CNN Anchor Laughs Off Trump Lawyer's ‘Peaceful Transfer of Power’ Claim

CNN anchor Dana Bash couldn’t help but chuckle on Sunday morning when former President Donald Trump’s lawyer asserted that there was a “peaceful transfer of power” after the 2020 election, asking him if he’d seen what happened during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Making the rounds on Sunday, John Lauro—who is defending Trump against charges of trying to overthrow the presidential election—appeared on all five major news talk shows. Lauro’s media tour also comes just hours after Trump’s legal team was denied an extension to respond to the Justice Department’s protective order motion. The order, which would limit what discovery evidence the ex-president could publicly share, was filed just hours after Trump took to social media to vow revenge against anyone who comes after him.

Throughout his contentious and tense interview with Bash on Sunday’s State of the Union, Lauro continued to lean on his legal argument that Trump was merely engaging in “political speech” when he launched efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s electoral victory, and therefore he is protected by the First Amendment. Trump’s former Attorney General Bill Barr has flatly rejected this argument, saying “free speech doesn’t give you the right to engage” in a fraudulent and criminal conspiracy.

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