“The velocity of lies from Trump’s lawyers was stunning, even by recent standards.”
So says CNN’s Senior Political Analyst John Avlon, who then goes on to provide a few lesser examples, but then says this is “perhaps the most egregious” and then showed this response from Michael van der Veen to Romney and Collins’ question about whether Trump knew Pence was in danger when he Tweeted his criticisms of him:
“The answer is no. At no point was the President ever informed that the Vice President was in danger.”
Avlon then talks about the evidence that contradicts this claim, and goes on to note that Pennsylvania, where two of Trump’s lawyers are members of the bar, has a requirement that lawyers practice “Candor Toward the Tribunal” which requires that lawyers shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact, and that penalties can range from censure to disbarment.
The CNN link I’ll provide below is a video, unfortunately (I know some folks are unable to view them easily), but hopefully I’ve given the gist here. The video itself is brief, at 3 minutes 21 seconds, so there isn’t that much more to it.
CNN's Avlon: There may be penalties for Trump's lawyers. Here's why
Now, Avlon notes that such disciplinary action against lawyers is rare, but that so is impeachment. Will the Trump team face any consequences for telling provable falsehoods to the Senate during the impeachment trial? Personally, I don’t hold out a lot of hope of that, but we can always hope, right?