To
A
Crowd
Gathered
At
The
Ellipse
Four
On
January
6
2021...................................
4
B
DemocratMembersOf
The
House
Drafted
The
Article
Of
Impeachment
Before
Any
Investigation
Into
The
RiotHadEven
Started.
..........................................................................
6
C.
The
House
Managers’
“Statement
Of
Facts”
Outlines
A
NarrativeIrrelevant
To
TheFacts
Alleged
In
Support
Of
The
Single
Article
Of
Impeachment.....................................................
7
A
The
Senate
Lacks
The
ConstitutionalJurisdiction
To
Conduct
An
Impeachment
Trial
Of
A
FormerPresident..................................................................................................................
13
Law
Enforcement
Had
Reports
Of
A
PotentialAttack
On
The
Capitol
Several
DaysBefore
President
Trump’s
Speech.
.......................................................................................
7
2.
The
House
Managers
False
Narrative
Rests
Entirely
On
Biased
And
MischaracterizedReports
By
The
Media
And
Cherry Picked Non ContextualParsingOf
Mr
Trump’s
January
6
Speech.................................................................................................................
10
The
Text
And
Structure
Of
The
Articles
Discussing
Impeachment
Do
Not
GrantTo
theSenatethe
Authority
Over
A
FormerPresident............................................................
142.
The
Constitution
onlygives
theSenate
Jurisdiction
over
the
President notthe
formerPresident
of
the
United
States.
...........................................................................................
17
i
IV
CONCLUSION
.....................................................................................................................
74
B
Congress’Power
To
Impose
Penalties
Upon
Conviction
Of
Impeachment
Is
Limited
to
Removal,
And Not
Or
Disqualification.
................................................................................
30
C.
The
Article
of
Impeachment
Violates
Mr
Trump’sFirst
AmendmentRights..............
37
D
The
House
Afforded
President
TrumpNo
Due
Process
of
Law
....................................
66
E.
The
Article
Is
Structurally
Deficient
and
Can
Only
Result
in
Acquittal.
......................
7 F
The
ArticleFails
to
Statean
Impeachable
Offense
Matterof
Law
........................
72
3.
The
Founders
Knowingly
Did
Not
ExtendThePowerOf
ImpeachmentTo
Former
Officials...............................................................................................................................
0
4.
Historical
Precedents
..................................................................................................
23
The
Senate
Cannot
Disregard
the
First
Amendment
and
the
Supreme
Court’sLong-
Established
FreeSpeech
Jurisprudence
..............................................................................
38
2.
Mr
Trump
an
Elected
Official
HasFirst
Amendment
Rights
to
Freely
Engage
in
Political
Speech
...................................................................................................................
4
3.
Mr
Trump’s
SpeechWas
Fully
Protected
by
the
First
Amendment.........................
47
4.
Lastly,
Mr
Trump’sFigurative
Use
of
the
Words
“Fight,”“Fighting,”
HaveBeenUsed
By
Many,
None
Are
Impeachable
......................................................................................
63
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