'Devoid of common decency': Analyst slams 'twisted logic' of Trump lawyers’ new filing



Former President Donald Trump's attorneys in a new filing Monday suggested the current hold on the MAGA hopeful's gag order issued by Judge Arthur Engoron during his ongoing New York civil fraud trial should be sustained.

During the latest episode of MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber, guest host Katie Phang spoke with legal analyst Neal Katyal, who slammed the move as "ridiculous."

Pointing to the fact "there is a buffet of Trump legal" to discuss now, Phang asked Katyal to explain his thoughts on this particular filing.

POLL: Should Trump be allowed to hold office again?

"Katie we're like in Las Vegas with an all-you-can-eat buffet at every corner as far as I can tell," Katyal said. "I mean, look. some people celebrate Thanksgiving by being grateful. Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump celebrates it by continuing his hateful attacks. That's what we really saw in his latest filing. It's basically just an extension of the same twisted logic he's also used to defend himself, which is basically, 'I can't be blamed for the statements that my violence caused.'"

He continued, "And you know, this filing is so devoid of common decency, they can't even really manage to fake it in their court documents. it's clear they don't really care about all the threats this innocent law clerk is facing because of Trump's attacks. I mean, Katie you tweeted earlier today that this filing by the state had 275 single-space pages of threats and attacks against this law clerk. You know, the idea that you can just wash your hands of that — I find ridiculous. I think this gag order's likely to be sustained and maybe cut back a little bit, but I think it's going to be sustained."

Watch the video below or at this link.

Trump lawyers' latest filing 'devoid of common decency': analyst youtu.be

READ MORE: Trump lawyers fight gag order by turning their wrath on Judge Engoron’s top clerk



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