'Hard defense to prove': Ex-prosecutor pours cold water on Trump's possible legal argument
Donald Trump has been accused of "rambling" and mixing things up more often, leading some to wonder if the former president is merely setting himself up for an insanity defense in court. A former prosecutor says that it won't work.
Trump recently held a press conference during which he talked about a box of Cheerios that was being used as a prop for the ex-president to speak about inflation issues. At one point, Trump said he was going to take the cereal back to his "cottage" and have a "lot of fun."
Trump was also accused Saturday of forgetting in which state his campaign rally was held.
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Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner over the weekend noted Trump's comments about the Cheerios, leading him to ask, "Umm... ok... doesn't that seem a little... weird?" A commenter responded to the legal analyst, saying, "Duh. Yes. He's prepping for an insanity defense Glenn. That's it. There's nothing more to it."
Kirschner replied, "I've handled insanity cases. It's a very hard defense to prove."
He then added, "Trump is an imbecile, but he does not and will not have a winning insanity defense."
Hours later, Kirschner dropped a video explaining why "Donald Trump WILL NOT have a successful insanity defense at any of his criminal trials."
In his video, Kirschner draws from his personal experience relating to cases involving insanity defenses. He then suggests that a successful claimant actually does not know right from wrong, and therefore they "don't try to get away with their crimes."
"They don't understand that what they did was wrong, was criminal," he said on Saturday. "That's the kind of person where there is a viable and perhaps successful insanity defense."
Regarding Trump, Kirschner says, "The tell-tale sign that somebody knows right from wrong, is not suffering from a severe mental disease or defect that makes it impossible to distinguish right from wrong, is if they try to get away with their crimes."
"Donald Trump has been trying to get away with his crimes every second, every minute, of every day since he committed his many crimes," Kirschner added.