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That Sound You Heard Was Ty Cobb Throwing John Dowd Under The Bus

Then he put the bus in reverse.

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After John Dowd blurted out his stance that presidents can’t commit obstruction of justice and everyone laughed and laughed — except Alan Dershowitz who took to Fox News to spit shine this abortion of legal reasoning — people naturally elbowed Trump’s other lawyer in the ribs and asked, “are you seriously buying this?”

Ty Cobb, showing the esprit de corps we’ve come to expect from this legal team, threw Dowd under the bus and then put the bus in reverse:

“There is no strategy of which I’m aware to rely boldly on the proclamation that obstruction is always impossible with regard to a president,” Cobb said in a statement to ABC News. “I expect a fact-based exoneration that does not require that level of legal analysis.”

How much does Ty Cobb hate his team? First he implies that Dowd has gone rogue and then, correctly, characterizes this as a fringe theory. If you think that’s reading too much into Cobb’s remarks, consider that he could have said the very lawyerly, “we consider the full range of legal defenses on the table, but expect a fact-based exoneration.” That wouldn’t force him to polish this turd of a defense, but would at least convey that Dowd and Cobb are still rowing the same direction. But instead he just savaged his partner. Perhaps they need to have another open-air restaurant strategy talk in front of reporters. That’d clear all this up.

You know, I really thought they’d vote off Sekulow this week, but maybe the alliances are turning on Dowd. Can’t wait until the next boardroom!

White House lawyer, Ty Cobb, says no ‘strategy’ to claim president can’t ‘obstruct justice’ [ABC News]

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HeadshotJoe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.

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