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| Trump Attorney Michael van der Veen Smashes Media |
| 2021-02-14 |
| [Red State] When he was specifically asked whether he was surprised to hear such a serious rebuke from the leader of the Republican party in the Senate, van der Veen’s expression, tone, and words said it all. "I’m not surprised to hear a politician say anything at all. No." The CBS News anchor, Lana Zak, wasn’t quite sure what to make of the reply. She decided to move forward and attempt to "gotcha" van der Veen, and it doesn’t go well for her at all. "...you seemingly admitted that there was, in fact, an insurrection..." "No, you didn’t understand the case. I used the word "insurrection" in my closing argument when quoting the charging documents." "What happened at the Capitol on January 6th is absolutely horrific, but what happened at the Capitol during this trial was not too far away from that." "The prosecutors in this case doctored evidence. They did not investigate this case, and when they had to come to the court, or the Senate, to put their case on, because they hadn’t done any investigation, they doctored evidence. It was absolutely shocking...." But not shocking for the CBS Newshound. She pooh-poohed it. "It’s not okay to doctor a little bit of evidence. The media has to start telling the right story in this country. The media is trying to divide this country. You are bloodthirsty for ratings, and as such, you’re asking questions now that are already set up with a fact pattern. I can’t believe you would ask me a question indicating that it’s alright just to doctor a little bit of evidence. There’s more stuff we uncovered that they doctored, to be frank with you, and maybe that will come out someday." "The media should be looking at that in a square, straight way. When I watch one news, I watch one station and it’s raining. I watch another station at the same time and it’s sunny. Your coverage is so slanted. It’s gotta stop. You guys have to stop and start reporting more like PBS does rather than a TV news show that doesn’t have any journalistic integrity at all. What I’m telling you is that they doctored evidence, and I believe your question says that it’s only a Twitter check here and changing a date there...." "The media shouldn't be letting them get away with it, either. I'm tired of the biased media on both sides, left and right. What this country wants, what this country needs, is this country to come together, to take the left and the right and find a middle ground and start responsibly being our public officials, our elected officials…." I didn't watch the video; the text is enough. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 I'm stunned that CBS would let it go on so long. They dropped their shields and he let 'em have it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-02-14 18:25 |
| #5 @ #2 - Screw that kurva. |
| Posted by: Clem 2021-02-14 16:17 |
| #4 Bill Barr would have run circles around MVDV. /sarc |
| Posted by: Clem 2021-02-14 16:16 |
| #3 Just watched the full Vid. He schooled that twit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-02-14 15:21 |
| #2 I guess Speaker Pelosi wasn't the only one who got her ass handed to her. |
| Posted by: badanov 2021-02-14 14:42 |
| #1 I had fussed the other day about the Trump defense team, but this guy is exactly who you won't want to see on the other side of the courtroom. He was polished enough to get the message across clearly, to say the least, but not so polished as to seem slick. Look at the timing of his folds-arms gesture. And he make the false-in-one-thing-false-in-all-things argument very effectively but without using Latin. The CBS prettyface is going to be in therapy for years. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-02-14 13:09 |