"The sources, who spent time with Trump, said he was particularly incensed with the effort thus far by his attorney Bruce Castor. Trump believes Castor gave a rambling opening argument, they said. Castor’s 45-minute opening remarks were widely panned on social media after he praised the House impeachment managers for a job "well done."
"The American people just spoke and they just changed administrations," Castor said at one point. He said the public is smart enough to "pick a new administration if they don’t like the old one, and they just did."
Because all the competent lawyers are getting threatened that they will be disbarred and canceled if they represent him.
I think you're right. But isn't there a single decent lawyer in the entire country who is willing to do the right thing no matter the cost here? What about someone like Dershowitz? Wouldn't Trump be better off with no lawyer at all and just boycotting these bullshit proceedings, rather than have a bullshit Deep State snake represent him?