Trump’s defense lawyer fact checked in Ari Melber interview

In an exclusive interview on “The Beat” Former President Trump’s impeachment defense lawyer David Schoen joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent, Ari Melber right after the January 6th Committee issued criminal referrals for alleged Trump crimes. Melber presses Schoen on the new evidence revealed by Congress and the facts of the case.

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[harshbarj]

This is where it pays to have a reporter that is also an attorney. You are not going to get anything past him and he WILL call you out.

[raeishimura]

Man, look how red his face gets over this grilling. He's trying so hard to worm away from the questions and is clearly frustrated by the fact that he can't get out of it. Ari just pinned this man to the wall

[joyceschmid]

This is why I love Ari. He didn‘t let Schoen get away with any of the lies. And he did it respectfully and with facts. If I ever needed a lawyer, I’d want one like Ari.

[optimalprimidius]

This is what it sounds like when a good lawyer grills a bad lawyer. Thank you Ari!

[ancil]

I have been a lawyer for nearly forty years. This gentleman should not be a lawyer for forty more minutes.

[richard]

"What Trump really meant was..."
Here we go again.

[valerieschmidtzuzu]

Integrity! Arie you have integrity! And that’s a breath of fresh air💯

[georgeramirez]

the face on that lawyer is screaming "don't ruin my defense with your facts, i'm trying to divert and confuse here"

[carolcounts]

I love the way Ari questions people and doesn’t allow them to wiggle out of the questions.

[richardluce]

You can’t have a conversation with an Ex-Guy supporter without a lot fast talking anger. Pretty Pathetic.

[danpoole]

Now that was a good interview, asking pointed questions of a hostile, defensive witness, and exposing his doublespeak to us, the jury. Great work.

[davkatjenn]

Ari, thank you for putting this guy on television. We now get to see how absolutely futile the effort is to reason with someone with a closed mind. David Schoen is long gone and is living in la-la land.

[erichodge]

4:08
Ari: "No, you can have a preemptive pardon, if you wanna talk law with me..."
Ari going beast mode with this liar.

[asianguy]

He knew they were armed, he said he didn’t care that they were armed because they weren’t after him.

[jmiller]

Wow...was that lawyer unhinged. Thanks to Ari as always for staying level headed and challenging him.

[russellmccann]

Schoen is a typical Gump lawyer. I was waiting for him to say "Don't confuse me with the facts, they don't matter.".

[billbarrett]

This lawyer's remarks are completely detached from reality. Calling for peacefullness after enciting, watching, and reveling in the violence is meaningless. The mendacity of this attorney stinks to high heaven.

[MrQueerDuck]

So glad Ari can ask a straight forward question and not be distracted or let someone dance away. Great, mostly-civil conversation. Thank you for this interview.

[gleebranham]

Be still my heart... when Ari goes from cute and cuddly to pitbul.. I'm here for it 👏

[ponyforhire]

This man has to "Look for his clients best interests" and is trying his damnedest. But his argument is a band-aid on the titanic